Gravic’s Remark Team is excited to announce the release of Remark Office OMR 11! Click here for details.
The Remark Team is proud to announce that Remark Office OMR was awarded the 2021 ISHN Readers’ Choice Award in the category of Technology Products! We would like to extend our appreciation to the ISHN’s audience, the dedicated craftsmen and […]
When it comes to the vast world of data collection, there are several important acronyms you need to know. Over the past thirty years we have explained these acronyms to thousands of customers. Three of the most important acronyms you […]
Image Archiving and Name Builder in Remark Office OMR! In Remark Office OMR you have the ability to archive completed form images and customize the stored image names and locations. This provides the capability to make the stored file location […]
The year 2021 is special to The Remark Team as it marks the 30th anniversary of our very first sale of Remark Office OMR. We are proud to announce another milestone this year with our 11th major release of that […]
Basic Template Creation in Remark Office OMR! Are you new to Remark Office OMR or in need of a refresher on how to create a Remark template to collect data from your basic test answer sheet or survey form? This […]
After you generate your desired report in the Reports window in Remark Quick Stats, you have the ability to modify the report by going to the “Report Style” pane to the right of the report. The report modifications available to […]
Remark Software has been in the OMR business for over thirty years. In that time, we have seen every test cheating myth under the sun from chapstick smears to writing all over the margins. With finals right around the corner, […]
You can create your grouped test question region by using Table Formatting in Microsoft Word or by using a Microsoft Excel grid. This will place similar types of questions together on the form. Positioning all of the marks for the […]
New to Remark Office OMR? Need a refresher on creating forms? You have a great deal of flexibility in the forms you design for use with Remark, however, there are some best practices that should be followed. If your forms […]
Support often receives calls asking if it’s possible to filter data by specific criteria contained within a data set. Filtering is completed within Remark Quick Stats. You can filter both grade and survey data. There are two ways you can […]
Did you know that the Excel format provided in Remark Quick Stats takes all of the generated reports and exports them to one Excel file with one report per sheet? You can then manipulate the reports further in Excel or […]
Using Analysis Groups in Remark Quick Stats Analysis groups are extremely beneficial for users collecting survey data. The Analysis Groups feature can be accessed using Advanced Survey in Remark products and allows you to create and analyze subsets of questions […]
Remark Office OMR has a Database Lookup feature that can: 1) verify that recognized data from a region appear in an external database, and 2) lookup and replace recognized data with additional fields from an external database. To use this […]
Basic Reporting and Data Export in Remark Quick Stats New to Remark Office OMR? Need a refresher on running reports and exporting data? We’ll cover these as well as other reporting basics for both grading and surveying to help you […]
Remark Product Support is available Monday – Friday, 9am – 6pm ET, to provide technical support to our customers. Customers can always email us at [email protected] or call us at 610-647-8595. Customers can also contact Remark Product Support from the […]
The Remark Team at Gravic, Inc. celebrates our 30th anniversary in 2021. This milestone marks the very first sale of our popular Remark Office OMR software. Over the course of this year we plan to share various throwback content to […]
Speech Recognition in Remark Office OMR Remark Office OMR includes the ability to use speech recognition when running review exceptions. This feature is particularly helpful if you have image regions on your forms that have long comments. Instead of clipping […]
Processing forms in Remark Office OMR New to Remark Office OMR? Need a refresher on processing completed forms to collect your data? Join us while we cover scanning vs reading image files, reviewing the various exception types, and discuss saving […]
It is easy to combine data sets in Remark Office OMR for analysis. However, you must remember that you can only combine data sets that are associated with the same template file (.OMR), and the template file has not changed […]
As schools open up all around the country, it is inevitable that some schools have outbreaks of COVID-19. But this doesn’t have to be the fate of all schools. With rapid testing, self-monitoring, and quick mitigation protocols, schools can lower […]
Bubble in grid areas for IDs, addresses, and the like, can occupy a lot of space on a form. They also can take a lot of time for your respondents to fill in, and, depending on your audience, may be […]
The Honeoye Falls–Lima Central School District in New York had a very important Board of Education election that included votes on a proposed fifty-three million-dollar school budget, purchasing several new school buses, and selecting new school board members. In the […]
On January 15, 2021, Gravic’s Remark Team celebrates the 30th anniversary of the very first sale of Remark Office OMR and the beginning of our Remark Products group way back in January 1991. Back then we weren’t Gravic but went […]
Working with a Survey in Multiple Languages with Remark Office OMR. Your form has been translated to two other languages. Do you need to setup a Remark template for each language version or is there a way all can be […]
Form Design Best Practices for Remark Office OMR – Thursday, November 12, 2:00PM EST New to Remark Office OMR? Need a refresher on creating forms? You have a great deal of flexibility in the forms you design for use with […]
Remark Office OMR has a long history of capturing information using bubbles, but its recognition capabilities don’t stop there. Remark can also read barcodes! Barcodes offer an easy way to capture information such as ID numbers, class numbers and other […]
We don’t have to tell you that Halloween is this Saturday, October 31st! So as a treat for all of our users out there we created a fun, 10-question quiz you can print for all of your students or co-workers. […]
Are you using a generic teacher course evaluation form that doesn’t include information for the instructor, course or semester and need a way to include that additional data when reading your completed evaluation forms? Do you need a way to […]
The flexibility available with the Remark Office OMR software is unparalleled when compared to competing solutions available on the market. Not only can customers design their own forms, print on regular copy paper, and scan with an image scanner or […]
Remark Office OMR 10.4 is now available! This update contains a variety of fixes and updates including: An error was eliminated when exporting Student Response Reports to Excel with Standard Test Versions. We fixed an issue where under certain circumstances […]
Within Remark Office OMR, you can set a particular region in the form template file as an Analysis Respondent ID to use as an identifier on reports and in data exports. These Analysis Respondent IDs can be student/respondent names, student/respondent […]
Application Preferences for Customizing the Remark Office OMR Software – Wednesday, September 23, 2:00 PM EDT This webinar will show how to customize the Remark Office OMR software by setting up preferences. Preferences allow you to set the way the […]
Remark Office OMR’s ability to read forms is unmatched. One of the biggest reasons for its superb accuracy is its custom bubble fonts. There are five custom bubble fonts that install with the software. These custom bubble fonts include plain […]
Remark Office OMR Recognition Troubleshooting Tips: Tuesday – Wednesday, August 26, 2:00 PM EDT Are you having problems with Remark Office OMR recognizing and/or reading your data correctly? Maybe it is a 3100 Error, a light mark not reading or […]
When conducting a course or class, instructors want to be able to see what the students actually learned. A great way to gauge this is by using pre- and post-tests. The pre-test is administered before material is taught and serves […]
Yes! You read that correctly, Remark Office OMR and Remark Test Grading process plain paper forms! Standard 20 lb. copy paper works well for single sided forms. When printing duplex (double sided), you may want to consider a thicker paper […]
We are proud to announce that Remark Office OMR was just awarded the 2020 ISHN (Industrial Safety & Hygiene News) Readers’ Choice Award for Data Collection and Analysis Software! We would like to extend our appreciation to the ISHN’s readership, […]
Remark Office OMR Analysis Preferences – Wednesday – July 22, 2:00 PM EDT In Remark Quick Stats, the analysis and reporting module of Remark Office OMR, there are general preferences to help customize how you use the software. Running reports […]
Remark Office OMR provides the ultimate flexibility when it comes to form design. Rather than using a built-in form designer, customers design their own plain paper OMR forms using any word processor, survey design, or form design tool. Many customers […]
If you are reading this, you probably already know that the Remark Office OMR software is designed to process plain paper forms. Remark Office OMR works best with forms that are printed on plain white paper and black ink; however, […]
Using the Automation Control Center in Remark Office OMR, Wednesday June 24, 2:00PM EDT Do you frequently process the same forms to collect data and then save and report on the data? Do you wish you could automate the process? […]
Remark Office OMR’s uses are limited only by your imagination. Nowhere is there a better example than the complex and ever evolving medical field. In any area of this field, there is an abundance of patient information that needs to […]
One of the questions we are asked often in Remark Sales and Support is whether a particular scanner model will work with the Remark products. Our popular Remark Office OMR and Remark Test Grading applications are designed to work with […]
Did you know that along with tests, quizzes, and evaluations, Remark Office OMR can also process your paper surveys? Nothing in education happens in a vacuum, and with potentially hundreds of students and adults in your school, even a slight […]
Electronic Bubble Sheets (fillable PDF forms) are often used in place of official paper documents when completing important paperwork via the web. Electronic Bubble Sheets (fillable PDFs) can be created using most existing document types, including scanned paper documents, non-interactive […]
You are hearing about it every day, the dueling instincts between those wanting to exercise their right to vote, but also the need to avoid public polling stations to remain safe. Whether the election is for the presidential primary, the […]
The health and safety of your employees, partners, vendors, and visitors is always of paramount importance and is especially highlighted during the current time of the COVID-19 pandemic. One addition to many safety programs is to implement health questionnaires for […]
Working with Pre/Post Data in Remark Office OMR, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 2:00PM EDT Do you have a test that you want to give at the beginning of a class then again at the end of a class to determine […]
Remark Office OMR: Part 2 – The Data Center and Remark Quick Stats, Wednesday, March 25, 2:00 PM EDT Using the test and survey template files (.OMR) created in our previous webinar, Part 1 — The Template Editor, we will […]
Gravic’s Remark Software team is here for you during this trying time. Our sales and support staff are available during normal business hours, Monday through Friday from 9am-6pm EDT, to assist with your needs. We wish everyone well during this […]
Remark Office OMR: Part 1 – The Template Editor, Wednesday, March 18, 2:00 PM EDT Are you new to the software or simply need a refresher covering the basics of working with your Remark Office OMR software? In this first […]
Gravic is excited to be exhibiting at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Baltimore, MD from March 24 to March 26. Since 1991, Gravic has worked with thousands of non-profit organizations to streamline and simplify their data collection tasks. At NTC, […]
Our newest article discusses how the Universidade Nova de Lisboa’s Physics Department uses Remark Office OMR to grade tests, quizzes, and assessments. Their classes contain anywhere between 200 and 800 students, and their grading processes were laborious and prone to […]
Remark Office OMR 10.3 is now available! This update contains a variety of new features, fixes, and updates including: Support for both Standard and Advanced multiple test versions when saving and loading generic answer keys A “BeforeKey” error was corrected […]
Remark Office OMR‘s powerful and flexible optical mark recognition technology is unmatched in any other solution. We pride ourselves on being able to process “real world forms.” One example of a “real world form” is one that has been crinkled, […]
Do you find yourself manually filtering and running the same reports over and over again? Did you know Remark includes a Report Batch feature that allows you to auto filter data based on regions from the form template, display, print […]
Here at Gravic we recently celebrated our 40th anniversary as a company and are proud of our accomplishments so far. In honor of our 40 years of operation, we created a brief video that outlines the history of Gravic and […]
We are excited to once again be exhibiting at the American Evaluation Association’s (AEA) Evaluation Conference from November 13 – November 15, 2019 in Minneapolis, MN. This year’s conference theme is Paths to the Future of Evaluation. We will be […]
Remark Office OMR 10.2 is now available! This update contains a variety of new features, fixes, and updates including: Using image clips as Analysis Respondent IDs Recognition improvements Saving images as PNG Resizing regions with your keyboard in the Template […]
Fillable PDF forms are often used in place of official paper documents when completing important paperwork via the web. Fillable PDFs can be created using most existing document types, including scanned paper documents, non-interactive PDF forms, spreadsheets, and Word documents. […]
Custom Report Headers in Remark Quick Stats, Wednesday, August 14, 2019, 1:30 PM EDT Custom Report Headers allow you to customize titles and add graphics to your report headings, and can be used in Remark Office OMR, Remark Web Survey […]
We are proud to announce that Remark Office OMR was recently awarded the 2019 ISHN (Industrial Safety & Hygiene News) Reader’s Choice Award for Data Collection and Analysis Software. We would like to extend our appreciation to ISHN’s readership, who […]
Here is our latest case study article, that details how GB Biosciences improved their behavioral-based safety observation card and safety survey processing. See how they were able to eliminate manual data entry of their observation card and survey data with […]
Helpful Template Editor Tools: Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 2:30 PM EDT There are many tools in the Remark Office OMR Template Editor that can make creating templates much easier. We will show you things like default preferences, copy and paste […]
One feature that sets Remark Office OMR apart from other solutions is our flexible and superior optical mark recognition technology. Though we encourage marks to be filled in as correctly and completely as possible, we realize that forms will not […]
A live webinar with the Remark Sales Team is a free online demonstration of the Remark Office OMR software. Based on our experience, these presentations have helped many potential customers over the years. These sessions allow us to connect one-on-one […]
Do you have a form that you regularly use to collect data and save the collected data in multiple or separate data files? Maybe it’s a conference evaluation for different sessions, or a pre/post-test where the form is the same […]
When working with Remark Office OMR, use care when selecting Region Names, Question Names and Labels as there are several reserved characters that cannot be used as they could cause problems when exporting data to certain formats. If you plan […]
Barcodes and OCR in Remark Office OMR – Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 1:30 PM EST Did you know Remark can recognize more than bubbles? This webinar will cover creating properly formatted Code 3 of 9 barcodes for use with barcode […]
The Remark team is excited to announce a new Spanish translation of Remark Office OMR version 10! Although the Spanish translation of Remark Office OMR was previously available in version 9, this release is the first of its kind for […]
Creating Templates in Remark Office OMR – Thursday, February 7, 2019, 1:30 PM EST Has it been a while since you created a template in Remark Office OMR or are you new to the software and not sure how to […]
For many years, we have produced support videos for our Remark Office OMR and Remark Test Grading Cloud products. These videos highlight a mix of step-by-step tutorials on specific features as well as general product overviews. Recently we moved from […]
Remark Office OMR 10.1 is now available! This update contains a variety of new features, fixes, and updates including: A link was added to the Help menu to submit a Remark review on our website… let us know what you […]
The Remark Support team has decades of experience in reviewing customers’ forms for compatibility with Remark Office OMR. While Remark Office OMR allows for vast creativity in form design, there are certain guidelines required in order for the software to […]
Using Database Lookup in Remark Office OMR – Tuesday, October 30, 2018, 1:30 PM EDT Remark Office OMR has a Database Lookup feature that can: 1) verify that the recognized data from a region appears in an external database and 2) after […]
Gravic is pleased to provide software solutions to customers in over 130 countries around the world. In many countries we work with regional partners to best serve customers in those countries. We are excited to release versions of Remark Office […]
Do you distribute multiple versions of a test to help minimize cheating? Remark Office OMR allows you to grade multiple answer keys in order to reduce the number of students who copy answers from another student. The software offers two […]
Here is our latest case study, which details how the Center for Youth and Communities (CYC) at Brandeis University improved their research process by switching to Remark Office OMR. The CYC conducts various evaluation studies of up to 2,000 surveys. […]
With Remark Office OMR’s update to version 10, we are continuing to provide new support videos on various features that will be beneficial to our customers. Use the links below to learn how to quickly tabulate surveys and other evaluation […]
More Remark Office OMR version 10 videos have now been released to our YouTube channel! Watch the videos below to gain a deeper understanding and familiarize yourself with the customization tools that are available for your reports. Customizing Report Styles– […]
Check out the latest support videos to assist with your test grading needs in Remark Office OMR version 10! Follow the links below to learn how grading your tests and accessing reports can be as easy as clicking a single […]
Four more Remark Office OMR 10 support videos have now been released as part of our commitment to continue providing you with updated versions! Follow any of the YouTube links below to watch an updated video detailing a particular feature […]
We are of ten asked about the possibility of using the Remark software for standardized testing preparation. In our latest article, you can see how an Illinois school district incorporates Remark Office OMR into their SAT® preparation practices, notably utilizing […]
Are you looking to receive feedback on improving your training programs? Watch this video to learn how to create a Remark Office OMR compatible evaluation form for a training session in Microsoft Word in a matter of minutes. In order […]
We promised more Remark Office OMR 10 videos and here they are! Click a link below to see this feature in action: Adding Data on the Fly – Learn how to add descriptive information to your data set without having […]
Did you know that Remark Office OMR has been recently updated to Version 10? For your convenience we are creating updated support videos detailing specific features in Remark Office OMR. Check out the following videos for more information: Exporting Grades to […]
Every day Remark products are used by customers all around the world to simplify their data collection and reporting needs. In this article, see how Future School Mongolia employed the grading features of Remark Office OMR to quickly determine winners […]
We are pleased to announce that Remark Office OMR version 10 is now available! For over 27 years, Remark Office OMR has assisted tens of thousands of schools, universities, businesses, non-profits, government organizations, and a variety of other industry professionals in […]
Being away from your scanner doesn’t mean you can’t grade your tests or tabulate your surveys. Several companies have developed mobile scanning apps that can be used with Remark Office OMR and Remark Test Grading. These applications capture images of […]
We are periodically asked about the compatibility of various image scanners with our Remark Solutions: Remark Office OMR and Remark Test Grading. These products can work with image scanners directly, through an image scanner’s TWAIN driver or can read image files […]
Remark Office OMR allows extreme flexibility in building your own customized forms for tests, surveys and any other paper forms. In the video below, we walk you through creating a simple 50-question multiple choice test answer sheet in Microsoft Word®. Word […]
Processing paper time sheets can be a very labor intensive task, but is a necessity for many organizations. Simplify your time sheet process by setting up a paper form that can be automatically tabulated by Remark Office OMR. Whether you […]
We are pleased to induct Dan Fullerton into our Remark Customer Hall of Fame. Dan uses Remark Office OMR to grade assessments in all of his high school physics classes, while incorporating Skills Based Grading to prepare his students for […]
Do you need to collect safety observation data? Learn how to create Remark Office OMR compatible plain paper safety observation forms for your job sites. Insert tables in Microsoft Word to align questions and answer choices. Use the OMR Bubbles font to […]
Did you know you can use Likert scales on your surveys to more accurately collect data? See how to create a Likert scale with bubble answer options in Microsoft Word for processing in Remark Office OMR. Insert a table in […]
Our friends at Computek recently had an article published about using Remark Office OMR in schools and universities in Saudi Arabia. Computek International, headquartered in Egypt, specializes in technology development in education, business, engineering, and research fields. Their main objective […]
Gravic’s Remark Product Group Support Team is always happy to review forms for compatibility with the Remark Office OMR software. You are allowed a great deal of flexibility in form design, but certain principles hold true to get the best accuracy. […]
Template Creation: Wednesday April 5, 2017 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT You have a form designed using our form design best practices and now you are ready to create a template to collect your data. This webinar will show […]
We are constantly investigating new image scanners and multifunction printers (MFPs) to see how they will work with our Remark Office OMR and Remark Test Grading solutions. We recently got a chance to try out a new compact scanner from Epson. We’re happy to report that […]
We are pleased to announce that there are two new OMR fonts available for download from the Remark Software website. The new fonts, displayed below, produce letters and numbers surrounded by a square or a rectangle. These fonts are great if […]
We are excited to let you know that a new update is available for Remark Office OMR 2014! We continually work on all of our products, primarily based on your suggestions, and are happy to tell you about some of the new […]
Check out our latest case study to see how the special education and communication disorders (SECD) department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln uses Remark Office OMR to process and analyze research surveys. The SECD department moved on from manually entering their […]
We have been asked numerous times whether you can analyze data collected through other means in Remark Office OMR’s built-in analysis engine, Remark Quick Stats®. For instance, we have had customers who prior to purchasing the software had hand entered […]
Check out our latest case study to see how the University of New Hampshire upgraded their university exam scanning process to Remark Office OMR. The switch allows them to create and print their own exam answer sheets and scan them in […]
See how a large university uses Remark Office OMR to process parent surveys and event evaluations for their college access program that promotes post-secondary education for low income schools in rural communities. Remark Office OMR provides them with quick feedback […]
It’s hard to believe our flagship product, Remark Office OMR, turns 25 years old this year! I like to think it’s in an pretty elite group of software packages that can boast being 25 years old. When I think back […]
If you have ever had to send out a mass mailing then you may have experience using Microsoft Word’s mail merge functionality. This feature is designed so that you can pre-print known information on items such as shipping labels, letters, […]
We are pleased to induct Sue into our Remark Customer Hall of Fame. Sue has been using Remark Office OMR since 2005. She is a program evaluation and data specialist at Capital Area Intermediate Unit (CAIU), Enola, PA. Her team provides […]
We are excited to let you know that a new update is available for Remark Office OMR 2014! We continually work on all of our products, primarily based on your suggestions, and are happy to tell you about some of the new […]
Did you know that you can add information to your data set, even if it’s not on the form being scanned? Beginning with Remark Office OMR 2014, the software allows you to add data items to your Remark data set […]
Have you upgraded to Windows 10 yet? Planning to upgrade? Then we have good news for you! Remark Office OMR 2014 is compatible with Windows 10! Remember to make sure any scanner you are using with the software is also […]
We hope you can join us for our latest monthly support webinar, Using Batch Headers in Remark Office OMR. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, November 11th at 1:30pm EST. The Remark Office OMR Data Center includes a batch processing […]
Our October sample form should get your students smiling. This Halloween inspired answer sheet replaces the OMR bubble font with pumpkins. The form consists of thirty multiple choice questions and one short answer area. The answer schema follows the A-E format […]
For years we have been offering prospective customers the option to attend a free online demonstration of the Remark Software. These live webinars allow us to schedule one-on-one sessions with potential customers who are considering Remark Office OMR for their […]
As a technology company it is part of Gravic’s mission to support the next generation of engineers, programmers, and STEM students. At Gravic we do this through the Gravic scholarships awarded to local students going into STEM careers, through internships, […]
As we start the 2015-2016 school year, we would like to wish all the teachers, administrators, other school employees and students a wonderful year. As part of our blog we will be trying to publish a monthly sample form with […]
We have a new video available that shows how Remark Office OMR works with a Canon imageFORMULA DR C240 scanner to capture data from plain-paper surveys. In this video you will see how to collect and analyze data from a […]
We were pleased to add an ExamSoft export format in Remark Office OMR 2014 to streamline the process of using plain paper test forms with ExamSoft. This allows your institution to use computerized tests in ExamSoft or distribute paper tests […]
The Remark Products Group takes pride in using customer recommendations when developing new versions of the Remark Software. We strive to provide our loyal customer base with new features and enhancements that will improve their experience with our software. One […]
Gravic is pleased to announce the release of the Remark Office OMR 9.2 German version. Working with our long-time partner in Germany, pki Informationsysteme, Remark Office OMR 9.2 incorporates several new features and corrects various translation issues with the original German language […]
Gravic is pleased to announce the release of the Remark Office OMR 9.2 Portuguese version. The 9.2 update brings the Portuguese version up to date with the English version which was released in July. It also includes fixes for several […]
Barcodes and machine printed text can be great space savers on your paper forms for adding know information. Many times these items are used as identifiers (Form, Page, Location, Respondent), but really they are a great way to add any […]