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Ans

Ans is a SaaS platform used by CePro mainly for open-question paper exams and digital correction workflows.

What Ans provides

  • personalized answer books
  • digital import of scanned copies
  • assignment of questions to reviewers
  • configurable grading schemes
  • digital correction and annotations
  • results export
  • exam statistics

Access

To use Ans for a CePro-supported exam:

  1. Ask cepro-exams@epfl.ch to create/activate the required account.
  2. Open the Ans login page.
  3. Select Log in with your school account.
  4. Select EPFL (Entra ID) and sign in with your EPFL account.
  5. Send CePro the email addresses of the main assistants who need Ans access.

Standard workflow

  1. Create the course, assignment, questions and grading scheme.
  2. CePro exports and personalizes the answer books.
  3. The teacher validates the personalized PDFs before printing.
  4. Printing is coordinated according to the assigned support level.
  5. The teaching team collects the printed copies.
  6. The exam takes place.
  7. Copies are deposited at the Print Center.
  8. CePro cuts/scans the papers and imports the scans into Ans.
  9. The teaching team corrects the exam in Ans and exports the results.
  10. Paper copies are retrieved from the Print Center when applicable.

Official Ans documentation

See Ans — Written assignment documentation.