Automatic Multiple Choice Examination Questions Marking and Grade Generator Software

Benjamin Kommey (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST Kumasi - Ghana)
Eliel Keelson (Department of Computer Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana)
Frimpong Samuel (Department of Computer Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana)
Seth Twum-Asare (Department of Computer Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana)
Konadu Kwaku Akuffo (Department of Computer Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana)

IPTEK The Journal for Technology and Science
Vol 33, No 3 (2022)

This paper discusses a feasible software solution that enables automatic marking andgrading of scripts. Technology keeps expanding, and more advanced innovations arebeing implemented with time. The marking and allocation of grades for examina-tion scripts through human efforts are gradually becoming a thing of the past. Hence,machines and software applications are introduced to make the entire marking andgrading of examination scripts more efficient, fast, and less tedious. Computer visionis an artificial intelligence (AI) knowledge domain that ensures devices obtain usefulinformation from digital images, videos, and other visual inputs. Image processingand recognition, a unique part of computer vision alongside the python program-ming language and the OpenCV library was employed for this project. These are themost used in developing most recent applications that utilize, to some extent, arti-ficial intelligence to attain specific desired results. The result of the project seeksto develop a maintainable android software application that uses image processingtechnology to scan patterns or images and grades results of multiple-choice questionscripts based on a set marking scheme. This ensures that desired results are obtainedwhile increasing efficiency and productivity.