Assessors

This series of sections will cover what is required by assessors using our web site services.  If you are an assessor, either conducting and managing the Baseline Tests, or assisting students in gaining qualifications, you will find out how to do this here.

What is an assessor?

TLM is a fully regulated Awarding Organisation and we are therefore able to award Ofqual regulated certifications for our qualifications.  Our systems are set up for this purpose, so the default roles for someone using our sites are an assessor or a student. Only assessors use the Markbook.  As an assessor, you will be able to use the system, in conjunction with students, to track, assess and claim qualifications.  When you sign up for the site, you will be assigned a role relevant to what you are hoping to achieve on the site.  If you are using the site for the Baseline Testing, you still need to create and manage groups of students in order to let them take the test and then find the results.  If you then go on to become a certified centre for TLM qualifications, you will already be set up.

How do I get started as an assessor?

To become and an assessor you need to be trained by a TLM account manager or an assessor trainer such as the Principal Assessor in your school. TLM staff train all Principal Assessors and assessor trainers. Training is a combination of formal training to get you started and then dialogue through assessment activities to extend and consolidate this. , These are the things you need to do to get started:

1. You should have a copy of the Assessor Handbook.
2. You'll need an account on the Markbook site. The Markbook is a separate site where assessment outcomes are recorded and the actual certification is done. This is where you record marks for your pupils, request awards, print awards etc. To get an account on the Markbook site you will need to talk to the Principal Assessor at your school or contact us at TLM.
3. You'll also need an account on the Learners Site if you want to use it to provide support for evidence management and student learning. We provide blogs, web page creations, evidence submission, progress tracking, forums and other features to assist assessors and learners. You can use as much or as little of this as you want. Everyone is welcome to create an account on this site. See How do I create an account?
4. Once you have created an account use the contact page to send a message to "Support" asking to set your account to "assessor". This will allow the system to recognise you as an assessor rather than an ordinary user so that you get facilities such as being able to automatically receive evidence from learners in your teaching groups. Please include your user name, your real name and your school.

How do I create an account on the Markbook site?

To get an account for the Markbook site you will need to talk to the Principal Assessor at your centre. The Principal Assessor can set up accounts for colleagues that have the experience and background to assess particular qualifications. TLM has to set up a centre account and a Principal Assessor account for the centre first.