{"id":3410,"date":"2020-03-03T10:08:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T15:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/?post_type=article&#038;p=3410"},"modified":"2020-03-12T14:03:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T18:03:04","slug":"call-for-marking-partners","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/en\/article\/call-for-marking-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Marking Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3410\" class=\"elementor elementor-3410\" data-elementor-post-type=\"article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4db773a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4db773a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92a3188\" data-id=\"92a3188\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c6f132 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c6f132\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3417 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-03-COMC-2019-Getting-Ready-The-Canadian-Open-Mathematics-Challenge-300x113.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-03-COMC-2019-Getting-Ready-The-Canadian-Open-Mathematics-Challenge-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-03-COMC-2019-Getting-Ready-The-Canadian-Open-Mathematics-Challenge-1024x386.png 1024w, https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-03-COMC-2019-Getting-Ready-The-Canadian-Open-Mathematics-Challenge.png 509w, https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-03-COMC-2019-Getting-Ready-The-Canadian-Open-Mathematics-Challenge-1536x579.png 1536w, https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-03-COMC-2019-Getting-Ready-The-Canadian-Open-Mathematics-Challenge-2048x772.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/>The CMS is looking for assistance from the Canadian mathematical community in marking the Canadian Open Mathematical Challenge (COMC).\u00a0 The number of students writing the COMC has been growing and we are currently looking for additional marking partners to help with the influx of exams.\u00a0 The Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC) is\u00a0Canada&#8217;s premier national mathematics competition open to any student with an interest in, and grasp of high school math.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Current marking partners are:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BC &#8211; University of British Columbia<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alberta &#8211; University of Calgary<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Saskatchewan -University of Saskatchewan<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Manitoba &#8211; University of Manitoba<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ontario &#8211; University of Toronto and York University (York marks our international papers)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Newfoundland &#8211; Memorial University<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">New Brunswick &#8211; University of New Brunswick<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nova Scotia &#8211; Dalhousie University<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PEI &#8211; University of Prince Edward Island<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We would like to involve more universities in Canada to become official marking sites in order to accommodate the growing number of students. The CMS can tailor the number of exams an institution may want to mark.<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What does being a partner entail?<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The exam is typically written on the first Thursday in November and the CMS ships out all COMC materials to the writing centres. The schools are provided with a return postage envelope which would go to the Marking Lead designated by the university. Marking Leads recruit volunteers such as faculty members, PDF\u2019s, grad students and strong undergraduates to help with the marking. Once the exams have been received (roughly November 10-15) they need to be scanned into Crowdmark which is our collaborative online grading and analytics platform. \u00a0Markers can be assigned to grade an exam, with Part A and Part B questions taking on average less time because full marks are assigned when the correct answer appears.\u00a0 The data on the front page (student name, email, etc) needs to be entered into a database. This can be done by anyone. \u00a0The Marking Lead provides access to the tasks by entering the name and email address of the individual on the Crowdmark page.\u00a0\u00a0 On average,\u00a0it takes 6.96 minutes (0.116 hours) to grade an exam.\u00a0 Once the exams are received, your team has roughly 15 days to mark the exams, and enter the metadata information. We like to have the preliminary marks back to teachers before the Christmas break. Since the marking platform is online, your volunteers don&#8217;t have to be in one place to mark the exams. Once the exams are marked and the grades are entered, CMS will select the top 200+ exams from across the country and have them vetted to see who will go on to write the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO) and to receive public recognition for their efforts.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By being a marking partner, your university will receive a list of all the top students in Canada to use to offer scholarships or recruitment. We will feature your logo on our COMC website and include your logo on every exam that goes to your province.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CMS would like to accommodate the increase in the number of\u00a0Students writing the COMC competition and give them the chance to represent Canada at the International Mathematical Olympiad. If you are interested in this opportunity or would like to discuss this further, please contact the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:woodrow@ucalgary.ca\">COMC committee chair<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto: comc@cms.math.ca\">the CMS Competition team<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p>Dr. Robert Woodrow<br \/>Chair of COMC Committee<br \/>Canadian Mathematical Society<\/p><p>Dr. Termeh Kousha<br \/>Executive Director<br \/>Canadian Mathematical Society<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b130fd6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b130fd6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3624711\" data-id=\"3624711\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"author":6,"template":"","section":[155],"keyword":[83,157],"class_list":["post-3410","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","section-competitions","keyword-comc","keyword-math-competitions"],"toolset-meta":{"author-4-info":{"author-4-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-4-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"author-3-info":{"author-3-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-3-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"author-2-info":{"author-2-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-2-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"author-info":{"author-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"unknown":{"downloadable-pdf":{"type":"file","raw":"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Call-for-Marking-Partners-CMS-Notes.pdf","attachment_id":3637},"article-toc-weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":"90"},"author-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3859,"href":"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3410\/revisions\/3859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=3410"},{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=3410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}