Creating a Scheme

Now, that we have some assignments to mark, we are going to need an abstract description about how to mark these assignments; we need to create a marking scheme. To do this, select the "Load New Scheme" action from the toolbar of the Gild Marker View. You will be presented with this wizard dialog:

Since we don't have a scheme on disk that we can load, we will have to create one. Select the "Create new scheme" radio button, then click "Next >".

You will be presented with the next page in the wizard. Edit the information on this page so that it looks like this:

What you have now is a marking scheme with a root section called "Assignment 1". This root's score is out of 30.0 marks, and we will be using a demerit marking style.

But having a marking scheme with only one section is rather boring, so we will create some others. Select "Assignment 1" from the tree view on the left, then click "Add a sub-section" three times. This will create three new sections underneath "Assignment 1". You can change the attributes for each of these new sections by selecting them from the tree view on the left, and setting the fields on the right. Change these new sections, so that their attributes match the following:

1. Name: For Loop, Out-of score: 10
2. Name: While Loop, Out-of score: 10
3. Name: Comments, Out-of score: 10

Now, add two sections underneath the "Comments" section. Set their attributes as follows:

1. Name: Javadoc, Out-of score: 5
2. Name: Inline, Out-of score: 5

Once that is done, you should have a scheme that looks like this:

Click the "Finish" button.

*If you have a release of Gild later than 0.6.0 you will be promted with a dialog asking you to save your scheme. Save this scheme to any file that you would like, or press "Cancel". Saving a scheme allows you to share marking schemes among other markers, ensuring that everyone marks the same things in the same way.