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CampusAlly · Examination Management

Run College Exams
From Hall Ticket to Result.

One platform for the whole exam cycle — scheduling, hall tickets, encrypted question-paper delivery, on-screen marking, and SGPA/CGPA results. Built around how the Controller of Examinations office actually works, so nothing gets re-typed between steps.

Hall tickets, seating & results Encrypted question-paper delivery On-screen marking at scale SGPA/CGPA for CBCS & NEP 2020 Online revaluation
✓ QR-verified hall tickets ✓ No paper scripts to courier ✓ Results to the Student Portal & DigiLocker ✓ Every mark change audit-logged

What is a college examination management system?

A college examination management system (EMS) runs the full exam lifecycle for a college or university — scheduling, hall tickets, secure question-paper delivery, on-screen evaluation, SGPA/CGPA results, publishing, and revaluation. It's built for the Controller of Examinations (CoE) office and replaces manual spreadsheets and courier-based paper distribution.

CampusAlly's EMS owns the exam lifecycle and connects to the rest of your campus: it reads attendance and fee eligibility from the Attendance and Finance modules, and feeds results and Course-Outcome data to the Academics and Accreditation modules. One source of truth, no double entry.

3
Connected phases — before, evaluation, results — zero manual handoffs
~30 min
Before the exam — when the QPD password reaches the Chief Superintendent
0
Manual totalling errors — marks are auto-summed in on-screen marking
AES-256
Encryption for question papers and marks data, at rest and in transit
Who This Is For

Built for every kind of Indian higher-ed institution

Whether you run one autonomous college or coordinate exams across 100+ affiliated institutes, CampusAlly fits your structure.

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Autonomous Colleges

Set your own grading logic, result cycles, grade-card designs, and supplementary schedules — independent of your affiliating university.

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Affiliated Universities

Deliver encrypted question papers to 100+ centres, track valuation progress, and publish results from one dashboard.

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Controller of Examinations

Role-based dashboards give CoE staff, paper-setters, evaluators, and invigilators exactly what they need — and nothing they don't.

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Deemed Universities

Run multi-department semester exams, arrear papers, and back-paper scheduling — with results feeding straight into your accreditation evidence.

How It Works

Three phases, one platform — zero manual handoffs

Every step flows into the next automatically. No re-entering data between modules.

Phase 1

Before the Exam — Schedule, Hall Tickets & Question Papers

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Exam Scheduling & Timetable

Plan the full schedule across departments, semesters, and centres — with automatic clash detection and room allocation.

  • Multi-department scheduling: run Engineering, Arts, Science and Commerce exams on one platform, each with its own pattern
  • Arrear & supplementary: schedule repeat papers alongside main exams without clashes
  • Invigilation duty: auto-assign invigilators per hall and generate rosters in one click
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Hall Tickets with QR Verification

Issue QR-verified hall tickets and block the ones that don't qualify — using eligibility decided by the modules that own it.

  • Eligibility applied, not calculated: the exam module reads the 75% attendance result from Attendance and fee clearance from Finance, then blocks or releases the ticket
  • Seat randomisation: spread students across rooms to break up malpractice clusters
  • QR at the door: each ticket carries a secure QR code for invigilator scanning
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Secure Question Paper Delivery (QPD)

Designed to cut leak risk. Papers travel encrypted and unlock only at the right time and place.

QPD timeline — exam day
1
Paper-setter uploads & encrypts the paper in the CoE portal
T – 1 week
2
Centres download the encrypted file — unreadable without the password
T – 1 hour
3
Decryption password sent by SMS to the Chief Superintendent only
T – 30 min
4
Paper printed, exam begins, audit trail logged automatically
T – 0
Phase 2

Evaluation — On-Screen Marking & Result Processing

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On-Screen Marking (OSM)

Examiners mark scanned scripts digitally, from any location. No courier delays, no missing scripts, no totalling slips.

  • Anonymous evaluation: a barcode masks the student's name and roll number — examiners see only the script
  • Digital tools: ticks, stamps, red-pen marks and question-level comments, right on screen
  • Auto-totalling: the system sums question-wise marks, so addition errors disappear
  • Remote-ready: evaluate from home — handy for big universities with faculty across campuses
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SGPA / CGPA Result Processing

Turns marks into results for any standard Indian universities use — no custom coding per institution.

  • SGPA & CGPA: auto-computed from credit points and grade letters — CBCS and NEP 2020 ready
  • Grace marks & moderation: apply moderation or grace rules across whole batches in seconds
  • Score normalisation: standardise across question-paper sets of differing difficulty
  • CO tagging that feeds academics: tag each question to a Course Outcome — the Academics module owns the CO-PO attainment calculation this data feeds
Phase 3

After Results — Publishing, Revaluation & Security

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Instant Result Publishing

Publish to thousands of students at once — no server crashes, no WhatsApp forwards, no notice-board crowds.

  • To the Student Portal: students view their grade card and subject breakdown in the Student Portal
  • DigiLocker & NAD: mark sheets and certificates pushed to the National Academic Depository
  • Alerts: SMS and email the moment results go live
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Online Revaluation & Re-checking

The exam module owns the re-evaluation engine; students apply and pay through the portal and finance modules.

  • Apply in the portal: students submit a revaluation request and pick subjects via the Student Portal
  • Fee via Finance: the revaluation fee is collected and receipted by Finance
  • Re-evaluator assignment: the CoE assigns a new evaluator and the corrected result republishes once approved
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Audit Trails & Access Security

A tamper-evident system that protects you in disputes, RTI queries, and accreditation scrutiny.

  • Every mark change logged: who edited it, when, and the previous value — permanently recorded
  • Role-based access: evaluators see only their scripts; locked results can't be quietly edited
  • AES-256 encryption: marks data and question papers encrypted at rest and in transit
How It Fits Your CampusAlly Setup

The exam module owns results — and connects to everything around them

Examination owns hall tickets, seating, marks and results. Eligibility, fees, Course-Outcome attainment, and NAAC reports are owned by other modules — the exam module reads from and feeds them, so data is never entered twice.

Reads from →

Attendance

Owns the 75% UGC/AICTE eligibility engine. The exam module reads the result to allow or block a hall ticket.

Attendance Management →
Reads from →

Finance

Owns fee collection. The exam module reads fee clearance for eligibility and sends revaluation fees here.

College Finance →
Feeds into →

Academics

Owns CO-PO attainment calculation. The exam module feeds it question-to-Course-Outcome tags.

Academics Management →
Feeds into →

NAAC Accreditation

Owns AQAR/SSR compilation. The exam module feeds it results and student-progression data.

NAAC Accreditation →
Digital vs. Manual

Why colleges are moving off spreadsheets and couriers

CampusAlly is built specifically around the Controller of Examinations workflow — not bolted onto a generic ERP.

The job CampusAlly EMS Manual / courier process
Question paper delivery AES-256 encrypted QPD with time-locked SMS password Email or physical courier — high leak risk
Answer-script evaluation On-screen marking with anonymous barcodes Scripts couriered to evaluators — slow, lossy
SGPA / CGPA results Auto-computed from credit points (CBCS / NEP 2020) Manual Excel formulas — error-prone
Result turnaround Auto-calculated as soon as marks are in Weeks of manual totalling and verification
Revaluation Apply & pay in the Student Portal Paper application → manual processing → long wait
NAAC evidence Result data feeds the Accreditation module automatically Hand-compiled from scattered spreadsheets
Frequently Asked Questions

What colleges ask before going
digital with exams

A college examination management system (EMS) runs the full exam lifecycle for higher-education institutions — scheduling, hall ticket generation, secure question-paper delivery, on-screen evaluation, SGPA/CGPA result processing, publishing, and revaluation. It's built for the Controller of Examinations (CoE) office. CampusAlly's EMS owns the exam lifecycle and connects to other modules — reading attendance and fee eligibility, and feeding results to the academics and accreditation modules — so nothing is entered twice.

Yes. The result engine processes SGPA and CGPA for the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and NEP 2020 — handling core, elective and audit courses with different credit weightages, plus grace-marks moderation and score normalisation across paper sets. It also captures question-to-Course-Outcome tags during marking and feeds them to the Academics module, which owns the CO-PO attainment calculation used for accreditation.

Question papers are uploaded by the paper-setter and encrypted with AES-256 in the cloud. On exam day, centres download the encrypted file about an hour before the start, but it stays unreadable. A decryption password is sent by SMS to the Chief Superintendent only around 30 minutes before the exam begins. This is designed to reduce the leak risk that comes with email delivery or physical courier — still common at many Indian universities today.

On-Screen Marking (OSM) is digital evaluation — scanned scripts are marked on a computer instead of on paper. CampusAlly masks student identity with a barcode so evaluators can't see the name or roll number, replaces red-pen marking with digital tools (ticks, stamps, comments), and auto-totals question-wise marks to remove addition errors. Because examiners can work from any location, result processing is considerably faster than couriering physical scripts.

Yes. CampusAlly supports semester, annual, and hybrid patterns where different departments follow different formats. It also handles supplementary, arrear, and back-paper scheduling in the same platform, with the CoE keeping centralised control over every pattern at once.

The exam module produces the underlying evidence — pass rates, CGPA distributions, subject-wise trends, and question-to-Course-Outcome tags — and feeds it to the Accreditation module, which compiles the NAAC AQAR and SSR submissions (Criterion V, plus the OBE data behind Criterion III). The exam module is the source of the data; the accreditation module turns it into the formatted report.

Yes. Students apply for revaluation or re-checking through the Student Portal, pick the subject, pay the fee (collected by Finance), and track status. The Controller of Examinations assigns the script to a re-evaluator, and once approved the corrected result republishes automatically — with a full audit trail of both the original and revised marks.

They serve different institutions. SchoolDeck's exam module is for K-12 schools — CBSE/ICSE/State Board marks entry, FA/SA assessments, and report cards. CampusAlly's examination module is for the college and university Controller of Examinations workflow — high-stakes semester exams, encrypted question-paper delivery, on-screen marking at scale, SGPA/CGPA result processing, and DigiLocker integration. The two don't overlap.

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