Akindi – A Scantron Alternative

Akindi is a web-based assessment system that automates the creation and grading of multiple choice examinations. It is accessible through Canvas and it uses your departmental copy machine to scan and score bubble-forms. The use of Akindi is centrally funded.

Akindi allows you to:

• Sync with your Canvas class roster to create personalized answer sheets
• Paper and pencil (bubble sheet) option
  • Print your answer sheets on plain paper from any printer (4 cents a page instead of 27 cents for Scantron forms)
  • Sort multiple sections and test versions electronically after scanning rather than physically doing so beforehand
  • Scan the completed answer sheets on any document scanner
  • Upload a pdf of scanned forms or, if scanner has email capability, send the pdf directly to Akindi
• Handle changes to the key, multiple correct answers, and differential item weighting online
• Review student performance and item analysis results online
• Sync the exam grades with your Canvas grade book and email students their grades
• Akindi Online provides hybrid testing by allowing you to have some students write the assessment in-person, while others write online.

Get Help from Akindi

• Training Videos: See Akindi’s Getting Started web page
• Chat: Get direct help from Akindi by using the chat feature at the bottom right of their Getting Started page