Scanning Services

Central Scanning Services will remain open. An earlier decision to close this office has been fully rescinded.

Scanning Services will continue to be open in fall and spring semesters, but we are closed in summer.

We offer paper-based exam scanning (aka bubble sheets) for Penn State courses. Please use our order form to request a supply of blank answer sheets.

You are welcome to submit your forms in person, in the Testing Center lobby. Please let the staff at the front desk know that you dropped off exam sheets. We no longer have full-time scanning staff.

Submit an Exam

See Scanning Best Practices for information on how to prepare and submit an exam for scanning.
Fill out and print the Scanning Request Form at your desk or at one of our computers—include any additional weighting or unscrambling forms.
Bring or mail the printed forms, keys and student response sheets to 105 Pollock Building at 504 Pollock Road.

After Student Sheets are Scanned

We will notify you by email when your data are ready. Please do not make any changes to the exam on the Instructor Tools web site until you receive our email that your job is complete.
Sheets with errors are separated and the error noted. These sheets may be resubmitted as an Append Request.
All other errors or corrections to your exam may be made on the Instructor Tools web site.

Reports

Instructors can use the Instructor Tools web site to email each student a report with their exam results. Only the instructor or designated proxy can release this report. Instructors can assign a TA as a proxy in Instructor Tools. The TA must be listed as an instructor in LionPath.

Scanning Data Expiration

The scanning system retains data only for the current and immediate past semester. Please download your results and reports within this time frame. We recommend you store these data with a copy of your exam and the student scan sheets. The exam and scan sheets are the official university record and must be retained by the instructor according to the General Retention Schedule for Student Records.

Please send your questions to us at scan@psu.edu.

Scanning Links

Location and Contact

Scanning Operations (map)
105 Pollock Building
504 Pollock Road
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-2802
scan@psu.edu

Fall and Spring Hours

8:00A - 5:00P, Monday through Friday
An after hours drop box is available when there is evening computer-based testing.
Closed University holidays and University Park campus closures

Finals Schedule and Notes

8:00A – 5:00P Monday – Thursday
8:00A – 3:00P Friday
During finals week, please drop off your scanning requests as early as possible.
On Friday of finals week, exams received after 1pm may not be scanned until the following business day.
During finals week, we will not mail exams until the following week.
Please be aware of university closures during or following finals.