Attempts & Scoring

Attempts & Scoring

Every time a candidate takes a test, Zingalify records an attempt. You manage attempts from the Review & Integrity area of the console at https://console.zingasuite.com.

What an attempt captures

An attempt is tied to the exact published version the candidate took, so its result stays reproducible even after you keep editing the test. Each attempt records the candidate, their answers, when they started and submitted, time spent, the proctoring tier in force, and any integrity flags raised during the session.

Attempts move through clear states — scheduled, in progress, submitted, scored — plus terminal states for attempts that were abandoned or expired at the deadline. You can filter attempts by state to see what is active, awaiting a score, flagged for review, or completed.

How scoring works

When an attempt is submitted (or auto-submitted at the deadline), Zingalify scores it against the answer keys in the published version.

Scored automatically, using your answer keys:

• Multiple choice (single and multiple answer) and true/false
• Matching and ordering
• Fill in the blank (text and numeric, with tolerance)
• Short text, when you supply accepted answers

Held for human review, because they need judgement:

• Long essays
• Audio, video, and drawing responses
• Code, SQL, and spreadsheet tasks
• File uploads

Anything awaiting judgement is placed in the review queue and on the essay-scoring list, where a reviewer can grade it — optionally guided by a rubric you defined. Short-answer questions without an answer key are also routed for review rather than guessed.

Totals, bands, and section breakdowns

Once scoring runs, the attempt shows a total score and maximum. If you defined bands on the test (for example Pass / Merit / Distinction with score thresholds), the attempt is assigned the appropriate band.

Zingalify also produces a per-section breakdown — score, percentage, and a short neutral summary for each section — so you can see where a candidate was strong or weak at a glance, not just their overall number. These summaries are deliberately factual and describe coverage and performance without making claims about the candidate as a person.

Outcomes

From a scored attempt you can issue a certificate with a public verification link, and feed results into the reporting area for item analytics, cohort analytics, and score distributions. For deeper qualitative read-outs, see AI Interpretation Reports.

Per-attempt billing

Delivery is billed per attempt. The cost of an attempt reflects the proctoring tier you assigned to the test — higher tiers apply stronger integrity controls and cost more, so you pay for the level of assurance each test actually needs.

Free tier and paid accounts

Zingalify includes a public free tier: anyone can take standard tests with a small monthly allowance of two attempts per month, which is ideal for trying out assessments or light personal use.

Paid organisation accounts unlock the full platform — unlimited authoring, delivery at scale, every proctoring tier, AI generation and interpretation (paid from your AI credits), certificates, and the full reporting suite. When you are on the free tier, the console shows how many attempts remain and a prompt to upgrade.