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trinity digital assessment anyone

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annaSab · 24/04/2020 16:13

Have you registered for this and how lnog did it take for login details to arrive? Wondering how long the option will be open for.Ds hurt his hand so wanted to leave a couple of days but worried about the limited time option being closed.

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dinosaurinmybelly · 15/07/2020 20:23

Hello

We registered a couple of weeks ago and haven't had our instructions yet - the cut off seems to be 31 July for registration and 14 August for recording. Have you now gone through the process OP and come out the other side? I hope all went well!

KATE3003 · 16/07/2020 15:09

We have just uploaded the video for this. Def chase the login details after the suggested two weeks have passed - it took two emails to get the details....

Karate1 · 04/08/2020 17:16

Hi there

I have booked for trinity digital assessment. As I haven't received any instruction ( only receipt ) for uploading, I emailed 2 days ago but no reply yet.
When did you receive the instruction?
I am thinking to use iPhone to record, have you recorded with portrait or landscape? Do I have to show them original music before the recording? Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you!

CoffeeandChocolateplease · 07/08/2020 13:57

I booked on the 7th July and have only received details for my son - my daughter who was done at the same time has not had any login details. Their main phone number doesn't work but I asked their teacher to follow it up and apparently her details should be arriving today ... nothing yet, I will try to ring the lady who emailed me again if it isn't here soon. She is very particular (my daughter, not her teacher!) and won't make the video until the login details are here!

We have done my son's recording - just used my samsung galaxy. There is a really useful webinar which give lots of information on how to set it up, the link is here

Does anyone know how you upload the files? The only place I can find to put it is in 'record of evidence', is that correct?

Karate1 · 07/08/2020 22:00

Thank you for your info coffee!

Yesterday, I messaged Trinity via twitter and today they said they logged my case and will come back to me with a log in detail. I hope I can get it by Monday.

We tried to record the pieces today but it was so hard to record in one take. Our dog came to the room and ruined her recording tooConfused.
We still have a week so we try to record everyday till she is lucky enough to have a miracle shot!

CoffeeandChocolateplease · 08/08/2020 08:19

I had a message from them too last night, it seems they have a lot more students then they bargained for. They will be getting login details out this week, but I will contact on Twitter too on mondayvif I haven't heard anything.

I'm also having problems with uploading my son's video, they don't appear to have assigned him a course. When I click on courses, there's nothing there. So something else for me to email them about.

We did it in three takes eventually, I had to stop the first one as he messed about with his flute in between songs!

Gladio · 13/08/2020 10:03

Hi all, we have of course left it right to the last minute to upload my son's exam entry, only to find we can't log in! I have only had one email from them when we initially registered and nothing since. Can anyone help with what information we should have?
Thank you

CoffeeandChocolateplease · 13/08/2020 17:06

You should have an email with login details and a password, however many of us haven't received login details despite tomorrow being the last day for upload. I am still waiting for my daughter's even though I've emailed several times.

Trinity have said that they will extend the last date to 7 days from your login details being sent out, even if that's after tomorrow. I would email or send them a message on Twitter.

Apparently if you book two students on the same form it will only recognise one? Despite there being an option to book more than one. This is the reason I've been given sine I got DS's login last month.

I've not been impressed with how it's been handled. Mistakes get made but they have not been quick to rectify them.

lunar1 · 14/08/2020 09:12

I submitted my sons on Wednesday and just got the marks through for the pieces. Apparently it's will take another 6 weeks to get the grade back.

There is a video tutorial on the website to show you how to submit, I would never have found it otherwise. It's really confusing!

Musiccake · 24/08/2020 16:03

Hi everyone

I sent twitter/Facebook messenger/email (altogether 6 transaction so far) to get my log in details to upload the video. Twitter/Facebook team member were helpful and sympathetic and forwarded my message and also asked me to send email to info@trinity which I did but still have not received it. I have booked this back in June!
We chose trinity this time as their exam is earlier than ABRSM. DD needs to get the grade before her scholarship audition. So frustrated.
Also I am worry about their algorithm. DD never take Trinity exams before. On their facebook page, some were complaining as they got distinction on their pieces but got merit as a result. I have started thinking that actual exam might be much better to get a good result.

lunar1 · 24/08/2020 16:33

That's a bit worrying, DS did the rock guitar exam. It's his second instrument and his teacher only suggested the exam two weeks before the deadline. He scored 57/80 for his pieces, which I presume would just be a pass. Could the algorithm mean he might fail?

I was a bit surprised by the lack of comments from the examiner, he normally does piano with ABRSM and has all distinctions so far, the comment boxes are always crammed full of comments.

He isn't expecting an amazing score, he knows it was rushed, but he'd be gutted to fail as he worked really hard those two weeks.

Has anyone had their grade back after the algorithm?

Elliasnore · 24/08/2020 22:05

We uploaded my Ds' exam last week. Any idea how and when we should expect to hear from them?

lunar1 · 24/08/2020 23:47

@Elliasnore

We uploaded my Ds' exam last week. Any idea how and when we should expect to hear from them?
The marks for the pieces are probably already there if you check, you have to wait for the algorithm which takes 6 weeks for the grade.
Travelban · 31/08/2020 15:06

How do you check for the marks? When I go to the page it says submitted but not graded. Annoyed as we submitted on the 9th of August...

Musiccake · 01/09/2020 22:27

I finally managed to get the log in details by facebook messenger. I uploaded on 29 Aug and got marked today. The feedback sounded like the instrument specific examiner. For actual face to face exam, you can tell if the examiner is specialising to your own instrument or not. Sometimes, your own instrument examiner can be tough though.
I hope I can get the final result soon.

thirdfiddle · 03/09/2020 17:25

Travelban, I think that is where the marks are supposed to show.? We're still waiting too, submitted about same time as you. I think some examiners must just have had a pile up (or a pre booked holiday before Trinity changed the deadlines!).

lunar1 · 03/09/2020 18:00

I logged back in today and his final Mark is there, 69% but it doesn't say what this equates to, I'm guessing a pass. No email, no nothing from them.

I was planning on my children doing the performance exam for their piano (ABRSM grades 4&2) this experience has honestly put me off.

I never expected him to get an amazing result for this as the prep was rushed and it's not his main instrument. I did however think it would be properly marked. The feedback can't have taken more than two minutes to type.

Karate1 · 03/09/2020 18:37

Congratulations Lunar1.
60-74% are pass so 69% is high pass.

I am thinking to let my DC to take ABRSM performance exam too but at least, ABRSM is not using algorithm and purely for their performance, it's more straight forward.
If my DC take a video at school with an accompanist, it will be more like a concert style and can have a good atmosphere rather than taking a video at home which was a pain for us.

Trinity should have made us more clearer about the algorithm. I just wonder if the examiner make a note of the candidate's ability of scales and aural through their pieces? Also I assume their assessment criteria of "Fluency & Accuracy", "Technical facility", " Communication and interpretation" for the each piece's mark are the factors to decide the estimate mark for the supporting test. So if the candidate is good for Fluency and Communication on their mark but not good score for Technical facility, the mark can be lower. Then I can see if the 3 pieces score are the exact same but their outcome are different. My DC got 1 mark lower for technical side of the score, I am a bit worry about the final result now.

lunar1 · 03/09/2020 19:13

@Karate1

Congratulations Lunar1. 60-74% are pass so 69% is high pass.

I am thinking to let my DC to take ABRSM performance exam too but at least, ABRSM is not using algorithm and purely for their performance, it's more straight forward.
If my DC take a video at school with an accompanist, it will be more like a concert style and can have a good atmosphere rather than taking a video at home which was a pain for us.

Trinity should have made us more clearer about the algorithm. I just wonder if the examiner make a note of the candidate's ability of scales and aural through their pieces? Also I assume their assessment criteria of "Fluency & Accuracy", "Technical facility", " Communication and interpretation" for the each piece's mark are the factors to decide the estimate mark for the supporting test. So if the candidate is good for Fluency and Communication on their mark but not good score for Technical facility, the mark can be lower. Then I can see if the 3 pieces score are the exact same but their outcome are different. My DC got 1 mark lower for technical side of the score, I am a bit worry about the final result now.

He will be happy with a pass for the guitar, thank you for that.

He would be devastated with a pass for piano, he's had all distinctions so far. Part of me thinks he should just miss it, we are all sick of the pieces at this point!

His teacher moved him on to grade five material. I'm not sure what to do. At least I could get his teacher to record the piano exam at school.

Nobody in our family is musical so it always feels like I'm letting him down.

Has anyone else decided to skip a grade this year?

thirdfiddle · 03/09/2020 20:01

Has anyone else decided to skip a grade this year?

Yeah, DS was going to do one in the summer term but by the time they made the digital offering he'd started learning other music. (DD wasn't planning one but then teacher spotted chance to sneak in a late entry!) I think there's a lot to be said for not doing every single grade, particularly if they're progressing well or they end up just hopping from grade to grade and not having time for other things. If you're already sick of the pieces definitely sounds like time to move on.

Meredusoleil · 05/09/2020 15:09

My dd1 was ready to take her Grade 3 Music exam back in June/July but for a long list of reasons, we didn't sign up for the digital assessments before the bookings closed.

Now we are waiting for Trinity to restart the exam bookings, but dd1 has stopped her lessons. So I don't know if it's worth trying to enter her for the Grade 3 afterall, or just forgot about it as so much time has passed 🤔

thirdfiddle · 06/09/2020 11:46

Did I mention, still nothing. I'm so impatient, fortunately DD not fussed. Are we still going to have to wait a further 6 weeks for the algorithm result if the comments take a month?

meredusoleil, tricky, does she want to do it still? Is she stopping playing completely or just stopping lessons?

Karate1 · 06/09/2020 13:28

Hi thirdfiddle

That must be a real pain no grading after a month! I can't wait for that long neither!

On Trinity Facebook page, someone mentioned that as she didn't upload the music sheet she wasn't graded. I don't know which instrument need to upload a music sheet, may be singing?
I found Facebook messenger is better than twitter's DM. I thought same member of staff is dealing with SNS but Facebook staff gave us a solution in the end to obtain the log in detail. Twitter staff said to me she can't access to that info! So worth sending message on Facebook page if you haven't done it so.

I hadn't received a notification email for grading for the performances so I kept checking myself until grading was up. Now I am waiting for the final result. Has anyone received an email for the final result or it came up on the grading page? At the mo only shows submitted, Graded and no final results there.

Meredusoleil · 06/09/2020 14:08

@thirdfiddle

Did I mention, still nothing. I'm so impatient, fortunately DD not fussed. Are we still going to have to wait a further 6 weeks for the algorithm result if the comments take a month?

meredusoleil, tricky, does she want to do it still? Is she stopping playing completely or just stopping lessons?

She's stopped lessons and as I haven't got her any new material to learn yet, she's not really practicing much either. I just feel like the 6 months of lessons dd1 had (Jan-June) will have counted for nothing if she doesn't sit the exam to show what she's learnt!
thirdfiddle · 06/09/2020 19:28

Thanks karate, will have a look at their fb. It's piano and just playing pieces from the standard book so I don't think supplying parts was expected. Think we might have done previously (for live exams) for brass as they don't have a book, just a long list. So maybe things like that?

Meredusoleil, she still has the skills but I know what you mean, it's nice to tie it off with a certificate. I would go on how the child feels about it I think.

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