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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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Meredusoleil · 06/09/2020 20:05

@thirdfiddle

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.

She's not really sure herself tbh... I think if I said she could forget about it, she wouldn't be too bothered!
Karate1 · 07/09/2020 09:57

I understand children need to be encouraged especially now! So the grade exam can be one of those to feel achievement ( I normally give my DD reward after grade exam). Or for some it's very important to obtain certain grade for their audition or University entry.

But the timing is very important. That's why ABRSM said record whenever the pieces are ready then upload later for their excuse. Originally, ABRSM's performance grade supposed to be in Aug, then now they said registration will be at the end of Sep then upload by early Nov. They must be very cautious about their exam handling. Apparently Trinity expected about 5000 candidates but they had more than 30000 then couldn't cope with the workload. Well this is the first ever experience for both boards so understandable though. I was rushing to take Trinity exam this time as I didn't know when ABRSM will do the exam back in June.

But my regret is that I should have been more proactive and encouraged my DD to take a video regardless of exam's log in details etc. As my DD was a great procrastinater we waited till we knew exactly when was the closing date!

Meredusoleil · 07/09/2020 10:44

@Karate1

I understand children need to be encouraged especially now! So the grade exam can be one of those to feel achievement ( I normally give my DD reward after grade exam). Or for some it's very important to obtain certain grade for their audition or University entry.

But the timing is very important. That's why ABRSM said record whenever the pieces are ready then upload later for their excuse. Originally, ABRSM's performance grade supposed to be in Aug, then now they said registration will be at the end of Sep then upload by early Nov. They must be very cautious about their exam handling. Apparently Trinity expected about 5000 candidates but they had more than 30000 then couldn't cope with the workload. Well this is the first ever experience for both boards so understandable though. I was rushing to take Trinity exam this time as I didn't know when ABRSM will do the exam back in June.

But my regret is that I should have been more proactive and encouraged my DD to take a video regardless of exam's log in details etc. As my DD was a great procrastinater we waited till we knew exactly when was the closing date!

I have already recorded my dd1 playing her 3 pieces back in July, as she was getting fed up playing them over and over again!
Karate1 · 07/09/2020 14:16

How well prepared to record pieces already Meredusoleil!
Then I will definitely submit the recording once the registration is open again. It's good to have a feedback from not your teacher. That's why I miss local music festival to gain constructive feedback. If the result is great then tell your DD, if the result is not what you expected, if I were you, I will be quietWink.

Meredusoleil · 07/09/2020 14:56

@Karate1

How well prepared to record pieces already Meredusoleil! Then I will definitely submit the recording once the registration is open again. It's good to have a feedback from not your teacher. That's why I miss local music festival to gain constructive feedback. If the result is great then tell your DD, if the result is not what you expected, if I were you, I will be quietWink.
Her music school suggested it as we missed the deadline to enter her back in July 🤦🏻‍♀️
Travelban · 08/09/2020 10:10

We finally got the mark, 51/66. However the techn ical was very low in comparison to the musicality, so not sure what the final grade will be. Hopefully they won't fail him. It's guitar by the way..

thirdfiddle · 08/09/2020 12:47

Hooray travelban! Sure that'll be a pass at least.
Still nothing here. I asked their fb people, but they just said to ask again if nothing by 6 weeks.
Someone said they'd had 4x as any entries as expected so no wonder they're struggling. I wonder if they were expecting usual number and got more, or expecting fewer and got usual number.

Travelban · 08/09/2020 13:32

Yes I heard they got 3 times more entries than expected....i hope you get your marks soon! I didn't get an email but checked it regularly and it just appeared early this morning!

Karate1 · 15/09/2020 15:09

Still waiting for the final result!
On trinity Facebook, someone got 66/66 full marks ended up with 94% for the final result. 6% lower than her pieces. Full mark is unbelievable achievement though.
It's so funny that their slogan is puts performance first! They should stop using this prediction system.

thirdfiddle · 15/09/2020 17:03

Still waiting for the marks/comments! So 94% is the most you can get with this system? Not that DD is going to be anywhere near, too many unforced errors. I'm inclined to cut them a lot of slack for managing to get anything working in weird circumstances but yeah, not feeling particularly inclined to do any more exams this way.

Karate1 · 16/09/2020 09:49

Not even marks/comments yet thirdfiddle?
How long are you waiting for that now?

For me it took 2 months to get log in details but after I uploaded the video on Friday, marks/ comments were on the page on Tuesday so I was very impressed. It was 1 Sep. But no final result yet. I know it will be up to 6 weeks though.

I was very shocked about full mark girl's final result. Full mark!!!!!!! This girl could be perfect for scales, Aural etc! So trinity's historical data tells full mark candidate's supporting test are not that good as performance(6% down) for her grade and instrument? Well 94% is still distinction but if the candidate is a border of distinction and merit? I am sure that now Trinity can't cope with all complains and appeal for their results!!

thirdfiddle · 16/09/2020 10:20

Over 5 weeks! They won't follow up a query till it's the full 6 weeks. They did confirm I had correctly uploaded the files so don't think I screwed it up. Hoping it's been marked and waiting for grading and they just forgot to upload the mark/comment. I don't want to wait another 6 weeks for a grade!

thirdfiddle · 20/09/2020 17:32

Got the marks at last! DD is happy. Just within the 6 weeks - just hope that doesn't mean another 6 weeks waiting for someone to get out their abacus and work out her scaled score. Anyone else still on the bench with us?

Karate1 · 21/09/2020 07:31

Finally! So glad to hear your DD is happy.
Well done for your DDSmile.
I hope we can get final result soon though.
My DD asked me everyday if the result is uploaded. I told my DD before "think about GCSE, A level in the future, You have to wait quite long time to get a result".
But DD said "at least these exams, we know exactly when the result will be out!".

thirdfiddle · 21/09/2020 08:28

She's got a point there.

thirdfiddle · 30/09/2020 10:07

7 weeks and counting... it's taken them longer to grade it than it did DD to prepare for it.

Karate1 · 30/09/2020 11:34

Still waiting too.
Trinity will open for another digital exam in Nov. This time, three pieces and a technical work should be sending too. But no Aural, scale, impro or orchestra excerpts.
So they stop using algorithm!
It would be interesting if anyone are not happy with this time's exam, send same video and technical work and let's see if the result will be better. May be with a different account? Just a thought.

thirdfiddle · 01/10/2020 21:05

Aha, still no email but it showed up on the portal at last.
Nearly missed it as I had bookmarked the course page but it showed up as a different course.
Hopefully not having the algorithm will speed things up and make it fairer. Can't say I'm that enthusiastic about doing any more exams this way but I'm sure kids and teacher will let me know.

Karate1 · 02/10/2020 07:57

Wow that's great you got the result thirdfiddle.
Was your DD happy about the final result?
I can't believe already Oct! Now you and your DD can move on. No more checking the result pageGrin.
Oh I hope I am checking the right page. I just click upload video part but only 1 course appear. So you have 2 courses there?

Anyone still waiting for the final result?

thirdfiddle · 02/10/2020 09:02

Thank you, yes she she's very pleased with herself. Not quite up to her usual standards but it was a bit of a last minute punt. (No wonder they ended up with so many entries!)
If you go back to the dashboard and then "view my courses", it was listed as a second course there. Lucky I checked, I thought they said you'd get an email when final results were posted.

Cloudberry1 · 02/10/2020 21:00

We still didn’t get the result.
Uploaded it two months ago.

thirdfiddle · 03/10/2020 16:01

Two months! Have you tried getting in touch? Do you have the feedback/raw marks yet?

Cloudberry1 · 03/10/2020 17:27

I emailed them, yes.
Now there are two (!) examiners assigned (where the “Courses” are, thanks for the tip!), but when I click on any of them, the website just sends me to the main page...

lunar1 · 05/10/2020 11:59

Does anyone know if they are sending certificates out for these exams? I have never had an email from them after we submitted the exam, the grade just appears without them emailing!

I've just entered my boys for the ABRSM performance grades for piano, hopefully that will be smoother 🤦🏻‍♀️

Karate1 · 06/10/2020 21:17

Hi everyone

Finally we got the final result!
Thank you for thirdfiddle's advice to check courses. Now two courses are assigned and the final result are in it. But it's showing 0% progress and can't see overall marking out of 100%. Cloudberry, is it same for you?
When you click the final result, second highlighted sentence say;
Your result is a Pass/Merit/Distinction

It is curious to know the overall marking but I can wait for longer for that. Now my DD can announce her result officially to the school.

Lunar1, Trinity webpage says

All certificates will be despatched from September 2020.

So hopefully they will send us soon but I believe I have to chase this up again if I don't receive till the end of let's say Nov. I am so get used to wait anything for longer now. Good luck with ABRSM exam. It would be great to have 4 pieces concert style video yourself too! If your school has a lovely grand piano, it would be even better!

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