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What pre-screening mode is

A school-level mode where Viva checks understanding and integrity but produces no grades at all.

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Viva runs in one of two modes, chosen per school as part of the contract. The difference shows up in one place: whether a report ends with a Grading section.

Full grading is the default. Every report ends with a Grading section where you enter the grade, write feedback, and publish to the student.

The Grading section: your grade, your feedback, and Publish.

In pre-screening, that entire section is gone. Everything above it still runs — the interview, the Understanding and Authenticity analysis, the integrity and voice signals, and the full transcript — so you still get the evidence. Viva just produces no mark, and you grade the work wherever you normally do.

Pre-screening: the rail ends at Reference. There is no Grading section and no Publish.

Turning grading off entirely is a real choice, and some departments make it: Viva then works purely as an understanding check and an integrity record. If your reports have no Grading section and you expected one, this mode is why — ask your school admin, or ask us.

Switching a school back to full grading restores everything, and grades entered before the switch are kept.