Recently, a grader marked this recording unscorable:

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However, since this is a “partial recording” (15 seconds or shorter), you would want to follow this rule in the instructions:

• Most "short" recordings you encounter should be scorable, unless there is a clear and major audio quality issue (e.g., multiple voices, whispering, background noise, or a microphone problem) with the recording. 
• If there are no words spoken in the recording and the recording lasts less than 15 seconds, transcribe the recording as you normally would:

1. If you see text displayed, you will mark all words as unsaid using the E button.
2. If you do not see text displayed, press = to submit.
   

Here is how we regraded this:

Note: if the student had said 1-2 words in the recording that are not in the passage, you would want to insert those at the beginning of the passage, then mark the passage as unread.

Summary: Short recordings are usually scorable. If the student does not say anything in the snippet, they are likely taking a pause in the middle of reading. Mark the passage as unread and press “Submit.”

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