The Marking App
What The Marking App is, what problem it solves, and how to get started.
Marking at scale is repetitive. Students make the same mistakes, and you end up typing the same feedback again and again - slightly differently each time, which means students in the same cohort get inconsistent responses to the same error.
At the same time, it's hard to know whether your feedback is actually useful. Is it specific enough? Does it tell students what to do differently? Does it land the same way for every marker, or does each tutor interpret the rubric in their own way?
The Marking App is a comment bank - a central place to write, store, and reuse feedback snippets. Instead of drafting fresh comments for every student, you build a library once and copy from it. You get consistent wording across every marker, and you only have to write (and improve) each comment once.
Comment bank - write reusable feedback, organised by course and assessment into folders and pages.
One-click copy - click any comment to copy it to your clipboard, ready to paste into Canvas or any other LMS.
AI grading - every comment is automatically scored for quality. The AI flags vague or unhelpful feedback and suggests a rewrite.
Variants and placeholders - store alternative wordings of the same comment, or leave fill-in-the-blank gaps for student-specific details.
Collaboration - share pages with colleagues or create a group workspace so an entire marking team works from the same bank.
Analytics - see which feedback is used most, track marking pace, and spot where comments need refining.
Tutors marking essays, assignments, or lab reports at volume.
Course coordinators who need consistent feedback across multiple markers.
Marking teams who want to build and share a rubric-aligned comment bank.
Tip: The app works best when your whole marking team uses the same page. Shared banks mean consistent feedback across every student in the cohort - not just consistent for one marker.
Create a folder for the course and a page for the assessment.
Write the feedback you find yourself giving repeatedly and save it to the comment bank.
While marking, open the page alongside Canvas or your LMS. Click a comment to copy it, then paste.
Refine comments over time using AI suggestions, and share the page with your marking team.
Note: Everything in your personal workspace is private until you explicitly share it. Pages and folders in a group workspace are visible to all group members.
Last updated May 2026