Marking software for universities
Standardise feedback across your marking team, onboard tutors faster, and track student performance across cohorts, all without replacing the LMS you already use.
Most LMS platforms are built for content delivery and submission collection, not for the marking process itself. Grading in Canvas SpeedGrader or Moodle is slow, feedback is inconsistent between markers, and there's no way for the team to build on shared institutional knowledge.
The result: course coordinators spend hours in moderation catching inconsistencies, new tutors reinvent feedback that experienced markers worked out years ago, and students complain about receiving different quality feedback depending on who graded their work.
The Marking App is marking software built to solve exactly these problems; giving university teams the shared infrastructure they need to mark consistently, efficiently, and at scale.
From individual tutor productivity to department-wide marking standards.
Every marker on your team pulls from the same shared feedback library. Onboard new tutors instantly and maintain consistent marking standards across the cohort.
Course coordinators and moderators can review what feedback is being given across the marking team - catching inconsistencies before they reach students.
Track which feedback is given most often across submissions and cohorts. Identify trends in student performance and use the data to inform teaching decisions.
The browser extension integrates with Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, Turnitin, and any other marking platform - so your team doesn't change their workflow.
Add dynamic placeholders to comments (student name, marks, specific text) so reusable feedback still feels personalised and specific.
Feedback consistency is one of the hardest problems in large-scale university marking. When ten markers grade the same assignment, students shouldn't receive noticeably different feedback quality based on luck of the draw.
The Marking App creates a shared language for your team. Experienced markers contribute their best feedback to the shared library; everyone else benefits. Moderators can see aggregate feedback usage and catch drift before it becomes a QA problem.
Individual markers start free. Teams and departments get shared libraries, group management, and analytics on our paid plans .
Marking software for universities helps academic staff and teaching teams manage the grading process more efficiently. At the core is usually a reusable feedback library - letting markers give consistent, high-quality feedback faster - alongside team collaboration, analytics, and LMS integration.
No. The Marking App sits alongside your existing LMS and grading tools. The browser extension lets markers insert feedback from their shared library directly into Canvas SpeedGrader, Moodle assignment feedback, Turnitin, and other platforms without switching tabs.
When all markers work from the same shared comment library, the language and tone of feedback is naturally consistent. Course coordinators control what's in the shared library. Markers can still personalise feedback, but the core messages and criteria are standardised.
Yes. Analytics in The Marking App show feedback usage across assignments and cohorts. This helps coordinators identify whether certain markers are over- or under-using specific feedback, and whether feedback is addressing the right rubric criteria.
Group and Department plans support teams of all sizes with shared workspaces, group admin controls, and usage analytics. Departments can also create multiple groups - one per course or discipline - each with its own tailored comment library.
The browser extension works with virtually any web-based marking tool. Direct integrations and API access are on our roadmap for larger institutions. Contact us if you have specific requirements.