Marking that gives every student real feedback
Draft personalised feedback for every student against your rubric, so you edit and release instead of starting from a blank page.
The problem
A teacher with five classes spends evenings typing the same core comments into thirty different documents, varying the tone and evidence by hand. The rubric sits in one window while the student work sits in another, and the mental load of switching between the two means detailed feedback shrinks to a few hurried lines by the tenth paper. Most students receive a grade and a generic sentence, not the specific guidance that actually improves their next piece.
What AI makes possible now
A teacher uploads a batch of student work and their existing marking rubric. The automation reads each submission against every criterion, pulls out a short piece of evidence from the student's own text, and drafts a three-sentence comment that names what was done well, what fell short, and one concrete next action. It flags any submission where the student's argument contradicts itself or where the evidence is missing altogether. The teacher reviews each draft on a single screen, adjusts the tone or emphasis, and releases the feedback to the student portal. Nothing goes to a student without a teacher's eyes and approval.
How it works
- You drop a folder of student files and your rubric into a monitored inbox or upload them directly to a simple web interface.
- The system extracts the text from each submission and maps it against every rubric criterion, noting where the work meets, exceeds, or misses the standard.
- For each criterion, it drafts a comment that cites a short quote or example from the student's work, states the gap clearly, and suggests a single revision action.
- You review the drafts in a queue, edit any comment, and approve the batch; the approved feedback is formatted and ready to paste into your school's LMS or print for handback.
The first thirty days
A single-teacher pilot that accepts Word documents and a plain-text rubric. It returns a spreadsheet with one row per student, columns for each rubric criterion, and a drafted comment in each cell. The teacher copies the comments into their existing gradebook or LMS.
How it earns
The product sells as a term-length subscription per teacher, priced low enough to come from a departmental budget without a lengthy procurement fight. Nexibeo runs it as a managed brand, handling the infrastructure and support so teachers never touch a setting.
Why now
Schools are under pressure to show individualised feedback after parent evenings, but teacher workloads are at breaking point. A tool that drafts the substance and leaves the professional judgement to the teacher fits the moment.
First customers
Heads of English or History in secondary schools who manage large marking loads and have a rubric they already use. Also private tutors who want to send detailed session reports to parents without typing for an hour after each lesson.
The hard part
A teacher who trusts the draft too much and releases a comment that misreads a student's intent could damage a relationship. The human sign-off step is real, but habits take time to build.
Build this with us
We build the ingestion pipeline, the rubric-matching logic, and the review queue while you keep teaching. If you want a marking assistant that drafts from your actual rubric, not a generic one, we should talk.