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AI Suggested Marks: Essays and Letters

On the CBT marking page, let the AI suggest a mark and a one-line reason for a pupil's essay or letter, against the marking guide; you decide the mark and save it yourself.

What it does, and for whom

An essay or a letter takes the longest to mark. The AI can read one pupil's essay against the question's marking guide and suggest a mark, from 0 to the question's marks in whole or half marks, with one sentence on what earned or lost marks. Essay marking is the least certain thing the AI does, so treat the suggestion as a second opinion: you decide the mark, and nothing is saved until you press the save button. Tocademy offers the essay suggestion, not the short-answer one, when the answer is long or the question is worth more than ten marks. Your school can move both lines, and the longest essay the AI reads (3,500 characters by default), under AI mark suggestions: short answers and essays on the AI credits page.

Before you start

Your school has switched on Suggested mark, essay or letter: a school administrator presses its switch on the AI features page and must tick "I have read this, and I confirm the school agrees to it." before pressing "Switch on", because a pupil's own answer is sent. You hold credits that cover it and may mark the script. On the exam's marking page, each long answer awaiting marking shows "Suggest a mark with AI" with its price, 57 credits at Greenfield.

The notice to switch on Suggested mark, essay or letter: one pupil's written answer is sent with the question, its marks, model answer and marking guide, never the pupil's name, admission number or any detail that identifies them; an answer naming a pupil or parent is refused; the ticked confirmation and the Cancel and Switch on buttons.

Worked example: a sports-day letter

Question 2 of JSS 2 A's Basic Science theory test asks for a letter to a friend about the school's inter-house sports day, 10 marks. Its marking guide divides the marks: 2 for the letter's format, 4 for the events in order, 2 for how the writer felt and 2 for clear sentences. Somto's letter opens with an address and a date and describes the day from the march past to the tug of war.

Question 2, 10 marks, Awaiting marking, Somto Uchenna: the letter beginning 14 Palm Avenue, Lekki, the Marking guide of four points, the Suggest a mark with AI (57 credits) button and the empty Mark out of 10 box.

Read the suggestion

Mr Emeka Okafor presses "Suggest a mark with AI". The suggestion appears beside the letter: AI suggests 10 of 10, a relevant, well-organised answer in clear sentences, with only small slips. Press "Use this mark" to put it in the mark box, or "Discard" to close it.

The AI suggestion: AI suggests 10 of 10, a relevant, well-organised answer in clear sentences, with only small slips; the note that it is a suggestion, not a mark; and the Use this mark and Discard buttons.

You decide the mark

Mr Okafor presses "Use this mark", judges the letter's sentences a little weaker than the suggestion allows, changes the mark to 9 and presses "Save mark". The letter is Marked: 9 / 10, and its Marking history shows the first mark, 9, marked by a member of staff, from an AI suggestion of 10. Your mark is the one that counts, always.

The letter Marked: 9 / 10, its Marking history open: First mark: 9, marked by a member of staff, with the date and time, from an AI suggestion of 10.

On a phone

On a phone the suggestion and its buttons wrap to the screen beside the letter.

On a phone: the AI suggestion, AI suggests 10 of 10 with its reason, and the Use this mark and Discard buttons.

What is sent to the AI, and what never is

Only the question as it was set, its marks, its model answer, its marking guide, and this one essay. No name, admission number or other detail of who wrote it is sent, and an essay that names a pupil, a parent or a member of staff — a letter signed with the pupil's own name, say — is refused before it leaves Tocademy, so mark that one yourself. Entrance exams take no suggestions.

When the AI says no, and what it costs

A refusal always says why and nothing is charged for it, for example an essay longer than an AI suggestion takes, or one changed after you asked. A suggested mark outside the question's marks is refused and never charged. Each suggestion costs the credits on its button, whether you use it or not; My AI credits, under My Profile, lists every request with its cost.

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