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How to submit your files for marking on Marking.ai

Whether you’re marking a brand new task or reusing a tried-and-tested one, uploading your assessment and student submissions on Marking.ai is quick and simple. Watch the video or follow the guide below to get your work marked in no time.

🚦 Step 1: Start the Upload Process

  1. From your dashboard, click the “Start marking” button in the left-hand sidebar.
  2. A popup modal will appear.

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The popup modal will show up, and you will have the choice as to whether you’d like to upload the submissions yourself, or share a link to the assessments for your students to upload.

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If you’d like to share a link with your students for them to upload the submissions, then please read this article:

How to share a submission link with students

🆕 Option 1: Upload a New Assessment

Once you’ve selected ‘I will upload myself, the next screen in the modal will appear.

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If you’re uploading a brand new task that has not been used before:

  1. Select “New assessment”.
  2. You’ll be prompted to upload the assessment in PDF format only.

    Tip: If your file isn’t in PDF format yet, you can use a free PDF converter tool or try apps like CamScanner to scan and convert images to PDF.

  3. Optional: Add any Advanced Customisation instructions you’d like the AI to follow (e.g., clarify rubrics, specific marking criteria, or focus areas).

♻️ Option 2: Use an Existing Assessment

If you’ve marked this assessment before and it was successfully processed:

  1. Select “Existing assessment”.
  2. Choose the assessment from the dropdown list of previously uploaded ones.

✅ Best Practice Tip: Reusing an existing assessment ensures marking consistency, as the same marking guides and question structure will be used across all student submissions.

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💻 Step 2: Upload your student submissions

  1. Upload your student submissions:
    • If your student’s submissions are individual PDF documents, select ‘class in separate PDFs’, drag and drop up to 20 submissions into the upload area, or
    • Click “Click to upload” to browse and select your files manually.
    • If you’re entire class’ submissions are in a single PDF file, select ‘Entire class in one PDF’ and upload the single PDF file. Marking.ai will automatically split each individual student’s submission and start the batch marking process.

⚠️ Important Notes

  • You can only upload one assessment at a time.
  • All files must be in PDF format.
  • Uploading more than 20 submissions in one batch is not supported—break them into smaller batches if needed.
  • Clicking Cancel or the ‘X’ at the top right of the popup will discard all uploads, so double-check before closing!

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🚀 Step 3: Submit for Marking

Once everything is uploaded and ready to go:

  1. Click the blue “Get marked” button.
  2. You’ll be taken to a loading screen while your submissions are processed.
  3. When done, you’ll land on the Marks and Submissions table where you can track marking progress in real-time.

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🎉 You’re All Set!

And that’s it! You’ve successfully uploaded your assessment and submissions. If you ever run into trouble or want to ensure you’re getting the most out of Marking.ai, be sure to check out our other Help Articles or reach out to our support team using the support widget on the app or by emailing connect@marking.ai.