You generate draft feedback by giving JeddAI the student work and your own rubric, success criteria and comment banks; it drafts aligned feedback and a suggested mark, then you review, edit and approve every comment. You keep control because nothing reaches a student until you have checked and confirmed it.
What do you give JeddAI before it drafts feedback?
You give JeddAI three things: the student work, and the same marking materials you already use — your rubric or achievement standard, your success criteria and any comment banks. You either connect student submissions or upload them, including typed responses and handwritten work as PDFs. JeddAI then drafts against your materials, so the feedback reflects your expectations rather than a generic template.
The quality of the draft depends on what you feed in. A clear rubric with described levels, specific success criteria and a bank of phrases you trust give JeddAI concrete anchors to work from. If your standard sets out what Achieved, Merit and Excellence look like, load that detail so the draft can point to real evidence in the response instead of vague praise.
- Student work: connected submissions or uploaded files, including handwritten PDFs
- Your rubric or the relevant NCEA achievement standard, with its level descriptors
- Success criteria that spell out what you are looking for in this task
- Comment banks of feedback phrases you already use and trust
How does JeddAI turn that into a draft?
JeddAI reads the student work against your criteria and drafts feedback comment by comment, with a suggested mark where you have set one. It maps what it finds in the response to the levels in your rubric or standard, so each comment is tied to specific evidence rather than a general impression. The draft is a starting point, produced in a fraction of the time a first read-through usually takes.
Because it works from your materials, the draft mirrors your framing. If your success criteria ask for a clear thesis, textual evidence and control of language, the draft comments on each of those in turn. Nothing is finalised at this stage — the suggested mark and every comment are proposals you are free to accept, change or discard.
A draft usually pairs an overall comment with more targeted notes against each criterion, so you can see both the summary judgement and the reasoning behind it. That structure makes the draft quick to scan: you read the overall comment first, then drop into the criterion-level notes only where a grade is borderline or a claim needs checking against the response.
How do you check a draft against NCEA achievement standards?
Read the draft alongside the achievement standard and confirm that each judgement matches the evidence in the student’s work. For NCEA internal assessment you remain the assessor, so a suggested grade of Merit only stands if you can see Merit-level evidence yourself. Treat the draft as a colleague’s first opinion that you verify, not a verdict to accept.
This mirrors the moderation habits you already have. Check that the draft has not been too generous or too harsh, that it cites the part of the response it is describing, and that borderline cases sit on the right side of the line. Where external moderation would later ask where the evidence for a grade is, the draft should already point to it — and if it does not, you correct it before it goes anywhere.
It also helps to spot-check a few scripts against each other, not just each one on its own. If two students show similar evidence, the drafts should land on similar grades; where they diverge, that is a prompt to look again. Reading the drafts as a set, rather than in isolation, is the same discipline that keeps a cohort’s results defensible when they are moderated.
How do you edit a draft so it sounds like your own feedback?
Edit the tone, length and emphasis until the comment reads the way you would write it for that student. JeddAI drafts in a neutral, constructive voice; you adjust it to match your class, keeping what is accurate and rewriting anything that sounds generic. You can soften or sharpen a point, add a next step, or cut a comment that misses the mark.
The edits are where your knowledge of the student comes in. You know who needs encouragement and who is ready to be pushed, which a tool cannot judge. Personalise the feedforward — one concrete next step per piece — so the student leaves with something specific to act on. The mechanical drafting is handled, so your attention goes to judgement and voice.
What routine keeps a whole class fast and consistent?
A simple routine keeps a class set both quick and consistent: let JeddAI draft the whole set first, then review in one pass with your standard open. Working through drafts back to back means you apply the same expectations to every student, which is exactly what moderation asks for. Consistency is easier to hold when the first draft already speaks the language of your criteria.
Spend the time you save where it matters most — the borderline scripts, the students who need a careful conversation, and the patterns across the class worth teaching next lesson. The draft handles the repetitive first pass; you handle the decisions that need a teacher.
- Load your rubric, success criteria and comment banks once for the task
- Let JeddAI draft the full class set before you start reviewing
- Review in a single pass so the same standard is applied throughout
- Give extra attention to borderline grades and students who need it
- Approve each comment only once you are satisfied it is accurate
How does keeping control protect your professional judgement?
You keep control because JeddAI never sends anything to a student on its own — every comment and mark waits for your approval. The draft speeds up the mechanical first pass, but the professional judgement that assessment depends on stays with you. That division of labour is the point: the tool drafts, and you decide what is accurate and fair.
Used this way, a tool like JeddAI helps you apply your criteria consistently across a class and reclaim marking time without giving up the final say. You set the rubric, you review each draft, and you approve what the student sees. If you want to try the review-and-edit loop on your own tasks, you can Get started with JeddAI and keep every decision in your hands.
Frequently asked questions
Does JeddAI send feedback to students automatically?
No. JeddAI only produces drafts; every comment and mark stays with you until you review, edit and approve it, so nothing reaches a student without your say-so.
Can JeddAI mark against an NCEA achievement standard?
You can load the standard's level descriptors as your marking material, and JeddAI drafts against them. You remain the assessor and confirm every grade yourself.
What if the suggested mark looks wrong?
Change it. The mark is a proposal you adjust to match the evidence you see, and your version is the one that counts.
Do I have to upload work, or can I connect it?
Either. You can connect student submissions or upload files, including handwritten work as PDFs, before JeddAI drafts feedback.
Will the draft feedback sound generic?
It starts in a neutral voice, but you edit the tone and add a personal next step. Loading your own comment banks also makes drafts sound closer to your usual wording from the start.
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