The fastest way is the connect, mark, review flow: connect or upload a whole class of essays at once, let JeddAI draft marks and feedback against your own rubric, success criteria and comment banks, then review and edit each draft instead of writing every comment from scratch.
What is the fastest way to mark a whole class set of essays?
The fastest way is a three-step loop: connect the class set, let JeddAI draft the marking, then review and edit. Instead of reading and commenting on thirty essays one blank page at a time, you load the whole class at once and start from a first draft for every student. Your time shifts from writing feedback from nothing to refining feedback that already tracks your criteria.
The saving comes from doing the repetitive work once rather than thirty times. JeddAI applies the same rubric, success criteria and comment banks to every essay, so the consistency you would otherwise hold in your head is built into each draft. You still make the final call on every mark and comment, but you are editing rather than composing from scratch.
How does marking a full class at once save the most time?
Marking the whole set in one batch saves the most time because JeddAI drafts against your criteria for every student in a single run, rather than you re-establishing the standard essay by essay. On a full class, that removes the slowest part of marking: writing the same core feedback in slightly different words twenty or thirty times over.
Batching also protects consistency. When you mark by hand across several sittings, the first essay and the last can drift apart as your attention and energy change. Because the drafts come from one fixed rubric and comment bank, every student is measured against the same yardstick, and your editing goes into the responses that genuinely need a closer read.
The result is that the bulk of a class set becomes focused review rather than repetitive composition, so you spend your attention where your judgement adds the most and less on feedback you would write almost identically each time.
What do you set up before running a class set?
Before you run a class set, prepare the three things JeddAI marks against and get the essays ready to load. The closer your rubric, success criteria and comment banks are to how you already mark, the less you edit afterwards, so this setup is where most of the speed is won or lost.
You do not need to build everything from scratch. If your faculty already has an agreed rubric aligned to curriculum achievement standards, use it, and paste in the comment phrases you reach for most so students hear a consistent voice across the class. A few minutes here saves far longer during review.
- The essay task or question your students responded to, for context.
- Your rubric or marking criteria, aligned to your curriculum outcomes.
- Success criteria describing what a strong response looks like.
- A comment bank of the feedback phrases you reuse most.
- The class set of essays, named clearly and matched to each student.
How do you review a class set of drafts quickly without losing rigour?
Review the drafts in passes rather than perfecting each essay before moving on. Start by skimming the marks across the class to check the spread looks right, then read the feedback closely where a mark sits near a grade boundary or looks out of line with the student you know.
Triaging this way keeps rigour where it matters. Strong and clearly mid-range essays usually need only a light touch, while borderline cases and unusual responses get your full attention. You accept what captures your intent, sharpen what misses nuance, and adjust any mark you disagree with, because nothing is finalised until you approve it.
- First pass: skim the marks across the class and check the spread.
- Second pass: read closely near grade boundaries and surprising results.
- Accept the drafts that already match how you would mark by hand.
- Edit the comments and marks that miss nuance only you can see.
Why is the second class set faster than the first?
The second class set is faster because you reuse the rubric, success criteria and comment banks you refined on the first. The setup cost is paid once, and every later assignment that draws on the same criteria starts closer to your intent, so you edit less each time you run it.
Your comment bank compounds this. As you review, the phrasings you keep reaching for can be added back so the next run drafts feedback that already sounds like you. Over a term the flow becomes quicker precisely because it is anchored to your standards rather than a generic model, and the marking keeps reflecting your voice.
How much of the marking should you still do yourself?
You stay responsible for every final mark and comment; JeddAI drafts and you decide. The tool is there to remove the repetitive drafting, not the professional judgement, so read each result the way you would check a colleague’s marking before it goes back to students.
This matters most on the essays that carry high stakes or defy the rubric. A creative response that breaks the mould, or a borderline result that shifts a report grade, deserves your full reading. Letting the tool handle the routine feedback is exactly what frees the time to give those cases the attention they need.
How do you keep marking a class set faster over time?
You keep it fast by treating each class set as a chance to sharpen the criteria you reuse. The essays change, but the rubric, success criteria and comment banks carry forward, so the flow gets quicker and more consistent every time you run it across a class.
A tool like JeddAI helps you apply the same criteria evenly across a full class and cut the time spent drafting routine feedback, while you review and approve every mark and comment. Built in Australia and used across Australian and New Zealand classrooms, it keeps you in control of the result. You can Get started with JeddAI on a single class set and see how it fits the way you already mark.
Frequently asked questions
How many essays can you mark at once with JeddAI?
You load a full class set in one run rather than marking essay by essay. The practical limit is your own class size; the flow is designed to draft feedback for every student against the same criteria in a single pass.
Does faster marking mean lower-quality feedback?
No. The speed comes from JeddAI drafting routine feedback against your rubric, not from cutting corners. You review and edit every result, so the final feedback reflects your judgement and consistency across the class often improves.
Can you mark part of a class before everyone has submitted?
Yes. You can start with the essays you have and add late submissions later. Each run drafts against the same criteria, so responses marked in separate batches stay consistent.
Do you have to accept JeddAI's marks?
No. Every mark and comment is a draft you can accept, edit or override. Nothing is finalised until you approve it, so the teacher stays in control of the result.
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