Marking & Feedback

Less admin. More insight.
Better feedback.

Everything educators need to grade efficiently and at scale while maintaining connection with each student. Reduce load, maintain consistency and support student growth through smarter marking.

Focus on students, not paperwork

Insights that improve teaching

Insights that improve teaching

Refine future teaching and assessment design based on clear indications of past student outcomes.

Teach more, mark less

Teach more, mark less

Remove friction from grading and free up educators to do what matters most: teach and provide support.


Improve feedback quality

Improve feedback quality

Allocate more energy to targeted, meaningful feedback rather than spending time on repetitive admin tasks.

Mark faster while staying
focused on student growth

Mark smarter, not harder—cutting through workload, locking in consistency and delivering feedback that drives real progress. Mark digitally at scale without losing the human touch.

Case Study

A solution that truly supports educator needs

"Cadmus provides a really good end-to-end solution—it’s evident through their solution and approach that they’ve invested time into understanding exactly what academics need and the challenges students are facing. A key highlight is the thorough support provided for academics, and this is reflected in the way they are able to support their students when using Cadmus ... If I was going through this digital transition at another university, Cadmus is the solution I would introduce."

Dr Kevin Sobel-Read

Associate Professor, Deputy Dean, Director of Teaching and Learning, School of Law and Justice, University of Newcastle

AI-assisted marking

AI that works for you,
not instead of you

Speed up repetitive tasks with ease and control. Customisable AI models evaluate meaning and intent of short- and long-form responses while staying aligned with your marking standards.

Flexible marking

Mark your way,
with more focus

Assign markers by student or by question. Support expertise or holistic review while reducing cognitive load and improving marking quality through educator-friendly allocation options.

One-click moderation 

Moderate once,
apply everywhere

Updated a mark? Found a better answer variation? Instantly apply changes across all relevant submissions with one-click moderation. Keep grading fair and save on hours of admin.

In-line annotation

Mark smarter, not harder

Mark like you’re writing on paper, but smarter. An intuitive PDF-style interface ensures feedback stays where it’s needed—on the question and in context, giving students clarity.

Customisable rubrics

Make rubrics do the heavy lifting

Apply qualitative, quantitative or custom rubrics across a full submission, specific questions or a student-by-student basis. Help students understand exactly how they are tracking.

Detailed analytics

Insights that improve teaching

Use past student outcomes to inform future teaching. Smart analytics reveal question success rates, misconceptions and answer patterns to guide assessment and lesson design.

Rule-based feedback release

Feedback that fits your flow

Control what students see, when. Stagger feedback release across different groups as needed with-rule based visibility. Optional real-time notifications keep students in the loop.

See how top educators are using Cadmus to 
transform assessment

"The synergies between the approach of Cadmus and our priority work in assessment redesign and success for diverse student cohorts are obvious. Collaboration with Cadmus academic staff and leveraging the affordances of the Cadmus platform supports our 'whole of institution approach' to curriculum reform."

Professor Angela Hill

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Edith Cowan University

Provide the structure to success
with high-quality, scaffolded assessments

Whether you're rolling out assignments, delivering exams, or reporting on results, Cadmus gives you
time and clarity to uplift assessment for better learning outcomes.