K–12
Our grading toolset enables educators to provide rich feedback.
The reuseable comment library can be used to create grading rubrics. Students love the online portfolio where they can see upcoming assignments and review past assessments.
Why Educators Love Crowdmark
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Richer Feedback for Improved Learning
Rich, descriptive feedback to students can be delivered easily in the online workflow. Comment boxes left on student work support hyperlinks, embedded images, and mathematical equations which can create new learning opportunities. For example, a student can be directed via hyperlink to a video explaining the solution to a math problem or historical fact.
Curriculum Innovation
Crowdmark provides pathways to drive innovation in curriculum design and pedagogy. Teachers can easily test and iterate on new approaches to teaching while collaborating with teachers in other schools or districts. This provides opportunities for instructors to improve their teaching practice and new channels for communication within Professional Learning Networks (PLN).
Student Portfolio
Crowdmark stores all assessments with instructor feedback securely in the cloud. Over time, this creates an easily accessed digital portfolio that can be used for further study, personalization of instruction and detailed evaluation of learning achievement. Teachers can choose to share this portfolio with parents to review their child’s progress throughout the year.
See how we compare to the status quo: |  | Status Quo |
|---|---|---|
Ready, Set, Grade | Grade anywhere, anytime. With Crowdmark educators can grade assessments with ease using any Internet connected device from anywhere. | Paper, paper and more paper. Teachers are forced to stay late at school to grade assessments or carry stacks of paper home and back. |
Collaboration | Teachers can collaboratively evaluate student work online with moderation. The moderated evaluations can be performed anywhere and at anytime. | Moderated grading requires teachers to assemble in the same room at the same time. Scheduling is a hassle. |
Feedback | Graders provide rich feedback with scores, graphical annotations, hypertext comments and mathematical notations. Frequent comments can be added quickly using copy and paste. | Teachers use a red pen to provide comments in the margin with a number score. |
Student Portfolio | A digital copy
of student homework, assignments, lab reports, midterms and finals together with teacher feedback is stored in the cloud creating an easily accessible student portfolio. | Assessments can be stored in a file folder at home or at school. That is, if pages aren’t lost or forgotten. |
Parent Engagement | Teachers can access the student portfolio to enrich discussions with parents by showing examples of student work. Teachers can digitally share student work and associated assessment feedback with parents. | Parents are sometimes shown scores in a grade book. Examples of student work can be sent home in the student’s backpack to parents for review. |
Crowdmark can be licensed by individual schools or school districts.
We offer several options including a trial offer to help get you started right away.
