This document provides a comprehensive overview of potential features for an AI-assisted grading tool. The features are evaluated based on their potential impact, implementation complexity, current market availability, and their relationship to identified challenges in the grading process.
Feature Categories
Features are organized into three main categories:
- Manual: Features that enhance manual grading workflows
- Assisted: Features that provide AI support while maintaining human oversight
- Automated: Features that leverage AI for automated grading capabilities
Feature Assessment Criteria
Each feature is evaluated across multiple dimensions:
- Potential: Impact and value to users (Low/Medium/High)
- Complexity: Implementation difficulty (Low/Medium/High/Very High)
- Market Status: Whether similar features exist in other tools
- Challenge Addressed: Links to specific grading challenges
- Category: Manual/Assisted/Automated classification
- Scope: Broad/Limited applicability
- Remarks: Additional context or considerations
Feature Matrix
| Feature | Potential | Complexity | Implemented in other tool | Addresses | Category | Scope of use | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| digitization | High | Medium | Yes | workload | Assisting | Universal | Essential for digital grading |
| recognition of student submission | High | Medium | Yes | workload | Assisting | Universal | Automates student identification |
| choice questions | High | Low | Yes | workload | Automated | Universal | Basic automated grading |
| free form annotation | High | Medium | Yes | feedback | Assisting | Universal | Especially useful with tablets |
| rubrics | High | Medium | Yes | consistency | Assisting | Universal | Core grading structure |
| manual feedback | High | Low | Yes | feedback | Assisting | Universal | Structured feedback system |
| anonymity | High | Low | Yes | biases | Assisting | Universal | Reduces grading bias |
| grading workflow | High | Medium | Yes | consistency | Assisting | Universal | Standardizes process |
| assigning grades | High | Medium | Yes | consistency | Assisting | Universal | Includes grading curves |
| sorting | High | Low | Yes | workload | Assisting | Universal | Answer organization |
| shuffling | High | Low | Yes | biases | Assisting | Universal | Reduces order bias |
| grouping | High | Medium | Yes | workload | Assisting | Universal | Similar answer grouping |
| automated grouping | Medium | High | No | workload | Automated | Limited | AI-powered grouping |
| manual grouping | High | Low | Yes | workload | Assisting | Universal | Manual answer organization |
| tags | High | Low | Yes | workload | Assisting | Universal | Answer categorization |
| flag answer | High | Low | Yes | workload | Assisting | Universal | Mark for review |
| collaboration | High | Medium | Yes | workload | Assisting | Universal | Team grading support |
| access to student grades | High | Medium | Yes | feedback | Assisting | Universal | Grade management |
| exam review | High | Medium | Yes | feedback | Assisting | Universal | Student feedback |
| statistics | High | Medium | Yes | feedback | Assisting | Universal | Grading analytics |
| code similarity analysis | Medium | High | Yes | cheating | Automated | Limited | For programming assignments |
| cheating detection | Medium | High | No | cheating | Automated | Limited | Plagiarism detection |
| text recognition | Medium | High | No | workload | Automated | Limited | OCR capabilities |
| keyword extraction | Medium | High | No | workload | Automated | Limited | Key term identification |
| text similarity analysis | Medium | High | No | workload | Automated | Limited | Answer comparison |
| automated grading suggestions | Medium | High | No | workload | Automated | Limited | AI grading assistance |
| fully automated grading | Low | Very High | No | workload | Automated | Limited | Complete AI grading |
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