Exam Marking,
Augmented by AI
Upload your exam papers. Apply your marking scheme. Get annotated PDFs back — with every submission assessed consistently, fairly, and in a fraction of the time.
Every semester, the same bottleneck
Marking is the most time-consuming part of teaching — and the hardest to scale.
per paper, multiplied by hundreds of submissions every exam period
Markers apply criteria differently — the first paper and the hundredth are not judged the same way
Students wait for feedback that arrives too late to improve their understanding
Talented academics spending nights on marking instead of research or course development
How AEMS works
Four steps from a stack of exam papers to published grades and annotated feedback.
Upload
Drop your exam PDFs and marking scheme. AEMS handles printed, typed, and handwritten submissions.
Mark
AI reads each submission and applies your rubric check by check. Every paper is assessed against the same criteria, in the same way.
Review
See proposed marks and annotations directly on the PDF. Accept, adjust, or override — you have final say on every grade.
Publish
Push approved grades and annotated feedback directly to Canvas LMS. Students see clear explanations alongside their marks.
Built for how academics actually work
PDF-native
Works directly with your exam papers. No scanning apps, no format conversion. Upload the PDF, get an annotated PDF back.
Rubric-driven consistency
Your marking scheme, applied identically to every submission. No drift between the first paper and the last.
Human-in-the-loop
AI proposes, you decide. Every mark can be reviewed, adjusted, or overridden before students see it. The academic remains in control.
Canvas LMS integration
Grades and annotated feedback flow directly into your Canvas courses. No CSV exports, no manual data entry, no copy-paste.
Your choice of AI model
Use Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, or run a local model with Ollama. Switch providers without changing your workflow.
Privacy by design
Choose where your data lives. Run entirely on your own computer, use our EU-hosted cloud, or deploy behind your university firewall.
Student data privacy is not optional
AEMS was designed from day one for institutions that take data protection seriously.
EU data residency with documented processing agreements
Student submissions are never used to train AI models
Run AEMS on your own machine — nothing leaves your computer
Every marking decision is logged and traceable
Invisible text detection prevents students from manipulating AI marking
On-premises deployment keeps everything behind your firewall
Designed for every level of your institution
Individual academics
“I mark 200 exams every semester by myself.”
Download AEMS to your laptop. Connect your own API key or a local model. Mark exams without any data leaving your machine.
Personal plan →Departments & teaching teams
“We have 6 TAs marking 800 submissions, and consistency is a constant struggle.”
Use our hosted platform. Everyone marks against the same rubric, with shared calibration. Push grades to Canvas when the team is satisfied.
Department plan →Universities & institutions
“We need this across faculties, behind our firewall, with full audit compliance.”
Deploy AEMS on your own infrastructure. You control the environment, the data, and the access policies. We provide the software and support.
Institutional plan →Ready to reclaim your evenings?
See which plan fits your department, or download the desktop app and try it on a sample exam today.