From first draft
to final marks.
MyTeachingPal marks the way you do — anchored draft feedback or a full QCAA best-fit mark, in your voice, in the student's own Word document. So your evenings can go to the students who need you, not the marking pile.
No credit card required · 5 free evaluations a month
Two modes, one workflow
Give students formative feedback on a draft, or produce a defensible final mark. Same upload, your call per file.
Coach the draft
- Anchored Word comments in the student's own .docx — question-led, in your voice
- A Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory checklist across the four criteria
- Flags scope, validity and missing evidence — never rewrites the student's work
- No marks shown — it's feedback, not a grade
Mark to the ISMG
- QCAA three-step best-fit against the ISMG descriptors, band + mark per criterion
- A highlighted ISMG and an annotated student response you can hand back
- Every passage colour-coded to its descriptor with a margin note on why
- A proposal you confirm — the teacher's judgement is always final
Ten years in the classroom taught me one thing: it's not the teaching that drains you. It's the marking. Senior marking especially — the pressure, the volume, the hours it quietly swallows. I built this because I needed it, and I couldn't find anything that actually understood what teachers are up against.
Founder · former science teacher
Three steps, then you're done
From upload to downloadable Word feedback — or a full ISMG mark — in under 5 minutes.
Upload the response
Drop the student's .docx and pick your mode — draft feedback or final marking. MyTeachingPal reads every paragraph and checks the word count.
Review the proposal
MyTeachingPal drafts your comments, or proposes a QCAA best-fit band and mark per criterion with the evidence highlighted. You read through and adjust anything that needs your touch.
Download and share
Download the annotated .docx, the highlighted ISMG and annotated student response, or a markbook for the whole class. Ready to hand back.
Everything in one place
Designed around the way teachers actually mark — not around what AI can do.
Drop in any .docx
Drag in student Word documents. MyTeachingPal reads every paragraph and the word count — ready for draft feedback or a full mark.
QCAA best-fit marking
Final marking follows the QCAA three-step best-fit against the ISMG descriptors — your state's marking guide, not a generic rubric. You confirm every mark.
Highlighted ISMG + annotated response
Finals come back as a colour-coded ISMG and an annotated student response — each passage highlighted and explained in the margin, QCAA-style.
MyTeachingPal learns how you mark
Train MyTeachingPal on your own marking. It calibrates to your judgement and your voice — your corrections carry into every future mark.
Markbook + cohort analytics
Export a markbook to Excel in a click — per-student bands and marks, plus cohort means, medians and band distributions.
Whole class at once
Upload thirty documents at once. MyTeachingPal works through them while you review the first student — draft or final.
Honest by design
What this is —
and what it isn't.
MyTeachingPal proposes; you decide. Every band, every mark, every comment is a draft you confirm or change. What it removes is the grind, not your judgement.
Proposes a QCAA best-fit band and mark, with the evidence highlighted in the response
Writes draft feedback in your voice, in the student's own Word document
Surfaces class-wide patterns and exports a markbook without extra work
Replaces your professional judgement on grades
Knows your students the way you do
Train MyTeachingPal
It marks like you — because you teach it to
Mark a paper yourself, and MyTeachingPal compares its judgement to yours, learns where it differed, and folds your reasoning into how it marks next time. Your standard, your phrasing — “not a limitation”, “be specific”, “add the combustion equation” — applied consistently across every student.
What teachers say
From teachers who mark regularly across Australia
I used to spend an entire Sunday on one class set. Now I get a first pass in the time it takes to make a cup of tea. I just read through and adjust the two or three things that need my personal touch.
Ms K.
Year 12 Chemistry, Brisbane
The comments sound exactly like me — I'd written that style for years and it just picked it up. My HOD thought I'd written everything by hand.
Ms P.
Senior Science, Sydney
Student work stays private
Documents are processed in memory and never stored. Mark by student code — no identifying data leaves your hands.
You stay in control
Every mark and comment is editable. MyTeachingPal proposes, you approve. Always.
Built for Australian rubrics
QCAA ISMG marking today, with NESA, VCAA, SACE and SCSA on the roadmap — your state's guide, not a generic one.
Simple, honest pricing
Start free. Upgrade when you need more.