Marking the paper is only half the job — capturing those marks into a spreadsheet or admin system afterward is the part teachers actually resent. MyEncore's AI marking removes that step: photograph a marked test paper and the marks are extracted and captured automatically.
Book a Demo See PricingA teacher marks 30 test papers by hand, then has to open a spreadsheet or admin portal and retype every mark, one learner at a time. It's repetitive, error-prone (transposed digits, skipped rows), and it's time a teacher doesn't get back. Multiply that across every test, every class, every term, and it's one of the most-cited sources of teacher after-hours admin work in South African schools.
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1. Mark as normal | The teacher marks the physical test paper by hand, exactly as they always have. |
| 2. Photograph it | Using the MyEncore app, the teacher takes a photo of the marked paper. |
| 3. Automatic extraction | The system reads the marks from the photo and matches them to the correct learner. |
| 4. Captured to the record | Marks land directly in the learner's profile — ready for reports, and available to sync back to SA-SAMS. |
AI marking captures marks — it doesn't replace the teacher's assessment judgement. The teacher still decides what's correct, partially correct, or wrong on each paper. AI marking removes the mechanical re-typing step afterward, not the marking itself.
Because marks land in the same learner profile used across MyEncore, they immediately feed into term reports, parent-visible progress views, and — for schools running SA-SAMS integration — the two-way sync back to SA-SAMS. There's no separate export step or second system to update.
AI marking is most reliable on tests with clearly marked, legible scores per question — the standard tick/cross-and-total format most South African teachers already use. It works across subjects since it's reading the marks a teacher has written, not attempting to grade content itself. Extremely messy handwriting or heavily annotated margins can reduce extraction accuracy, so teachers should still spot-check the captured marks against the physical paper before finalising a report — the same way any digital system benefits from a quick sanity check.
There's no separate sign-up or licence for AI marking — it's part of the same MyEncore teacher app used for attendance and communication. A school onboarding onto MyEncore gets it automatically; existing MyEncore schools can start using it on the next test cycle with no setup step. Training takes a few minutes: mark as normal, open the camera in the app, photograph the paper, confirm the extracted marks.
AI marking is included in every MyEncore subscription at no extra cost: R50 per learner per year for schools under 1000 learners, or a five-year taper starting at R27 in Year 1 for 1000+ learner schools (full pricing breakdown).
A teacher marks the test paper by hand as usual, then photographs it using the MyEncore app. The system extracts the marks from the photo and captures them directly against the learner's record — no manual re-typing into a spreadsheet or SA-SAMS.
No. The teacher still marks the paper — AI marking extracts and captures those marks automatically instead of the teacher retyping them afterward. It removes the data-capture step, not the assessment judgement.
Yes. Marks captured through MyEncore, including via AI marking, flow into the same learner record that syncs back to SA-SAMS as part of MyEncore's standard two-way integration.
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