Built for serious assessment workflows

Assessment operations, finally in one place for lecturers

GradeOptimus helps lecturers run serious assessments, review digital or handwritten submissions, and return feedback before backlog takes over.

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Platform capabilities

The assessment system built for real university pressure

For large classes, delayed results, and grading backlog, one platform to ease lecturer burden while keeping the full assessment workflow together.

Flexible exam authoring

Build full exams with MCQs, essays, math, chemistry notation, and structured long-form questions in one workflow.

Timed and controlled delivery

Set start times, durations, and submission windows. Students move through a focused assessment flow with less confusion.

AI-assisted grading

Review essays, short answers, derivations, and quantitative work with AI support, then adjust and finalize every decision yourself.

Handwritten script support

When students write offline, upload scanned scripts or photos and keep grading inside the same system instead of carrying paper-based review alone.

Feedback and result publishing

Draft feedback, add per-question remarks, and release results earlier enough for students to actually learn from them.

Operational visibility

See what is ready, what needs attention, and where assessment work is building up across courses.

Exam creation

Run the kind of assessment
your course actually needs

From multiple choice to long-form technical questions, GradeOptimus helps lecturers preserve academic depth without taking on another impossible marking load.

Structure complex papers

Set up multistep technical questions, long-form problem solving, and rubric-led marking without flattening the academic difficulty.

Set timing and controls

Define start time, duration, and submission rules so delivery feels consistent across serious assessment conditions.

Collect every format cleanly

Run the exam digitally or continue with uploaded handwritten scripts when the assessment happens offline.

Exam Builder
Draft
Question 1 - Fluid Mechanics

Water flows steadily through a horizontal pipe contraction from 120 mm to 60 mm diameter. Using continuity and Bernoulli's equation, derive the velocity increase and pressure drop, stating all assumptions clearly.

Marks: derivation method, assumptions, continuity setup, final expression, unit consistency
Question 2 - Advanced Calculus

Evaluate the improper integral

0 x²e-axdx, a > 0

Expected method: parameterized integration or repeated integration by parts, with justification of convergence.

AI Grading Assistant
Reviewing

Student response - Thermodynamics

"Starting from the steady flow energy equation, the student identified enthalpy change correctly but omitted one work term in the turbine balance..."

Method accuracy: strong, final balance incomplete16/20

Partial-credit reasoning

Correct governing equation selection4/4
Assumption on steady state justified3/3
Work term omitted in final expression0/3

AI feedback draft

"The derivation is well structured and shows sound conceptual understanding. Recheck the final energy balance and include the missing shaft work contribution before concluding."

AI grading

Shorten the grading backlog
without lowering the standard

When a lecturer is handling 150 students or more, slow marking becomes a departmental problem. GradeOptimus helps ease the burden, speed up review, and still keep the lecturer fully in control.

Reads technical reasoning with context

The grading flow is designed for derivations, method marks, structured explanations, and multistep technical responses.

Human review stays central

Adjust comments, override scores, and control the final standard before anything is published to students.

Handles handwritten complexity

Review scanned calculations, annotated workings, and mixed-format answer scripts from offline exams in one place.

How it works

Three stages. One assessment system.

Creation, delivery, and review are connected in one calmer workflow for lecturers and departments.

Build advanced papers without flattening the difficulty

From multistep engineering questions to rubric-based long answers, the authoring flow supports more than lightweight objective testing.

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Complex assessment example

A rectangular control volume is placed around a jet issuing from a nozzle and striking a vane moving at constant speed U. Derive the force expression in the tangential direction and comment on the condition for maximum power transfer.

Rubric: momentum equation setup, frame of reference, velocity triangle logic, final force relation, engineering interpretation
Technical answer structure
Known variables and assumptions
Governing equations
Intermediate derivation steps
Final physical interpretation
Supported domains

Advanced calculus, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, structural analysis, and other multi-step technical assessments.

Testimonials

Trusted by educators building more rigorous assessment workflows

What keeps coming through is not hype. It is confidence in the structure, control, and seriousness of the workflow.

"What stood out was not only the AI support, but the discipline of the workflow. It still feels like proper academic review."

AO

Dr. Adebayo O.

Senior Lecturer, Computer Science

Grading credit pricing

Practical pricing for real script grading

Buy grading credits once, then use them across uploaded answer papers and platform exams. Uploaded scripts use credits per page, while platform-written answers cost less.

Plan

Tryout Pack

For lecturers who want to test a small batch first

₦7,500
  • Includes 100 grading credits
  • Up to 12 uploaded scripts at 8 pages each
  • Or up to 200 platform essay answers
  • MCQ and objective grading included
  • Lecturer reviews before final scores
Try a small batch
Most popular
Most popular

Starter Course

For one lecturer grading one course test or exam

₦55,000/exam
  • Includes 800 grading credits
  • Up to 100 uploaded scripts at 8 pages each
  • Or up to 1,600 platform essay answers
  • Question paper and answer key setup
  • Lecturer reviews before final scores
Start with one course
Plan

Large Class

For lecturers grading bigger courses with many uploaded scripts

₦90,000/exam
  • Includes 1,500 grading credits
  • Up to 180 uploaded scripts at 8 pages each
  • Or up to 3,000 platform essay answers
  • Better credit rate for bigger batches
  • Priority grading and correction support
Grade a large class

Uploaded answer papers use 1 credit per page, with a 4-credit minimum per student script. Platform essay or structured answers use 0.5 credit each, short answers use 0.25 credit each, and MCQ/objective questions are included.

Questions

Answers to the questions educators usually ask first

Clear answers on setup, grading control, technical question support, and where the platform fits best.

Yes. The platform supports mathematics, chemistry, biology, structured answers, essays, and other notation-heavy academic content. You can type equations directly or upload existing question papers.

The backlog does not have to keep hurting your students

From full digital exams to uploaded paper scripts, GradeOptimus helps lecturers move from question setting to reviewed results with less burden, less delay, and more control.

Start free and expand as your assessment workflow grows.