Crowdmark logo V2

Crowdmark

Crowdmark

Pedagogical competencies

Literacy (Reading & Writing)

STEM

Mathematics

Languages

History

21st century skills

Content agnostic

Crowdmark is a collaborative grading and assessment system that enables educators to grade 3X faster while providing richer feedback to students. Crowdmark also offers automatically graded multiple-choice bubble sheets using regular paper.
website

Last updated: June 17, 2026

Overview

Learning objectives

Enhance assessment and learning outcomes by providing more effective feedback.

Evidence of impact

STRONG

Cost structure

SUBSCRIPTION

Widely adopted in 3 countries

1 languages

Target audience: Educators and teachers, Students, Institutional or administrative staff

Grade: Lower Secondary Education, Upper Secondary Education, Technical and Vocational Education, Tertiary Education

Limited offline functionality

Thumb Video 1

The information presented is provided by the company, and reviewed in good faith. Learning Cabinet is not responsible for inaccurate content.

How this product was evaluated?

Product Details

Data protection and privacy

Privacy

  • Privacy Policy icon
    Privacy PolicyOpen info in a new page
  • Terms of Service icon
    Terms of ServiceOpen info in a new page
  • Product alerts users of significant changes to the privacy policy icon
    Product alerts users of significant changes to the privacy policy

Data Sharing

  • Product shares data with third parties icon
    Product shares data with third parties
  • Has data sharing agreements with these third parties icon
    Has data sharing agreements with these third parties
  • Product does not show external advertisements icon
    Product does not show external advertisements

Data Origin

  • Product utilizes AI icon
    Product utilizes AI
  • AI has not been trained using product datasets icon
    AI has not been trained using product datasets

Information security

  • Cybersecurity program in place icon
    Cybersecurity program in place
  • Technical best practices in place icon
    Technical best practices in place
  • Threat detection in place icon
    Threat detection in place
  • No self-assessments conducted icon
    No self-assessments conducted
  • No third party assessments conducted icon
    No third party assessments conducted

Safeguards

  • Product allows interactions between users and users can create content icon
    Product allows interactions between users and users can create content
  • Product does not use AI to generate content icon
    Product does not use AI to generate content
Theory

Educators can now grade student work three times faster than traditional methods (using a red pen on paper) with Crowdmark. The platform also offers more personalized feedback for students. To access whitepapers, please click here: https://crowdmark.com/resources/

Strong evidence of impact

Impact 3/3

Crowdmark has evidence from multiple contexts or longitudinal studies.

Different levels of research evidence indicate the reliability of the proof of positive impact. The tools featured in the Learning Cabinet range from:

  • Strong: Evidence from multiple contexts or longitudinal studies.
  • Moderate: External evaluation with transparent methods.
  • Promising: Small pilot or expert review with documented outcomes.

Evidence
External Evidence
Case StudiesOpen
Open link icon

Instructors can efficiently grade assignments and provide detailed feedback using this system, which promotes academic integrity by creating a secure digital archive of students' work that cannot be altered. Students receive their feedback promptly.

External Evidence
Case StudiesOpen
Open link icon

Crowdmark offers instructors a comprehensive solution that provides flexibility in conducting assessments and offering customized feedback to meet the needs of both instructors and students.

Engagement
Icon representing engagement statistics

Recommended use

ISCED 2 - Lower Secondary, ISCED 3 - Upper Secondary, Technical and Vocational, Tertiary

Crowdmark is a platform designed for both teachers and students. Teachers can grade student work, including paper-based assessments, digitally by scanning and uploading exams and tests for online grading. Likewise, students can submit responses directly to Crowdmark for online tests and homework ass

Crowdmark is a platform designed for both teachers and students. Teachers can grade student work, including paper-based assessments, digitally by scanning and uploading exams and tests for online grading. Likewise, students can submit responses directly to Crowdmark for online tests and homework ass

Icon representing engagement statistics

Target audience

Teachers
Wide
reach
20%
User growth rate
3
Countries

Learning Objectives

Enhance assessment and learning outcomes by providing more effective feedback.

Convocation hat icon

Curriculum

  • Not tied to any specific curriculum

Information about curriculum

Our product is highly flexible, allowing teachers to design the curriculum. Crowdmark supports grading of short and long handwritten responses, as well as automatically grading multiple-choice bubble sheets using regular paper.

Pedagogical design

The teacher drives the curriculum. Our product offers infrastructure to support various assessment formats and grading schemes.

Accordion toggle
Additional Details
Flexibility
The product allows learner agency (e.g. it provides flexibility for the learner or teacher to make choices, take actions, or influence their learning outcomes and experiences).
The product supports adaptive personalized learning, including tailoring instruction and content with feedback to the unique needs, preferences, and goals of each learner
Learner engagement
The product has elements that raises the level of affection in learner (e.g. pedagogically meaningful narrative, characters, etc.).
The product has interactive design where a learner can interact with the content via different actions, like for example solving problems.
Creativity
The product allows content creation
Collaboration
Learner-to-instructor interaction
Instructor to learner

User Experience

Accordion toggle
User interface

Crowdmark was designed with a focus on user experience. Users have reported that it is very intuitive and easy to use. Students find it very easy to use.

Open Product Screenshots
Accordion toggle
Data-driven product development

We gather user feedback to make improvements to our product.

Accordion toggle
Geographic focus

The application is not limited to a specific content type, allowing it to be used with any content in any language.

Accordion toggle
Ensuring content quality
User Feedback Incorporation: Regular updates are informed by user feedback.
Accordion toggle
Supervision and communications
This product is primarily designed for classroom setting
The product makes communication faster for educators / instructors /learners / admins.

Infrastructure

  • Smartphone, Tablet, Desktop/Laptop, Chromebook, Accessibility reader, Interactive Touchboard
  • Yes
  • Web-Based (Accessible via a web browser without requiring installation on a device)
  • Limited offline functionality
  • 512Kbps to 1Mbps
  • Single Sign-On or other secure login tools, LMS platforms

Support

  • Video tutorials, User manuals, Interactive guides, Webinars, Online courses, Community forum, Live training
  • English
  • Educators and teachers, Students, Institutional or administrative staff

  • Image for Technical support 1
    Email Support

    Image for Technical support 3
    Chatbot Support

    Image for Technical support 5
    Community Forums/Support

Local Adaptability

  • Yes
  • Yes
  • Yes
  • English
  • Yes
  • Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Indic Scripts, Latin Alphabet
    • The solution is proprietary

Data import/export

  • CSV, JSON
  • User data, User performance and progress, Assessment results
  • User data, Educational content, Assessments
  • Individual upload/onboarding, Classroom or school level upload by administrator, Large-scale upload at a ministry/institutional level
Affordability

Affordability Card

Business model icon
Business model
  • Business to Government (B2Gov)
  • Business to Business (B2B)
Pricing model icon
Pricing model
  • Subscription
Pricing tiers icon
Pricing tiers
  • District based
  • Per student
  • School based
Convocation hat icon

Pricing available per request

    Ask for details
    Email icon

    Pricing Strategy

    Our pricing is determined by the number of users, with discounts available for larger volumes. We also offer pilot pricing.

    Adjustable Pricing Options

    "Agreed."

    Organisation and Operations

    Organization Details

    Developed in
    Canada
    Type of organization
    Business enterprise
    Stage of organization
    Growth Phase
    Number of employees
    10-25
    Developed in
    Canada
    Type of organization
    Business enterprise
    Stage of organization
    Growth Phase
    Number of employees
    10-25
    Developed in
    Canada
    Type of organization
    Business enterprise
    Stage of organization
    Growth Phase
    Number of employees
    10-25
    Convocation hat icon

    Experience with large projects

    • Open link iconPartnership models with national institutions
    Case Study Link
    Open link icon

    Large implementation example

    One example is the University of Toronto, which has approximately 90,000 students. The university currently serves 27-30% of all undergraduate students in Canada.

    Accessibility of Design

    Users with disability have been taken into account in the design of the product.
    Success iconCrowdmark fulfils the WCAG 2.1 level AA requirements
    Tool tested with:
    successExpert validation (using free NVDA screen reader)

    Equity of access & Gender

    Accordion toggle
    Product usage between genders

    Grading is done anonymously to avoid bias.

    Get in touch with the organization

    Cofounder & CEO
    Michelle Caers
    Mail Icon
    michelle@crowdmark.com
    Telephone Icon
    +14164170528
    Diagram explaining the EdTech for Good Framework

    Expert Review of Crowdmark

    Evaluated using the Learning Cabinet’s rigorous EdTech for Good Framework to ensure safety, learning impact, scalability, and inclusion for all learners.

    EdTech for Good Framework

    Learning Cabinet review

    Crowdmark has been evaluated by the Learning Cabinet expert team using the EdTech for Good Framework.

    Compare

    Crowdmark logo

    Crowdmark

    Pedagogical competenciesLiteracy (Reading & Writing)STEMMathematicsLanguagesHistory21st century skillsContent agnostic

    Crowdmark is a collaborative grading and assessment system that enables educators to grade 3X faster while providing richer feedback to students. Crowdmark also offers automatically graded multiple-choice bubble sheets using regular paper.

    Wide reach
    Evidence of impact: STRONG
    Newly listed
    Matific logo

    Matific

    21st century skillsSTEMMathematics

    Matific is an AI-powered digital maths and financial literacy platform that builds students’ understanding, confidence, and real-world problem-solving skills through hands-on gameplay, while giving teachers adaptive tools, insights, and comprehensive reporting to enhance learning outcomes.

    Wide reach
    Evidence of impact: PROMISING
    eKidz.eu logo

    eKidz.eu

    Literacy (Reading & Writing)Languages

    eKidz is an award-winning app that makes acquiring literacy and a new language easy and accessible for every child utilizing a purpose-built AI voice recognition students with precise diagnostics and support.

    Moderate reach
    Evidence of impact: PROMISING
    Mindspark logo

    Mindspark

    MathematicsSTEMLiteracy (Reading & Writing)21st century skills

    Transforming South African Education Through Personalized, Adaptive Learning in Mathematics and English, Empowering Children to Understand and Thrive.

    Moderate reach
    Evidence of impact: PROMISING
    1