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Workflow4 min readJune 13, 2026

Setting Up an Exam Batch and Tuning Auto-Approval

How to create and configure a batch, set the answer key, and decide which papers get auto-approved vs routed to human review.

A batch is a container for all papers from a single exam sitting. Organising papers into batches lets you track class-level statistics, compare individual students against the cohort, and export a whole class's grades at once.

Creating a batch

Go to Batches → New Batch. Fill in: exam name, subject, class/year, date, and total marks. You can add an optional description — useful for distinguishing 'Mid-term 2026' from 'Re-sit Mid-term 2026'.

Setting the answer key

Open the batch and click Answer Key. You have three options: paste structured text (Question 1: [answer] … ), upload a Word/PDF document, or type each question and answer individually in the form.

Use Generate Questions if your answer key is a raw document — the AI will split it into numbered questions and assign mark allocations based on the total marks you set.

Auto-approval settings

Under the batch settings, Auto-approval threshold controls which papers are approved automatically vs held for review. At 0.80 (default), papers where every question scores above 0.80 confidence are approved without any human step. Papers with any question below the threshold land in your queue.

For a class test where speed matters, raise this to 0.75 or even 0.70. For board-exam preparation or important internal assessments, set it to 0.90 or disable auto-approval entirely.

Viewing batch results

Once papers start flowing in, the batch detail page shows a live score distribution chart, class average, highest and lowest marks, and per-question average — so you can spot which question the whole class struggled with before you've finished grading.

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