# SparkMentis: everything, in full > SparkMentis is a web platform for schools, colleges and exam bodies. It covers the school year in one place: AI lesson plans and question papers, exams on paper (with QR-coded student packs, OMR and scanning) and on screen (with proctoring and screen recording), computer practicals (code, SQL, PHP websites, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and design apps), AI-assisted marking that a teacher reviews and releases, a plagiarism checker, attendance and timetables, a parent portal with messaging, results insights, transcripts and school administration. Each school runs on its own deployment at its own address. AI is provided by Google Gemini; AI suggests and flags, people decide, and marks never change by themselves. Source: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/ · Contact: sparkmentis@gmail.com # Plan: The term, the lessons, the papers ## Lesson planning URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/features/lesson-planning Plan a whole term in units and weeks, draft lesson plans with AI from your syllabus, send them for approval and track what was taught, class by class. The whole term, planned before Monday. Lay the term out in units and weeks, let AI draft each lesson from your syllabus, and see at a glance which classes are ahead and which are behind. ### How it works 1. **Lay out the term.** Split each course into units that run from one week to another. Weeks can't overlap, so the plan always adds up to the term you have. 2. **Draft each lesson with AI.** Pick a week and AI writes the lesson: aims, the flow of the hour, activities and the homework. It reads your syllabus and your school's prompt, and you edit every word. 3. **Approve, publish, follow.** Plans move from draft to approved to published. The class tracker shows each batch's progress, so a head of department sees who needs help before the exam does. ### What you get - **Units by week.** Each unit has a start and end week, checked so they never overlap within a course. - **AI drafts, you decide.** Lesson plans are drafted with Google Gemini from your syllabus; nothing is shared until a teacher approves it. - **Your school's prompt.** Admins set the prompt templates AI follows, so every plan reads the way your school teaches. - **Draft → approved → published.** A plan has a status, so heads review before students and parents see it. - **Homework from the plan.** Each lesson can carry its homework, tests and assignments. - **Class tracker.** Completion per batch, so a late class is visible weeks before the results are. ### Questions **Does the AI replace the teacher's plan?** No. It writes a first draft from your syllabus and your school's prompt. The teacher edits it, and nothing reaches students until it's approved. **Can we use our own syllabus documents?** Yes. Upload PDF or Word files (up to 16 MB) and plans are drafted from them. **Can a head of department see every teacher's progress?** Yes. The class tracker shows each batch's progress through its units, and heads see their department's courses. **What if the term changes?** Move units by week; moving a course to another semester re-dates its untouched tests, assignments and homework with it. ## Homework and assignments URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/features/homework Set homework from the lesson plan, collect files and ZIPs safely, show students one list of what's due, and mark submissions with AI help and your rubric. Set it once. Everyone knows what's due. Homework comes from the lesson plan, assignments stand on their own, and every student sees one list of what's due today, this week and later. ### How it works 1. **Set the work.** Add homework to a lesson or a standalone assignment to a course, with a due date, marks and the files students need. 2. **Students hand in.** Text, PDFs up to 32 MB, or a ZIP for projects. ZIPs are checked before they're accepted: at most 500 files, no unsafe paths, no zip bombs. 3. **Mark and send back.** AI suggests a mark and feedback against your marking scheme; you change what you want and release. Students and parents see the result. ### What you get - **One due list.** Students see today, this week and later in one place, across every course. - **Safe uploads.** PDFs to 32 MB; ZIPs checked for size, file count and unsafe paths before they're stored. - **AI marking help.** Suggested marks and feedback with reasons, reviewed by the teacher. See AI marking. - **Tied to the plan.** Homework belongs to a lesson, so the lesson plan and the work stay together. - **Plagiarism check.** Answers can be compared student to student after a deadline with the plagiarism checker. - **Parents in the loop.** Parents see what's due and what came back in the parent portal. ### Questions **What can students upload?** Text answers, PDFs up to 32 MB, images up to 16 MB, and ZIP files up to 32 MB (at most 500 files and 100 MB unpacked). **Does AI give the final mark?** No. AI suggests a mark and feedback; the teacher reviews, changes what they want and releases. **Is homework different from an assignment?** Yes. Homework belongs to a lesson plan; an assignment stands on its own in a course. Both show in the student's due list. **Can a teacher see only their own batches?** Yes. A teacher linked to batches sees only those students in marking lists. ## AI question papers URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/features/ai-question-papers Generate exam papers with AI in your school's pattern: question styles, difficulty, marks and sections. Import past papers from PDF or Word, add pictures, and print. A paper in your style, before the coffee cools. Tell it the chapters, the marks and the pattern. AI drafts every question the way your school writes them; you review, swap and print. ### How it works 1. **Choose the pattern.** Pick the chapters, the total marks, sections and question types. Your school's patterns and question styles are the defaults, department by department. 2. **AI writes the paper.** Questions come with marks, answers and a marking scheme. Competitive mode writes olympiad-style problems and checks each one by solving it again. 3. **Review, then print or go online.** Swap a question, edit it, add a picture. Print it laid out like a real paper, or run it on screen with proctoring. ### What you get - **Your school's style.** Question styles set at school, department and pattern level; a level decides the defaults. - **Every question type.** Multiple choice, short, long, diagram and file answers, with groups like “answer any 3”. - **Import past papers.** Bring a whole paper in from PDF or Word, parts and marks as printed, pictures included. - **Real paper layout.** Numbers like 1(a)(i), tables and pictures print the way your board's papers look. - **Paper or screen.** Print paper exams or run them online with proctoring. - **Marked the same way.** The marking scheme travels with the paper into AI marking. ### Questions **Which AI model writes the questions?** Google Gemini (gemini-3.5-flash). The competitive mode uses Gemini's pro model, because olympiad-style problems need more reasoning. **Can we reuse our own past papers?** Yes. Import a paper from PDF or Word; it's read in as questions, parts and marks, with its pictures. **Are questions shared outside our school?** No. Each school runs on its own deployment, and its papers stay there. **Does the AI always get it right?** No AI does. That's why every paper is a draft until a teacher reviews it, and competitive questions are solved a second time to check. **Can students sit the paper on screen?** Yes. The same paper can be printed or run online, with proctoring if you want it. # Exams: On paper, on screen, at the computer ## Paper exams and OMR URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/features/paper-exams-omr Print cover sheets, OMR bubble sheets or per-student packs with QR codes on every page. Scan the stack, match each script to its student, and mark with AI. Paper exams, marked by Friday. Hand out paper the way you always have. Scan the stack when it comes back; every page finds its student, and AI marks the answers for a teacher to check. ### How it works 1. **Print three ways.** Cover sheets with the question paper, OMR bubble sheets, or a student pack: cover, the student's own paper set and continuation pages, every page footed with a signed QR code. 2. **Scan the whole stack.** Scan in any order. Codes are read in the browser, verified on the server, and the stack is split per student. A page the code can't place asks you to pick the student. 3. **Mark on screen.** Answers are read and marked by AI against the scheme, question by question. The teacher checks, changes and releases. ### What you get - **Signed QR on every page.** “Page 3 of 7 of script S”, signed so a code can't be forged or reused. - **Paper sets.** Different sets of the same paper, dealt so neighbours don't share; a set locks once printed. - **OMR bubble sheets.** Multiple choice answers read from the sheet and scored with no typing. - **Server-made PDFs.** Packs are rendered as PDFs on the server, identical to the paper on screen. - **Any order, any scanner.** Pages are split per student by their codes; names are matched only when a code can't be read. - **Marks you can trust.** AI marking suggests; a teacher releases. Absent and excused are words, never 0. ### Questions **Do we need special scanners or paper?** No. Any scanner or copier that makes a PDF or images works, on plain paper. **What if a QR code is damaged?** That page is flagged and you pick the student; everything else carries on. **Can different students get different sets?** Yes. Paper sets are dealt so neighbours differ, and a set locks once it's printed or picked by a teacher. **Is OMR still supported?** Yes. Bubble sheets, cover sheets and student packs are all kept, and you choose per exam. **Who decides the final mark?** A teacher. AI reads and suggests marks against the scheme; nothing is released without a person. ## Online exams and proctoring URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/features/online-exams-proctoring Run exams on screen with tab-switch limits, full screen, face checks and screen recording that saves only the moments a student leaves, summarised by AI. Watch the moments that matter, not three hours of video. Students share their screen; it's kept on their device in a rolling buffer. Only the times they leave are cut, uploaded and summarised for you. ### How it works 1. **Set the rules.** Full screen, how many tab switches before it hands in, copy and paste, face checks, screen recording. Practicals default to record-only, so leaving never hands in. 2. **Only the moments are kept.** When a student switches tab or app, exits full screen or pastes, 10 seconds before to 10 seconds after are cut and uploaded in 5-minute parts, through a queue that survives a dropped connection. 3. **AI summarises, you decide.** Each clip gets a plain summary from Gemini. The integrity report lines up every event; a person decides what it means. ### What you get - **Rolling buffer.** The screen is recorded on the device; nothing uploads unless the student leaves. - **Clips, not hours.** 10 s before to 10 s after each event, in 5-minute parts. - **Survives bad Wi-Fi.** Clips queue on the device and upload when the connection is back. - **Live monitor.** See who is in, who left and who handed in, while the exam runs. - **Fair exemptions.** A teacher can let a student in without recording; the normal limits then apply. - **Same paper.** Papers from AI question papers, marked by AI marking. ### Questions **Is the whole exam recorded and uploaded?** No. The screen is held on the student's device in a rolling buffer. Only the moments they leave are cut and uploaded. **Does AI decide who cheated?** No. AI writes a summary of each clip and flags; a teacher decides. **What happens on a bad connection?** Clips wait in a queue on the device and upload when it's back. **Is screen recording on for every exam?** Only for exams where you turn it on. It's off for existing assessments by default. **Can it see which app a student opened?** A browser can't tell which app is in front. It records the screen when they leave, and AI describes the clip; it flags, never decides. ## AI marking URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/features/ai-marking AI reads answers, typed or scanned, and suggests marks with reasons against your marking scheme, part by part. Teachers review, change and release. Mark a stack in an evening, not a weekend. AI reads each answer, typed or handwritten, and suggests a mark with its reason, part by part. You agree, change it or write your own. ### How it works 1. **The scheme comes along.** Marking schemes come from the paper, part by part, so 2(b)(i) is marked as 2(b)(i), with the question's context. 2. **AI suggests, with reasons.** Each answer gets a mark and a sentence on why: what it got and what it missed. Structured output, so marks never get lost in a reply. 3. **Release when you're sure.** Go answer by answer or question by question across the class. Nothing reaches students until you release it. ### What you get - **Typed and scanned.** Works on online answers and on scanned paper scripts. - **Part by part.** Marks follow the paper's own numbering, with the question's context. - **Office and code too.** Word formatting, Excel formulas and slides are described for AI; code is run against tests (practicals). - **Reasons, not just numbers.** Every suggestion says why, so a change takes seconds. - **People release.** AI never changes a released mark by itself. - **Marked lists stay yours.** Teachers see only the batches they teach in marking lists. ### Questions **Can AI mark handwriting?** Yes. Scanned pages are read by Google Gemini's vision model, then marked against the scheme. A teacher checks every suggestion before release. **Does AI give the final mark?** No. AI suggests; a teacher agrees, changes or writes their own, and only released marks reach students. **Which questions can it mark?** Short and long answers, diagrams by description, MCQs automatically, Office files by their contents and code by running tests. **Is students' work used to train AI?** SparkMentis calls Google's Gemini API to mark; it doesn't train models on your students' work. ## Practical exams URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/features/practical-exams Run computer practicals: code in six languages, SQL and PHP websites tested automatically, Word, Excel and PowerPoint files marked task by task, plus design apps and viva. The lab exam, marked before the bell. Code runs against your tests the moment it's handed in. Word, Excel and PowerPoint files are read and marked task by task. Design and video work comes in up to 250 MB. ### How it works 1. **Pick the practical.** Code exams, Office practicals, app practicals or a marks sheet for anything else, each its own tab in the course, with viva marks alongside. 2. **Students work for real.** Functions in JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, Go or PHP; SQL on MariaDB; whole PHP websites served and checked step by step. Or work in Word, Excel, Photoshop, Figma or Premiere and upload. 3. **Marked by the task.** Code by its tests, in one sandboxed run. Office files by what's in them: Word formatting, Excel formulas and charts, slides. Videos up to 15 minutes are watched by AI. ### What you get - **Six languages.** JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, Go and PHP functions, wrapped per test. - **SQL like XAMPP.** MySQL dialect on MariaDB 11.4; expected tables come from your reference answer. - **PHP websites.** A multi-file site served by PHP, each test a series of HTTP steps. - **Office, task by task.** Word, Excel and PowerPoint files read for formatting, formulas, charts and slides. - **Design and video.** Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, After Effects, Figma, Canva and more, up to 250 MB. - **Proctored, fairly.** Allowed apps never hand in; the screen is recorded at 2 fps and AI flags the rest (proctoring). ### Questions **Which programming languages are supported?** JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, Go and PHP for function problems, plus SQL (MySQL dialect on MariaDB 11.4) and multi-file PHP websites. **Where does student code run?** In an isolated executor service, never in the app or the student's browser. **Can students use Excel and Word during the exam?** Yes. Office practicals allow those apps; leaving the browser for them never hands in, and the screen is recorded so AI can flag anything else. **How big can uploads be?** App practicals take files up to 250 MB. Videos up to 15 minutes are watched by AI; originals are kept and named. **Is there a viva?** Yes. Viva marks sit beside the practical, and a marks sheet covers any practical with no files. ## Plagiarism checker URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/features/plagiarism-checker Compare every answer with every other after an assessment closes, with our own matching (no AI). Add web search and an AI-writing hint if your school opts in. Copied answers, found before the marks go out. When an assessment closes, every answer is compared with every other. You see the matching words side by side and decide; marks never change by themselves. ### How it works 1. **It runs after the close.** No one has to remember. Assessments closed in the last 14 days are checked automatically. 2. **Words side by side.** Student-to-student matching is our own, with no AI. The report shows the shared passages, how long they are and who shares them. 3. **The web, if you want it.** Schools can opt in to web search and an AI-written hint, within a monthly limit. A web hit counts only if our matcher finds the words on that page. ### What you get - **No AI for matching.** Student-to-student matching is our own engine. - **Proof on the page.** A web match only counts if the words are really on that page. - **Teachers decide.** Marks never change by themselves. - **Quiet for students.** Students see nothing of the report. - **Capped costs.** Web and AI checks are per school and capped each month. - **Works with.** Homework, assignments and online exams. ### Questions **Does it use AI to decide plagiarism?** No. Student-to-student matching is our own. AI only writes an optional hint about AI-written text, and a teacher decides. **Can it check against the internet?** Yes, if your school opts in. Web candidates are found, opened and confirmed by our matcher before they count. **Do students see the report?** No. It's for teachers and admins only. **When does it run?** Automatically after an assessment closes, for assessments closed in the last 14 days. ## Exam bodies and sittings URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/features/exam-bodies Run sittings for exam bodies: candidates apply, centres and invigilators, sealed papers that open only when the session opens, no cloud AI inside the exam, fair results across shifts. Thousands of candidates. One calm sitting. For boards and exam-only institutes: candidates apply, centres run their rooms, and the paper stays sealed until the session opens. Results are fair across every shift. ### How it works 1. **Candidates and centres.** Candidates apply online; centres, rooms and invigilators are set up by the exam body. An exam-only school switches the classroom tools off and keeps everything else. 2. **A sealed paper.** When a session opens, the paper moves into the sitting, encrypted if sealing is on, and the question text is blanked everywhere else. Saves are one signed write, built for load. 3. **Fair results.** One shift uses raw marks; several shifts use percentiles within each shift. AI and statistics only raise flags after the sitting, for a person to review. ### What you get - **No cloud AI inside.** During a sitting only on-device checks run; a test proves nothing else is imported. - **Sealed papers.** Encrypted until the session opens; wording blanked elsewhere. - **Built for load.** One signed write per save, with no lookups in the way. - **Percentiles per shift.** Several shifts are compared fairly, by rules you set. - **Flags, not verdicts.** Integrity flags go to a person; marks never change by themselves. - **The usual tools after.** At close, answers flow into AI marking and the plagiarism checker. ### Questions **Is this for schools or exam bodies?** Both. An exam-only school gets sittings, centres and candidates; a full school can run its exams the usual way. **Does AI run during the exam?** No cloud AI runs inside a sitting. Only on-device checks like the face check. AI helps around the exam, before and after. **How are several shifts made fair?** One shift uses raw marks; several shifts use percentiles within each shift, with rules set by the exam body. **Can the paper leak before the session?** With sealing on, the paper is encrypted until the session opens and its wording is blanked elsewhere. # Run the school: Days, people and results ## Attendance and timetable URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/features/attendance-timetable Take registers in seconds (face recognition optional), build routines with clash checks, and keep holidays, substitutes and reschedules in one calendar. Registers in seconds. Routines that never clash. Mark a class present with a tap or a photo. Build the week's routine with clash checks, and let holidays, substitutes and moved classes flow through on their own. ### How it works 1. **Build the routine.** Slots per batch and semester. Overlaps inside a semester are blocked; overlaps only in the grace period are a warning. 2. **Take the register.** All present with one tap, then mark the few who aren't, or take a group photo and let face recognition fill it in for you to confirm. 3. **The calendar takes care of itself.** Holidays, cancellations, reschedules and substitutes show in everyone's today, and a course only runs inside its own semester. ### What you get - **Face check, optional.** Group photos fill in the register for a teacher to confirm. - **Clash checks.** Blocked inside a semester, warned in the grace period. - **One calendar.** Holidays, cancellations, reschedules and substitutes, everywhere. - **Teacher attendance.** Staff check in too, and admins see who's in today. - **Online classes.** Scheduled beside the routine, with links in everyone's today. - **Parents see it.** Attendance shows in the parent portal the same day. ### Questions **Is face recognition required?** No. It's optional; a register works with taps alone. **What happens on a holiday?** Classes that day disappear from everyone's today and the register, and the calendar shows why. **Can a class be moved or covered?** Yes. Reschedules and substitutes show for the students and both teachers. **Does it handle semesters?** Yes. Dates are the source of truth; each batch's semester decides which courses run, with a grace period for make-ups. ## Parent portal and messaging URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/features/parent-portal-messaging Verified parents see attendance, tests, results and transcripts. Teachers, students and parents message in real time, book meetings and get alerts on their phone. Parents who know, without asking. Once the school verifies them, parents see their child's week: classes attended, tests coming, results released. Messages and meetings are one tap away. ### How it works 1. **Verified, not just invited.** Parents are invited or sign up, then verified by the school or the class teacher before they see a thing. 2. **The week at a glance.** Attendance this week, the next test, released marks and transcripts, child by child. 3. **Talk and meet.** Real-time messages with teachers, meeting slots to book, and alerts on the phone for what matters. ### What you get - **Verified access.** Parents see nothing until the school verifies them. - **Real-time messages.** Delivered live, with reports for anything that shouldn't be there. - **Meetings.** Teachers publish slots; parents book them. - **Alerts on this device.** Web push on phones and laptops, no app store needed. - **Results when released.** Marks appear only after a teacher releases them (results). - **Transcripts.** Parents can view released transcripts. ### Questions **Do parents need to install an app?** No. It works in the browser, and alerts arrive by web push on the devices they allow. **Can a parent see more than one child?** Yes. Each child is linked and verified, and the parent switches between them. **Can schools turn the parent portal off?** Yes. Every feature has a switch; off means off, page and route alike. **Who can message whom?** Teachers, students, parents and admins, within the school. Messages can be reported to admins. ## Results and insights URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/features/results-insights See released marks rolled up by school, department, course and batch. Find who's slipping, which questions failed, and exception reports you can print or export. Who's slipping, before the report card says so. Released marks roll up by school, department, course and batch. The students who dropped, the questions nobody got and the classes behind are already on the page. ### How it works 1. **Roll it up.** Admins see the school, heads see their department, teachers see their own batches. Only released marks count. 2. **Find the exceptions.** Rule-based reports show evidence only: falls since the last test, missed practicals, low attendance with low marks. 3. **Share it.** Open it on screen, export CSV or Excel, or print the result sheet for any assessment. ### What you get - **Role-scoped.** School, department and batch views, each seeing only their own. - **Released marks only.** Drafts never leak into averages. - **Exception reports.** Evidence-only rules; the page, CSV, Excel and print match. - **Marks by question.** Part-by-part marks from AI marking, not just one total. - **Absent isn't zero.** Absent and excused are words, never 0, in every average. - **Result sheets.** Print any assessment's results; see transcripts. ### Questions **Who sees what?** Admins see the school, heads of department their department, and teachers the batches they teach. **Do absent students drag averages down?** No. Absent and excused are recorded as words, not 0, and left out of averages. **Can we export?** Yes. Reports export to CSV and Excel and print, and all three match the page. **Does AI change any marks?** No. Insights only read released marks. ## Transcripts and result sheets URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/features/transcripts-result-sheets Produce transcripts, term reports and printable result sheets from released marks, with report comments, backlogs and make-up exams handled for you. Report cards that write themselves from the marks. Every released mark is already where the report needs it. Add comments, check eligibility, print the result sheet or issue the transcript. ### How it works 1. **Marks flow in.** Exams, unit tests, assignments, practicals and external marks sheets feed one record per student. 2. **Comments and eligibility.** Teachers write report comments in a window you set; transcripts check eligibility first; backlogs list who needs a make-up. 3. **Print or issue.** Result sheets for any assessment print cleanly; transcripts are issued to students and parents. ### What you get - **One record.** Every assessment kind, including external marks-only exams. - **Report comments.** Collected in a window the school sets. - **Backlogs.** Who needs a make-up, and their make-up exam. - **Print-ready.** Result sheets for any assessment, laid out for paper. - **Words, not zeros.** Absent and excused print as words. - **Parents and students.** Released transcripts in the parent portal. ### Questions **Can we include exams marked outside the system?** Yes. External exams use a marks sheet with no questions, and their marks reach transcripts like any other. **Can teachers add comments?** Yes, within a report-comment window set by the school. **Are backlogs handled?** Yes. Students with backlogs are listed with their make-up exams. **Can we print?** Yes. Every assessment has a printable result sheet. ## School administration URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/features/school-administration Run the school's structure: batches and semesters by date, course packs, departments with heads, approvals, your own words, feature switches, audit logs, APIs and webhooks. The school's structure, kept true by dates. Batches, semesters and course packs follow the calendar on their own. Departments have heads, every action is logged, and the school decides its own words and switches. ### How it works 1. **Batches and semesters.** A batch's dates decide which semester it's in, and its course pack decides what it studies. Promote, transfer and enrol in bulk. 2. **People and powers.** Admins, teachers, students and parents, with approvals for teachers and parents. Heads of department act for their department; teachers see their own batches. 3. **Your words, your switches.** Call a course a subject or a student a learner, everywhere. Turn features on or off; off means off. ### What you get - **Dates decide.** Semesters follow each batch's calendar; a daily job keeps them current. - **Departments.** Heads review plans, maintain batches and see their results. - **Audit log.** Every change is logged with who, what and when. - **A bin.** Deleted things go to a bin first and can be restored. - **APIs and webhooks.** Connect your other systems, behind switches. - **Your own deployment.** Each school runs separately, with its own address and data. ### Questions **Can we use our own terms?** Yes. Schools can rename words like course, batch or student, and the app uses them on screen, in print and in email. **Can we turn features off?** Yes. Every feature has a switch, enforced on pages and on the server. **Is every action logged?** Yes. Changes are written to an activity log with the person, the action and the time. **Is our data separate from other schools?** Yes. Each school runs its own deployment with its own address. # Comparisons (facts about other products checked on their own sites, 2026-11-07) ## SparkMentis vs Gradescope (by Turnitin) URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/compare/sparkmentis-vs-gradescope · Switching guide: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/alternatives/gradescope Gradescope grades work after the exam. SparkMentis does the whole job: it writes the paper, runs it on paper or screen, marks it with AI and keeps the school's records. Gradescope is for: Instructors and students, mostly in higher education. - Paper exam grading: SparkMentis: Yes · student packs with signed QR pages, OMR, scan in any order. Gradescope: Yes. - AI-assisted marking: SparkMentis: Yes · suggested marks with reasons, part by part; a teacher releases. Gradescope: Yes. - Programming work: SparkMentis: Yes · JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, Go, PHP, SQL, PHP websites. Gradescope: Yes. - Rubrics, regrades, analytics: SparkMentis: Yes · role-scoped insights and exception reports. Gradescope: Yes. - Online exams and proctoring: SparkMentis: Yes · screen recorded on the device, only the moments a student leaves are kept. Gradescope: Not listed. - AI question papers: SparkMentis: Yes · AI question papers in your school's style. Gradescope: Not listed. - Office practicals: SparkMentis: Yes · Word, Excel and PowerPoint marked task by task, design apps to 250 MB. Gradescope: Not listed. - Attendance, parents, transcripts: SparkMentis: Yes · registers, face check optional, routines with clash checks; Yes · verified parents, messages, meetings, web push. Gradescope: Not listed. Why SparkMentis wins: - Signed QR codes on every page, so a scanned stack splits itself per student in any order. - The paper itself: AI question papers in your school's style, printed or on screen. - Proctoring with screen recording that keeps only the moments a student leaves. - Office and design practicals, marked from the files. - The school around the exam: attendance, parents, results and transcripts. Sources: https://www.gradescope.com/ ## SparkMentis vs ExamSoft (by Turnitin) URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/compare/sparkmentis-vs-examsoft · Switching guide: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/alternatives/examsoft ExamSoft locks down digital exams. SparkMentis runs digital and paper exams side by side, marks them with AI and publishes the results, in one system. ExamSoft is for: Higher and secondary education, businesses, organisations and government. - Online exams: SparkMentis: Yes · on screen, same paper as print. ExamSoft: Yes. - Item analysis by category: SparkMentis: Yes · role-scoped insights and exception reports. ExamSoft: Yes. - Paper exam scanning: SparkMentis: Yes · student packs with signed QR pages, OMR, scan in any order. ExamSoft: Not listed. - AI-assisted marking: SparkMentis: Yes · suggested marks with reasons, part by part; a teacher releases. ExamSoft: Not listed. - Screen recording proctoring: SparkMentis: Yes · screen recorded on the device, only the moments a student leaves are kept. ExamSoft: Not listed. - Coding and Office practicals: SparkMentis: Yes · JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, Go, PHP, SQL, PHP websites; Office too. ExamSoft: Not listed. - AI question papers: SparkMentis: Yes · AI question papers in your school's style. ExamSoft: Not listed. - Attendance, parents, transcripts: SparkMentis: Yes · registers, face check optional, routines with clash checks; Yes · verified parents, messages, meetings, web push. ExamSoft: Not listed. Why SparkMentis wins: - Paper and screen in one place: the same paper prints or runs online. - AI marking with reasons, for typed and scanned answers. - Practicals: code, SQL, PHP websites, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and design apps. - The whole school year around exams: lessons, homework, attendance, parents. Sources: https://examsoft.com/ ## SparkMentis vs Proctorio (by Proctorio) URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/compare/sparkmentis-vs-proctorio · Switching guide: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/alternatives/proctorio Proctorio is a proctoring add-on. SparkMentis builds proctoring into the exam itself, then marks it and reports results, with no extra tool to buy. Proctorio is for: K-12, higher education, workforce and credentialing. - Automated proctoring: SparkMentis: Yes · screen recorded on the device, only the moments a student leaves are kept. Proctorio: Yes. - Identity verification: SparkMentis: Yes · face check at the start, on the device. Proctorio: Yes. - Original-work checks: SparkMentis: Yes · student-to-student, web and AI-writing hint opt-in. Proctorio: Partly. - Writes and runs the exam: SparkMentis: Yes · on screen, same paper as print. Proctorio: Not listed. - Marking: SparkMentis: Yes · suggested marks with reasons, part by part; a teacher releases. Proctorio: Not listed. - Paper exams: SparkMentis: Yes · student packs with signed QR pages, OMR, scan in any order. Proctorio: Not listed. - Coding and Office practicals: SparkMentis: Yes · JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, Go, PHP, SQL, PHP websites; Office too. Proctorio: Not listed. - Results and transcripts: SparkMentis: Yes · transcripts, term reports, result sheets, backlogs. Proctorio: Not listed. Why SparkMentis wins: - Proctoring is part of the exam: no separate tool to buy or connect. - Clips only around the moments a student leaves, kept on the device until then. - The rest of the exam: the paper, the marking and the results. - Practicals where leaving for Excel or Photoshop is allowed and never hands in. Sources: https://proctorio.com/ ## SparkMentis vs Turnitin (by Turnitin) URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/compare/sparkmentis-vs-turnitin · Switching guide: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/alternatives/turnitin Turnitin is a separate similarity checker. SparkMentis checks students against each other for free, adds the web if you want it, and runs the whole exam around it. Turnitin is for: Educators, students, institutions and researchers. - Similarity checking: SparkMentis: Yes · student-to-student, web and AI-writing hint opt-in. Turnitin: Yes. - AI-writing detection: SparkMentis: Partly · an opt-in AI-written hint; teachers decide. Turnitin: Yes. - Grading and feedback: SparkMentis: Yes · suggested marks with reasons, part by part; a teacher releases. Turnitin: Yes. - Paper exam grading: SparkMentis: Yes · student packs with signed QR pages, OMR, scan in any order. Turnitin: Partly. - Online exams: SparkMentis: Yes · on screen, same paper as print. Turnitin: Partly. - Proctoring: SparkMentis: Yes · screen recorded on the device, only the moments a student leaves are kept. Turnitin: Not listed. - Practicals: SparkMentis: Yes · JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, Go, PHP, SQL, PHP websites. Turnitin: Not listed. - LMS, attendance, parents: SparkMentis: Yes · courses, homework, assignments, due list; Yes · verified parents, messages, meetings, web push. Turnitin: Not listed. Why SparkMentis wins: - One system instead of separate products for papers, exams and similarity. - Student-to-student matching with our own engine, no AI, quiet for students. - A web match only counts when the words are really on the page. - Lessons, homework, attendance, parents and transcripts around it. Sources: https://www.turnitin.com/ ## SparkMentis vs Google Classroom (by Google) URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/compare/sparkmentis-vs-google-classroom · Switching guide: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/alternatives/google-classroom Google Classroom is a classwork stream. SparkMentis runs the whole school: exams on paper and screen, AI marking, attendance, parents and records. Google Classroom is for: Educators managing classes, with no-cost tools in Google Workspace for Education. - Assignments and grading: SparkMentis: Yes · courses, homework, assignments, due list. Google Classroom: Yes. - AI help: SparkMentis: Yes · AI question papers in your school's style; Yes · suggested marks with reasons, part by part; a teacher releases. Google Classroom: Yes. - Originality checks: SparkMentis: Yes · student-to-student, web and AI-writing hint opt-in. Google Classroom: Yes. - Parent updates: SparkMentis: Yes · verified parents, messages, meetings, web push. Google Classroom: Partly. - Analytics: SparkMentis: Yes · role-scoped insights and exception reports. Google Classroom: Yes. - Paper exam scanning: SparkMentis: Yes · student packs with signed QR pages, OMR, scan in any order. Google Classroom: Not listed. - Proctoring: SparkMentis: Yes · screen recorded on the device, only the moments a student leaves are kept. Google Classroom: Not listed. - Attendance and timetable: SparkMentis: Yes · registers, face check optional, routines with clash checks. Google Classroom: Not listed. - Transcripts: SparkMentis: Yes · transcripts, term reports, result sheets, backlogs. Google Classroom: Not listed. Why SparkMentis wins: - Exams end to end: AI papers, paper scans with QR, online proctoring, practicals. - AI marking with reasons, part by part. - Attendance, routines and semesters by date. - Verified parents who see the week, plus transcripts and result sheets. Sources: https://edu.google.com/workspace-for-education/products/classroom/ ## SparkMentis vs Moodle (by Moodle) URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/compare/sparkmentis-vs-moodle · Switching guide: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/alternatives/moodle Moodle needs plugins and setup to do what schools need. SparkMentis comes with the exam, marking and school tools already built in, ready on day one. Moodle is for: Universities, colleges, K-12 and vocational training; open source. - Courses and assignments: SparkMentis: Yes · courses, homework, assignments, due list. Moodle: Yes. - Online quizzes: SparkMentis: Yes · on screen, same paper as print. Moodle: Yes. - Gradebook and reports: SparkMentis: Yes · role-scoped insights and exception reports. Moodle: Yes. - Open source and plugins: SparkMentis: No · a hosted product, configured per school with switches and your own words. Moodle: Yes. - AI features: SparkMentis: Yes · AI question papers in your school's style; Yes · suggested marks with reasons, part by part; a teacher releases. Moodle: Partly. - Paper exam scanning: SparkMentis: Yes · student packs with signed QR pages, OMR, scan in any order. Moodle: Not listed. - Proctoring: SparkMentis: Yes · screen recorded on the device, only the moments a student leaves are kept. Moodle: Not listed. - Practicals: SparkMentis: Yes · JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, Go, PHP, SQL, PHP websites; Office too. Moodle: Not listed. - Attendance and parents: SparkMentis: Yes · registers, face check optional, routines with clash checks; Yes · verified parents, messages, meetings, web push. Moodle: Not listed. Why SparkMentis wins: - Nothing to assemble: exams, proctoring, AI marking and practicals out of the box. - Paper exams with QR-coded packs and scanning. - School tools: attendance, routines, parents, transcripts. - Hosted and kept up to date for you. Sources: https://moodle.com/solutions/lms/, https://docs.moodle.org/en/Features, https://docs.moodle.org/en/Quiz_activity ## SparkMentis vs Canvas (by Instructure) URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/compare/sparkmentis-vs-canvas · Switching guide: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/alternatives/canvas Canvas leans on add-ons for exams and records. SparkMentis brings exams, proctoring, AI marking and school records together in one product. Canvas is for: Schools and universities that want a widely used LMS with many integrations. - Assignments, quizzes, gradebook: SparkMentis: Yes · courses, homework, assignments, due list. Canvas: Yes. - Integrations: SparkMentis: Yes · APIs and webhooks, behind switches. Canvas: Yes. - Plagiarism: SparkMentis: Yes · student-to-student, web and AI-writing hint opt-in. Canvas: Partly. - Parent access: SparkMentis: Yes · verified parents, messages, meetings, web push. Canvas: Yes. - Analytics: SparkMentis: Yes · role-scoped insights and exception reports. Canvas: Yes. - AI features: SparkMentis: Yes · AI question papers in your school's style; Yes · suggested marks with reasons, part by part; a teacher releases. Canvas: Partly. - Paper exam scanning: SparkMentis: Yes · student packs with signed QR pages, OMR, scan in any order. Canvas: Not listed. - Proctoring: SparkMentis: Yes · screen recorded on the device, only the moments a student leaves are kept. Canvas: Not listed. - Attendance and timetable: SparkMentis: Yes · registers, face check optional, routines with clash checks. Canvas: Not listed. Why SparkMentis wins: - Built-in proctoring with screen recording, instead of a partner tool. - Paper exams with signed QR packs and scanning. - AI question papers and AI marking with reasons. - Attendance, routines and semesters by date. Sources: https://www.instructure.com/canvas ## SparkMentis vs Schoology (by PowerSchool) URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/compare/sparkmentis-vs-schoology · Switching guide: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/alternatives/schoology Schoology is one piece of PowerSchool's suite. SparkMentis is one system for coursework, exams on paper and screen, AI marking and school records. Schoology is for: K-12 leaders, educators and families, as part of PowerSchool. - Learning management: SparkMentis: Yes · courses, homework, assignments, due list. Schoology: Yes. - AI features: SparkMentis: Yes · AI question papers in your school's style; Yes · suggested marks with reasons, part by part; a teacher releases. Schoology: Partly. - Attendance: SparkMentis: Yes · registers, face check optional, routines with clash checks. Schoology: Partly. - Family connections: SparkMentis: Yes · verified parents, messages, meetings, web push. Schoology: Partly. - Paper exam scanning: SparkMentis: Yes · student packs with signed QR pages, OMR, scan in any order. Schoology: Not listed. - Proctoring: SparkMentis: Yes · screen recorded on the device, only the moments a student leaves are kept. Schoology: Not listed. - Practicals: SparkMentis: Yes · JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, Go, PHP, SQL, PHP websites; Office too. Schoology: Not listed. - Plagiarism: SparkMentis: Yes · student-to-student, web and AI-writing hint opt-in. Schoology: Not listed. Why SparkMentis wins: - Exams end to end in one product: AI papers, paper scans, proctoring, practicals. - AI marking with reasons, part by part. - Student-to-student plagiarism checks built in. - One deployment per school, with your own words and switches. Sources: https://www.powerschool.com/, https://www.powerschool.com/products/ ## SparkMentis vs PowerSchool (by PowerSchool) URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/compare/sparkmentis-vs-powerschool · Switching guide: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/alternatives/powerschool PowerSchool is a suite of separate products. SparkMentis is one product for a school's teaching, exams and records, with the best exam and marking tools of any school platform. PowerSchool is for: The K-12 ecosystem: administrators, educators and families. They say 60 million students in 90 countries. - Student information (SIS): SparkMentis: Yes · batches, semesters, enrolments, attendance. PowerSchool: Yes. - Learning management: SparkMentis: Yes · courses, homework, assignments, due list. PowerSchool: Yes. - Assessment: SparkMentis: Yes · on screen, same paper as print; Yes · student packs with signed QR pages, OMR, scan in any order. PowerSchool: Yes. - AI assistant: SparkMentis: Yes · AI question papers in your school's style; Yes · suggested marks with reasons, part by part; a teacher releases. PowerSchool: Yes. - Family communication: SparkMentis: Yes · verified parents, messages, meetings, web push. PowerSchool: Yes. - Paper exam scanning: SparkMentis: Yes · student packs with signed QR pages, OMR, scan in any order. PowerSchool: Not listed. - Proctoring: SparkMentis: Yes · screen recorded on the device, only the moments a student leaves are kept. PowerSchool: Not listed. - Practicals: SparkMentis: Yes · JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, Go, PHP, SQL, PHP websites; Office too. PowerSchool: Not listed. Why SparkMentis wins: - One product rather than a suite of products to buy and connect. - Exams on paper and screen with proctoring and AI marking. - Practicals: code, Office and design apps, marked from the work. - Plagiarism checks and integrity reports beside the marks. Sources: https://www.powerschool.com/ ## SparkMentis vs Teachmint (by Teachmint) URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/compare/sparkmentis-vs-teachmint · Switching guide: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/alternatives/teachmint Teachmint sells ERP and classroom hardware. SparkMentis goes deep where schools spend the most time, exams and marking: AI papers, paper scans, proctoring, practicals and AI marking. Teachmint is for: Schools: teachers, students, admins, principals, owners and parents. - School ERP: SparkMentis: Yes · batches, semesters, attendance, approvals; fees behind a switch. Teachmint: Yes. - Report cards: SparkMentis: Yes · transcripts, term reports, result sheets, backlogs. Teachmint: Yes. - AI for teachers: SparkMentis: Yes · units by week, AI lesson drafts, approval; Yes · AI question papers in your school's style. Teachmint: Yes. - Interactive panels: SparkMentis: No · software only. Teachmint: Yes. - Paper exam scanning: SparkMentis: Yes · student packs with signed QR pages, OMR, scan in any order. Teachmint: Not listed. - AI marking: SparkMentis: Yes · suggested marks with reasons, part by part; a teacher releases. Teachmint: Not listed. - Proctoring: SparkMentis: Yes · screen recorded on the device, only the moments a student leaves are kept. Teachmint: Not listed. - Practicals: SparkMentis: Yes · JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, Go, PHP, SQL, PHP websites; Office too. Teachmint: Not listed. Why SparkMentis wins: - Paper exams with signed QR packs, scanning and AI marking. - Proctoring with screen recording that keeps only the moments that matter. - Practicals: code in six languages, SQL, PHP websites, Office and design apps. - Plagiarism checks, insights and exception reports. Sources: https://www.teachmint.com/, https://www.teachmint.com/en-us/features/school-erp ## SparkMentis vs HackerRank (by HackerRank) URL: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/compare/sparkmentis-vs-hackerrank · Switching guide: https://app.sparkmentis.ai/alternatives/hackerrank HackerRank is built for hiring developers. SparkMentis is built for teaching them: coding practicals for schools and colleges, beside Office practicals, viva and the rest of the course. HackerRank is for: Companies hiring developers. - Coding tests: SparkMentis: Yes · JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, Go, PHP, SQL, PHP websites. HackerRank: Yes. - Integrity: SparkMentis: Yes · screen recorded on the device, only the moments a student leaves are kept. HackerRank: Yes. - AI evaluation: SparkMentis: Yes · suggested marks with reasons, part by part; a teacher releases. HackerRank: Yes. - Office practicals: SparkMentis: Yes · Word, Excel and PowerPoint marked task by task, design apps to 250 MB. HackerRank: Not listed. - Viva and marks sheets: SparkMentis: Yes · viva marks beside every practical. HackerRank: Not listed. - School LMS: SparkMentis: Yes · courses, homework, assignments, due list. HackerRank: Not listed. - Paper exams: SparkMentis: Yes · student packs with signed QR pages, OMR, scan in any order. HackerRank: Not listed. - Results and transcripts: SparkMentis: Yes · transcripts, term reports, result sheets, backlogs. HackerRank: Not listed. Why SparkMentis wins: - Made for coursework: practicals belong to a course, a batch and a semester. - SQL graded like XAMPP and whole PHP websites tested step by step. - Office and design practicals in the same place. - Marks flow into results and transcripts. Sources: https://www.hackerrank.com/, https://www.hackerrank.com/products/screen/