Mark first; AI catches up
When a faculty reviewer opens a Mains answer, the checking screen is ready right away: student text or image, marks, and feedback. AI support loads in the background and fills the sticky sidebar when ready—like waiting for notes to appear in a document, not a spinner that blocks the page.
You can keep drafting marks while Shelf prepares core concepts, a quotable fact (only when a real public source is available), and valid answer approaches for the question.
Annotate like Shelf, mark like a mentor
Use Read, Pen, Highlight, and Page note on the answer sheet—the same annotation habits as the rest of Shelf. Ink and page notes stay private to the faculty draft; release still publishes marks and written feedback only.
When AI finishes, the transcript gains mentor-style underlines (strengths, tighten-ups, value-adds) with Shelf hover cards, plus spelling suggestions you can skim in the sidebar or on the text itself.
What does not change
Draft → Save evaluation → Release still works the same way. AI never auto-publishes grades. Students keep any instant AI review they already had; faculty marks remain the official released feedback.
- Capability: faculty.review (FACULTY / ADMIN).
- Inbox filters: To check, Evaluated, Released.
- Suggested marks prefill only when your draft marks are empty.