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Design Technology IA mark and criterion feedback in Marksy

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Check the quality of your method, analysis, evaluation, communication and subject-specific reasoning. Find the weakest parts of the draft and see what to change first.

Design Technology IA: comments on your writing
Comments on your writingEach comment points at a passage in your draft, so you can see why Marksy said it.
Design Technology IA: what to fix first
What to fix firstA short list of edits in order, instead of changing random parts of the draft.

What Marksy checks for each Design Technology IA criterion

You get a mark for each IB assessment criterion below. The points under each one are what Marksy looks for in your draft. See the mark bands

Criterion A: Empathize

9 marks

    Criterion B: Defining the project

    6 marks

      Criterion C: Ideation and modelling

      6 marks

        Criterion D: Designing a solution

        6 marks

          Criterion E: Presenting a solution

          6 marks

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            Marksy reads the work you upload, points each comment back to your writing, and puts the most important changes first.

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              Upload your draft

              A PDF of your Design Technology IA, finished or not. Every comment stays connected to your own writing.

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              Read the comments

              Highlights show which passage each comment is about.

            3. 3

              Fix the important parts first

              Work down a short list instead of making scattered edits.

            4. 4

              Keep the final say

              Accept, adapt or ignore each suggestion. You stay the author.

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            Marksy reads the draft you upload and comments on it. It doesn't rewrite your assessment, and your files are never used to train AI.

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