SPARKSCHOOL AI · HOMEWORK REVIEW WITH OCR

Homework, read and reviewed before you open it.

Students upload photos of handwritten homework and SparkSchool reads it with OCR, reviews the work and drafts marks and feedback for the teacher to approve.

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Grade 6 · Fractions homework · 28 of 30 handed in · reviews ready

Handwriting, transcribed: all three pages, with one word marked [illegible].
Strengths: equivalent fractions shown with clear diagrams.
Next step: compare fractions with unlike denominators.
Suggested marks: 7 out of 10. You check the work and submit your own score.

Illustrative example · Review before classroom use

Upload from anywhere

Students hand in photos of worksheets and notebook pages from their portal. You can also upload work collected on paper.

AI review, ready for you

Spark transcribes the handwriting, reviews it against the task and your rubric or marks, and prepares strengths, next steps, suggested scores and feedback.

You make the call

Check the transcript, adjust the review and submit the score. Only the scores you submit are recorded.

A THOUGHTFUL WAY TO BEGIN

A clear next step.
At every stage.

Hand in the homework
Students upload photos of their handwritten pages in the student portal, or you upload the work you collected in class. PDFs, Word documents and Google Docs work too.
Spark reads and reviews
When the work includes a photo, the Read handwriting check runs alongside the review. Spark transcribes each page and reviews it against the task and your rubric or marks.
Check, adjust and submit
Open the review in the teacher portal or the Chrome extension’s grading side panel, compare the transcript with the page, edit the scores and feedback, and submit.

A few things
you might be wondering.

What is SparkSchool AI homework review with OCR?

SparkSchool AI homework review uses OCR to read photos of students’ handwritten homework and prepare a draft review for the teacher. Students photograph their worksheets or notebook pages and upload them in the student portal, and teachers can also upload work collected on paper. When a submission includes a photo, Spark transcribes the handwriting, keeping the student’s line and paragraph breaks and marking any words it cannot read as [illegible]. It then reviews the work against the task and the teacher’s rubric or marks, and prepares strengths, next steps, suggested scores and feedback. Teachers see the review in the teacher portal or in the grading side panel of the SparkSchool Chrome extension, compare the transcript with the original page, edit the suggestions and submit the score themselves. The review is advisory: only teacher-submitted scores are recorded.

What is OCR-based homework review?

OCR (optical character recognition) turns handwriting in a photo into text. SparkSchool reads photographed worksheets and notebook pages, shows you the transcript and reviews the work against the task, your rubric or the marks available, so a draft review is ready when you sit down to mark.

Who can upload the work?

Students upload photos of their handwritten homework from the student portal when they hand it in. Teachers can also upload work collected on paper. Photos can be PNG, JPEG, WebP or HEIC, and students can hand in PDFs, Word documents, Google Docs and Slides, or a link instead.

Where do I see the AI review?

In the teacher portal, next to each student’s submission, and in the grading side panel of the SparkSchool Chrome extension. Both show the transcript, strengths, next steps, suggested scores and draft feedback.

What happens if the handwriting is hard to read?

Spark keeps the student’s line and paragraph breaks and marks words it cannot read as [illegible] rather than guessing. Check those places on the original page before you score. Clear, well-lit photos taken straight on give the best results.

Who decides the final score?

You do. The AI review is advisory. Only the scores you submit are recorded, not the AI’s suggestions.

Who is homework review with OCR for?

Teachers who set homework on paper, such as worksheets, notebook exercises and written answers, and want a consistent first review of every submission before they mark, without typing anything up.

Tips for better results

Ask students to photograph each page straight on, in good light, with the whole page in frame.
Attach a rubric or set the maximum marks when you assign the homework, so the review matches how you grade.
Read the transcript first and check anything marked [illegible] on the original page.
Treat suggested marks and feedback as a draft; the score you submit is the one recorded.