Marks

Teaching, especially in today's climate, with all the surrounding technology, can sometimes require a step up in terms of how one deals with analyzing the progress of students. Marks is part of a new approach on this very subject. You might tell right from the start it's still a work in progress, but even so, it manages to deliver an experience you might just want to indulge in more and more.

By far, the clumsiest side of this app has to do with adding the educational institution address. You'll be met by a basic interface with nothing to tell you exactly where this address is supposed to go. Unfortunately, this is one of the things that does remind users that Marks still needs a bit of polishing. You'll have to navigate all the way up to the last of the tabs to add this particular information. Only then will the first page look somewhat welcoming.

One can add quite a lot of information with the help of this app. Aside from courses, lessons can be added too. Each student can have a specific entry where progress can be shown in the form of a graph. In theory, the visual representation will be directly affected by the grades a teacher inputs into the app's system. Unfortunately, adding grades at this point doesn't seem to create a visible pattern.

As far as neatness is concerned, there's little to criticize here. Everything seems to have its own place, and menus have been placed accordingly. Teachers can also, at least in theory, create surveys for students and collect ideas and feedback about various issues. This too seems to not be functional at this point, although the idea is quite interesting. Marks does still have a long way until it reaches maturity, yet even at this point, it can be useful to teachers who want to implement a more modern system for keeping track of student skill development.