Triage Queue
Clear every flagged criterion across your whole class in one pass — approve or reject each flag with a single key press, without ever opening a student profile.
- High-Speed Batch Processing: Review 50+ flagged criteria across 25 scripts in under 15 minutes without opening individual profiles.
- Single-Key Decisions: Use J/K to navigate, C to confirm (keeps flag for feedback), and X to dismiss (removes false positive).
- Advisory Only: Confirming a flag is never a grade — it queues the excerpt for formative feedback in By Script and logs your audit trail.
What a flag is — in plain words
When you upload a student's assignment, the AI advisory check reads it against the unit's Pass, Merit and Distinction criteria and records a status for each one: MET PARTLY MET NOT MET. Any criterion that comes back partly met or not met is raised as a flag: a short excerpt from the student's own work showing where the evidence falls short.
A flag is not a grade, and it is not an accusation. It is the AI saying "here is a piece of evidence I could not match to this criterion — you decide." The Triage Queue is where you make those decisions, one flag at a time, for the entire batch.
Live triage simulator
Try out the exact decision mechanics below to see how single-key triage feels in practice:
The screen, in 15 seconds
The queue is split into two panes:
The context panel (right) shows the full excerpt for the selected flag, the criterion it belongs to, and the question the AI is asking you to answer. This is deliberately the same information the student will eventually see — if you can decide from the panel, you never need to open the original document.
The routine: 30 seconds per flag
This is the whole technique. A class of 26 with two or three flags each is under fifteen minutes of focused review — and because each decision is a single key press, it stays focused.
- Open the queue with work in it. The Triage Queue button in the lens rail shows a pulsing red dot whenever the current batch has open flags — that is your signal that triage is needed.
- Read the context panel first. The excerpt is the student's own writing. Ask yourself one question: does this evidence actually satisfy the criterion shown? Not "is it good work" — just that one question.
- Decide, then press one key. If the evidence does fall short, press C to confirm the flag. If the AI misread — the evidence is fine elsewhere, or the flag is wrong — press X to dismiss it. Either way the queue instantly moves you to the next flag.
- Repeat until the queue says you're all caught up. The top bar's flag counter drops with every decision. When it reads "All caught up", this batch is triaged.
- Move on to writing feedback. Confirmed flags travel with each student into By Script, where you'll add the notes students actually read. See By Script.
Confirm vs. dismiss — what each actually does
These two buttons are not interchangeable, and the difference matters for your moderation trail:
| Action | Key | What happens | Where it shows up later |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confirm | C | You agree the evidence falls short. The flag is kept and marked Resolved — a permanent part of the student's record. | By Script (as a criteria gap to address), the student feedback page, and the Feedback Export moderation trail. |
| Dismiss | X | You judge the flag a false positive. The flag is removed from the student entirely. | Nowhere — dismissed flags leave no trace in exports. The AI's suggestion is rejected, your judgement stands. |
Worked examples from real scripts
These patterns cover the great majority of flags you'll meet:
"…the business will definitely make more money because social media marketing is powerful…"
Verdict: Student claims impact without applying theoretical models or calculations.
"…I asked my uncle who runs a shop about his costs…"
Verdict: Valid primary research matched to wrong code. Dismiss so no false gap appears.
"…in conclusion, Option 2 is better than Option 1 for reasons given above…"
Verdict: Evaluation requires justified rationale. Confirm to prompt reasoned synthesis.
Keyboard shortcuts — the entire list
Shortcuts are active only while the Triage Queue is open, and they pause automatically while you're typing in any input field:
| Key | Action | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| J | Move down to the next flag | Arrow-down also works |
| K | Move up to the previous flag | Arrow-up also works — your safe "skip and come back" move |
| C | Confirm the selected flag | Keeps it as Resolved and moves you to the next flag automatically |
| X | Dismiss the selected flag | Removes it permanently and moves you to the next flag |