Understand your feedback
When you finish a piece of work in Sokra, the assistant gives you feedback, not a mark. It tells you what you did well and what to try next, so you can see how to get better rather than just a score. Your teacher decides what good work looks like, and the assistant uses that to write feedback just for you. This shows you how to read it.
This takes about three minutes. You do not need any technical knowledge.
Before you start
You need a session you have worked through with an assistant that gives feedback. Not every assistant does, your teacher sets that up, so you will see feedback on the ones meant for it. When you are ready, you submit the session and the assistant writes your feedback.
Read your feedback
Feedback comes at the end, once you submit your session. It is split into a few parts so you can see your strengths and your next steps clearly. Work through them in order.
1. Submit your session
When you have finished, submit the session to get your feedback. Sokra asks you to confirm with Submit Session, since this generates your final feedback and closes the session. Click Yes, Submit when you are ready, and make sure you are really done first, because a submitted session is finished.
2. Read your Strengths
The Strengths section tells you what you did well, based on what your teacher was looking for. Read this first. It is not just praise, it shows you which parts to keep doing in your next piece of work.
3. Read your Opportunities of growth
The Opportunities of growth section is your next steps: the things that would make the work stronger. Treat these as a to-do list for getting better, not as a telling-off. Everyone has them, and they are the most useful part to act on.
4. See why you got this feedback
The Justification of Assessment explains why your feedback says what it does, pointing back to what your teacher set as good work. If a comment surprises you, read this part to see what it was based on.
5. Look for a note from your teacher
Your teacher can add their own words on top of what the assistant wrote. If they have, you see it as Teacher Feedback. This comes straight from your teacher, so give it extra attention.
Data & safety
Your feedback is based on the session you did and the criteria your teacher set, and it stays inside your school's Sokra. The assistant writes the first version, but your teacher sees your work and has the final say, so what you read is backed by a real person. Feedback from an assistant can be imperfect, the same as any AI, so if something seems off, your teacher is the one to ask.
Tips
- Start with Opportunities of growth. That is where the next improvement usually is, and acting on one point at a time works better than trying to fix everything.
- Read the Justification of Assessment if a comment is not clear. It tells you what the feedback was based on, which often makes it click.
- Feedback is meant to help you improve, not to rank you. Use it to plan what to do differently next time.
Troubleshooting
I do not get any feedback. Not every assistant gives feedback, since your teacher chooses which ones do. If you expected feedback and there is none, check that you submitted the session, and ask your teacher if the assistant is meant to give it.
It says there is not enough to go on. If you submit very early or with very little work, the assistant may not have enough to give useful feedback. Do a bit more in the session, then submit again.
I do not agree with my feedback. The assistant can get things wrong, and your teacher has the final say. Talk to your teacher, who can look at your session and add their own Teacher Feedback.