Resources
Preset downloads for Marksmith Pro including rubrics, comments, and descriptors for popular DT projects.
How to Add Resources
When you ran the app for the first time, it created two folders: Marking Output (completed pdf marking is kept in class and project folders) and data (where your marks, comments, and descriptors are stored). To use these preset resources, simply download the files below and place them in your data folder. The app will automatically detect and load them when you restart.
DT Development Project
Assessment Bundle: Year 9/10 Design & Technology project with comprehensive rubrics and comment banks. Covers research, design development, making skills, and self-assessment tools.
Grade Range: 0-9 marks per unit (27 marks total)
Project Overview: Complete assessment framework for KS3/KS4 resistant materials design projects. Includes structured rubrics for research quality, design thinking, manufacturing skills, and metacognitive development through integrated self-assessment.
What's Included:
- Unit A: Research & Analysis (9 marks) - Assessment criteria for moodboards, image variety, and design brief relevance
- Unit B: Design Development (9 marks) - Rubrics for initial ideas, refinement, annotation quality, and manufacturing considerations
- Unit C: Making & Skills (9 marks) - Detailed criteria for tool use, accuracy, finishing techniques, and quality standards
- Self-assessment integration with predicted grades and reflection prompts
- Extensive teacher comment banks for quick, targeted feedback
Pewter Casting Project
Jewellery Design Project: Pewter casting project with structured assessment for research, design development, and manufacturing skills. Includes self-assessment rubrics and comments bank.
Grade Range: 0-9 marks per unit (27 marks total)
Project Overview: Comprehensive assessment framework for KS3/KS4 resistant materials jewellery projects. Covers research quality, design development with acrylic details, and manufacturing skills including casting, filing, and professional finishing techniques.
What's Included:
- Unit A: Research & Moodboard (9 marks) - Criteria for image variety, themed research, and design inspiration quality
- Unit B: Design Development (9 marks) - Assessment of initial ideas, refined designs, annotation, and mold design considerations
- Unit C: Making & Finishing (9 marks) - Detailed rubrics for coping saw work, pewter casting quality, sprue formation, and polishing standards
- Self-assessment rubrics with predicted grades (1-3, 4-6, 7-9) for student reflection
- Targeted feedback comments for manufacturing quality and tool use
Perfect For: KS3/KS4 product design, resistant materials schemes, jewellery-making projects. Supports consistent departmental assessment and develops manufacturing terminology alongside practical skills.
Technical Drawing Project
Perspective Drawing Skills: DT Graphics themed project covering crating, one-point, and two-point perspective with progressive skill development and self-assessment tools.
Grade Range: 0-9 marks per unit (27 marks total)
Project Overview: Engaging KS3 graphics project that teaches fundamental technical drawing and perspective skills. Progressive difficulty builds from basic crating to complex two-point perspective cityscapes.
What's Included:
- Unit A: Crating Techniques (9 marks) - Assessment for construction lines, wireframe accuracy, and breaking complex shapes into simple 3D forms
- Unit B: One Point Perspective (9 marks) - Rubrics for vanishing point accuracy, interior spaces, and spatial relationships
- Unit C: Two Point Perspective (9 marks) - Criteria for dynamic cityscapes, building structures, and architectural detail
- Self-assessment integration with comparison checkboxes and improvement prompts
Perfect For: KS3 graphics schemes, Year 8/9 technical drawing units, or GCSE DT graphics preparation. Develops spatial reasoning, technical precision, and visual communication skills through creative, engaging context.
