01
Author the unit
Criteria, command verbs and descriptors as versioned configuration. Calibrated on your marked scripts.
For CMI centres
Describe is not evaluate.
Command-verb depth runs as a check. The descriptor is the grade.
Dozens of scripts, not thousands · configuration-ready
Requirement check · depth of treatment
Evaluation present, not descriptionNot met
Options are listed but not weighed: evaluative treatment not found for AC 2.3
Applied to the learner's own organisation✓
Two management models compared✓
01 · The line
Depth is a rule.
CMI referrals cluster on under-pitched verbs. The check is explicit.
Describe
- Lists the model.
- Names the theory.
- Recounts the meeting.
Evaluate
- Weighs the options.
- Applies them here.
- Records the judgement.
02 · Calibration
One unit, from brief to live.
Your assessors' marked work sets the line. Then the unit marks itself.
Grade scheme per unit · Dozens of scripts, not thousands · Every decision replayable
02
Read the evidence
Reflective accounts and workplace examples into typed fields, verbatim attached.
03
Hold the verb
Describe where evaluate is required is a recorded miss.
04
File the sheet
Reasoned grades in the assessment template your centre already submits.
Requirement check · AC 2.3
Command verb met✕
Case organisation applied✓
Two models compared✓
03 · Around the mark
Intake, dispatch, the record.
The operational layer CIPD centres already run. Tuned for CMI units.
Revert to Draft
Eligibility on arrival.
Signature, unit, brief, word-count, referencing: ineligible work returns with the reason recorded. The marking queue holds markable work.
See the intake checksIntake · 512_HughesJ.docx · received 08:47
Signature presentdeclaration page signed✓
Correct unit & briefUnit 512 · 2026 brief matched✓
Word count3,912 of 3,900, within tolerance✓
Summative in summative areaplacement confirmed✓
Referencing attemptedno reference list found, required at Level 5✕
AI & similarity in rangescan complete, within centre thresholds✓
Reverted to draft · 09:142 min after submission
Reason attached and returned to the learner. No marking cycle spent, the queue stays markable.
Dispatch
Approve a cohort in one sitting.
Marked assignments queue by state with the grading basis on every row. Release to the portal and the LMS together.
The dispatch hubDispatch hub · 512 · Cohort 2026-A
Flagged · 3Dispatch ready · 24Approved · 61Amends set · 2
512_PatelR.docxGates 6/6 · judged Pass · no flagsPass
512_ChenM.docxGates 6/6 · judged High Pass · no flagsHigh Pass
512_OkaforD.docxGates 6/6 · judged Pass · no flagsPass
512_JordanA.docxGate miss on AC 1.2, held for reviewRefer
Approve & release 24Amend selectedreleases on the LMS too
The record
Ask why a learner referred.
Stored reasoning, a drafted reply, command-verb miss patterns across a cohort. Integrity flags quote the passage.
UK-based · zero third-party AI in the marking path · Not trained on your learners
Sokros CopilotCopilot · why did 512_JordanA refer?
AC 2.3 · Evaluate two models
The answer names Lewin and Kotter. It does not weigh them against the learner's change programme.
Drafted reply ready. Referral recorded against the command verb, not the topic.
04 · The evidence
How management work arrives.
Messy documents
Tables, appendices, embedded charts: read, not rejected.
Reflective writing
First-person workplace accounts evidenced like any other claim.
Assessor oversight
Sampling and review-before-release sit where your IQA wants them.
Calibrate one CMI unit.
Bring the brief, the descriptors and a dozen marked assignments.
We'll mark the same unit, decision by decision.