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The essay is only half the story

Discover what your students really understand. Minitute turns their essay into a five-question video tutorial, with AI-supported insights for tutors to review.

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Upload the essay

Start with the writing, in DOCX or PDF.

Upload the essay

Start with the writing, in DOCX or PDF.

Take the tutorial

Discuss the essay with your camera on.

Take the tutorial

Discuss the essay with your camera on.

Tutor reviews the report

Explore authenticity results and evidence.

Tutor reviews the report

Explore authenticity results and evidence.

Who is it for

More evidence.

Better academic judgement.

Helping tutors explore student understanding

Tutors

Test students’ understanding of their essays through three video questions, then review their explanations alongside an AI-generated score.

Heads of Department

Give your tutors a focused way to check understanding. Bring essay-based video tutorials into your department’s approach to assessment.

Deans

Support academic standards in the age of AI. Help teaching teams look beyond polished submissions to what students actually understand.

Academic Institutions

Complement written submissions with a tutorial-style check of understanding, while keeping academic judgement with the people who teach.

How it works

Their essay.

Their understanding.

Put to the test.

Recreate the focus of an in-person tutorial

Submit the essay

The student uploads their essay. Minitute’s AI reads it and creates three questions tailored to what they’ve written.

A tutorial grounded in their own work.

Submit the essay

The student uploads their essay. Minitute’s AI reads it and creates three questions tailored to what they’ve written.

A tutorial grounded in their own work.

Answer three questions

The student answers the three questions on video. Built-in AI tools analyse signals such as head movement, mouse activity and audio to flag possible AI assistance.

Hear the understanding behind the words.

Answer three questions

The student answers the three questions on video. Built-in AI tools analyse signals such as head movement, mouse activity and audio to flag possible AI assistance.

Hear the understanding behind the words.

Review their understanding

Minitute analyses the three answers and gives the student a score for their tutor to review.

The score informs the review. The tutor decides.

Review their understanding

Minitute analyses the three answers and gives the student a score for their tutor to review.

The score informs the review. The tutor decides.

Technology

Security.

Privacy & Compliance

GDPR compliant

Minitute is built to meet UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Student data is collected only for assessment, kept no longer than it’s needed, and never sold or used to train third-party AI models.

GDPR compliant

Built on Google Cloud

Minitute runs on Google Cloud, the same infrastructure trusted by universities, banks and governments worldwide, with the resilience and security that come with it.

Built on Google Cloud

Minitute runs on Google Cloud, the same infrastructure trusted by universities, banks and governments worldwide, with the resilience and security that come with it.

Encrypted end to end

Essays, video answers and scores are encrypted in transit and at rest. Only the tutors and administrators you authorise can see a student’s responses.

Encrypted end to end

Essays, video answers and scores are encrypted in transit and at rest. Only the tutors and administrators you authorise can see a student’s responses.

Your data stays in the UK

All student data, including video recordings, is stored and processed in Google Cloud’s London region. It doesn’t leave the UK.

Your data stays in the UK

All student data, including video recordings, is stored and processed in Google Cloud’s London region. It doesn’t leave the UK.

FAQ

Answers to the questions that come up most.

Talk to us

Talk to us about your institution’s assessment process and how a video tutorial could fit into it.

What is Minitute?

Why use a video tutorial alongside an essay?

How many questions does Minitute ask?

How do students answer the questions?

What does Minitute analyse?

Does Minitute decide the student’s grade?

Is Minitute an AI-writing detector?

Should tutors review the AI-generated score?

Find out what your students really understand.

See how Minitute helps you test their understanding with three tailored questions and a score for you to review.

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