Supercharge Innovation and Productivity on RM Compare with Your LLM

By Mark House

In the rapidly evolving world of educational assessment, efficiency and innovation are no longer just buzzwords—they’re necessities. If you’re using RM Compare, you already know the power of Adaptive Comparative Judgement for delivering robust, scalable assessment. But what if you could take your productivity and creativity to the next level? Enter the Large Language Model (LLM).

What is an LLM?

A Large Language Model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence trained on vast amounts of text data to understand, generate, and manipulate human language. Think of it as a supercharged digital assistant that can draft, summarise, analyse, and even help you design complex tasks—instantly. LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are built on advanced neural networks called transformers, enabling them to process and generate high-quality text, answer questions, and even interpret data or images,

RM Compare: An Open Portal for Innovation

One of the unique strengths of RM Compare is its commitment to openness. The entire product portal—including over 200 blog posts, detailed help articles, and feature documentation—is publicly available and not hidden behind a paywall. This means that everything you need to understand, explore, and innovate with RM Compare is accessible to both humans and LLMs alike.

How LLMs Supercharge Your RM Compare Workflow

1. Session Design and Prompting

Good prompting is the key to unlocking the full potential of an LLM. When seeking help with session design on RM Compare, be clear and specific in your requests. For example:

  • Instead of: “Help me design a session”
  • Try: “Design a comparative judgement session for Year 8 English, focusing on creative writing, with a holistic statement for originality, structure, and grammar.”

LLMs excel when given context, objectives, and examples—so include details about your subject, goals, and any constraints. This approach ensures the LLM can generate tailored session plans, or even draft communications for your assessors

2. Leveraging Public Content

Because all RM Compare blog posts and help articles are openly available, you can use an LLM to:

  • Summarise best practices from multiple posts.
  • Compare different assessment strategies.
  • Generate FAQs for your team based on the most common queries in the portal.
  • Draft training materials or onboarding guides using up-to-date product documentation

3. Analysing Data Extracts

RM Compare allows you to export session data as .csv files, detailing the behaviour of items and judges in each session. LLMs can ingest these data extracts to:

  • Summarise session outcomes.
  • Identify patterns or anomalies in judging.
  • Generate visualisations or reports for stakeholders.
  • Suggest improvements based on data trends.

Simply upload your .csv extract and prompt the LLM: “Summarise the key findings from this RM Compare session data. Highlight any unusual patterns in judge behaviour.”

4. Screen Grabs and Visual Analysis

Some advanced LLMs and multimodal models can interpret screenshots of RM Compare reports or dashboards. This enables you to:

  • Extract insights from visual data without manual transcription.
  • Ask questions like, “What does this ranking chart suggest about item performance?”
  • Generate alternative report formats or accessibility-friendly summaries.

5. Automating Routine Tasks

LLMs can help you:

  • Draft session invitations or feedback emails.
  • Create documentation for new features.
  • Translate help articles into multiple languages.
  • Generate code snippets or automation scripts for integrating RM Compare with other systems

Getting the Most from Your LLM

  • Be specific: Clear, detailed prompts yield better results.
  • Use context: Reference RM Compare’s public resources directly in your queries.
  • Iterate: Refine your prompts based on the LLM’s responses.
  • Stay secure: Only share anonymised or non-sensitive data with public LLMs.

Ready to Innovate?

With RM Compare’s open product portal and the power of LLMs, you have everything you need to drive innovation and productivity in assessment. Whether you’re designing sessions, analysing data, or scaling your impact, the combination of human expertise and AI is a game-changer.

Explore the RM Compare blog and help centre today—then see how your LLM can help you go further, faster,