The purpose of the project was primarily to explore alternative assessment of student performance in practical laboratory sessions, and the main motivation was to reduce costs due to the University’s financial situation. Traditionally practical sessions in chemisry are assessed by marking of written reports, where the marking is carried out by laboratory demonstrators. This remains the preferred method, but the University no longer finds that the cost of paying demonstrators to correct reports is sustainable. The project explored digital tools for automatic assessment of student performance in practical sessions through online submission and marking of “reports”.