ilmino Blog

Insight and research for modern institutions.

Product updates, research from ILM AI and practical guidance for schools, colleges and universities running on ilmino.

AI Powered Learning
Comparison

ilmino for institutions vs Medly: which fits a teacher's workflow?

Medly helps a student revise on their own; ilmino gives teachers the marking, assessment and class analytics they run their classroom on. A fair comparison for teachers.

9 July 20264 min read
Project Sonus: Real-Time Conversational PhoneticsApplied Research

Project Sonus: Real-Time Conversational Phonetics

A voice-native tutor that listens, speaks and coaches in real time: sub-second speech-to-speech conversation with phoneme-level pronunciation feedback.

8 July 20265 min read
Project Scriptura: Stroke-Level Mathematical CognitionApplied Research

Project Scriptura: Stroke-Level Mathematical Cognition

Vision-language marking of handwritten working, down to the first error: reading the method line by line and marking it the way an exam board does.

8 July 20265 min read
Project Lumina: Neuro-Symbolic Sketch SynthesisApplied Research

Project Lumina: Neuro-Symbolic Sketch Synthesis

Diagrams that reason before they draw: how ilmino generates diagrams that are mathematically and scientifically correct, not just plausible-looking.

8 July 20266 min read
Project Cognita: Multi-Agent Cognitive OrchestrationApplied Research

Project Cognita: Multi-Agent Cognitive Orchestration

An autonomous Socratic tutor that plans, teaches, verifies and adapts: how ilmino orchestrates a team of specialist agents around a live model of the learner.

8 July 20264 min read
Project Aura: Affective Signal IntelligenceHuman Alignment

Project Aura: Affective Signal Intelligence

Multimodal emotion inference that keeps every learner in the flow zone: sensing frustration and engagement from voice and pace, with consent and wellbeing first.

8 July 20266 min read
Raphael: The AI Teaching Agent That Runs Your Institution's WorkflowsPlatform

Raphael: The AI Teaching Agent That Runs Your Institution's Workflows

Raphael is the institution's AI teaching agent. Staff ask in plain language or by voice, and it coordinates specialist agents to return finished, reviewable work.

6 July 20267 min read
AI Powered Learning
Comparison

ilmino for Institutions vs Century Tech: Choosing an AI Platform

A fair, factual comparison of ilmino for institutions and Century Tech to help schools, colleges and multi-academy trusts choose the right AI platform.

2 July 20266 min read
AI Powered Learning
Product

AI Marking Across a Department: Cut Workload, Keep Teachers in Control

How a department can use ilmino's AI marking to cut the biggest drain on teacher time while teachers keep the final say on every mark.

30 June 20267 min read
AI Powered Learning
Comparison

ilmino for institutions vs Google Classroom: keep what works, add the AI layer

Google Classroom is great for setting and collecting work. ilmino adds the intelligence layer: AI marking, exam-style assessment, and agentic workflows that integrate with the stack you already run.

24 June 20266 min read