diff --git a/src/services/exam/examRepository.ts b/src/services/exam/examRepository.ts
index 8f0b9e3..535b821 100644
--- a/src/services/exam/examRepository.ts
+++ b/src/services/exam/examRepository.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import type {
   ExamResponseArea,
   ExamTemplate,
   ExamTemplateDetail,
+  ExamTemplateLayout,
   MarkingBatch,
   MarkUpsertPayload,
   Neo4jSyncResult,
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ function questionPayload(q: ExamQuestion, idMap?: Map<string, string>) {
     spec_ref: q.spec_ref,
     bounds: q.bounds ?? null,
     page: q.page ?? null,
+    source: q.source ?? 'manual',
+    confirmed: q.confirmed ?? true,
+    confidence: q.confidence ?? null,
+    derivation: q.derivation ?? null,
   };
 }
 
@@ -79,6 +84,8 @@ function responseAreaPayload(r: ExamResponseArea, idMap?: Map<string, string>, d
     source: r.source,
     confirmed: r.confirmed,
     confidence: r.confidence,
+    mark_subtype: r.mark_subtype ?? null,
+    derivation: r.derivation ?? null,
   };
 }
 
@@ -92,6 +99,26 @@ function boundaryPayload(b: ExamBoundary, idMap?: Map<string, string>, duplicate
     bounds: b.bounds,
     source: b.source,
     confirmed: b.confirmed,
+    confidence: b.confidence ?? null,
+    derivation: b.derivation ?? null,
+  };
+}
+
+function layoutPayload(layout: ExamTemplateLayout, duplicate = false) {
+  return {
+    id: duplicate ? newUuid() : layout.id,
+    page_index: layout.page_index,
+    role: layout.role ?? null,
+    margin_left: layout.margin_left ?? null,
+    margin_right: layout.margin_right ?? null,
+    margin_top: layout.margin_top ?? null,
+    margin_bottom: layout.margin_bottom ?? null,
+    margins_enabled: layout.margins_enabled ?? true,
+    source: layout.source ?? 'manual',
+    confirmed: layout.confirmed ?? true,
+    confidence: layout.confidence ?? null,
+    derivation: layout.derivation ?? null,
+    meta: layout.meta ?? {},
   };
 }
 
@@ -113,6 +140,7 @@ async function replaceTemplate(
       questions: detail.questions.map((q) => questionPayload(q, idMap)),
       response_areas: detail.response_areas.map((r) => responseAreaPayload(r, idMap, duplicateIds)),
       boundaries: detail.boundaries.map((b) => boundaryPayload(b, idMap, duplicateIds)),
+      layout: (detail.layout ?? []).map((layout) => layoutPayload(layout, duplicateIds)),
     },
     { headers },
   );
diff --git a/src/types/exam.types.ts b/src/types/exam.types.ts
index 1b65186..17d08e9 100644
--- a/src/types/exam.types.ts
+++ b/src/types/exam.types.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ export interface UpdateTemplateMetaPayload {
 }
 
 /** Canvas children (used from S4-9 onward; defined here so the seam is complete). */
+export type ExamTemplateSource = 'manual' | 'ai';
+
 export interface ExamQuestion {
   id: string;
   template_id: string;
@@ -89,6 +91,10 @@ export interface ExamQuestion {
   spec_ref: string | null;
   bounds?: Record<string, number> | null;
   page?: number | null;
+  source: ExamTemplateSource;
+  confirmed: boolean;
+  confidence: number | null;
+  derivation: string | null;
 }
 
 export type ExamResponseAreaKind =
@@ -99,6 +105,8 @@ export type ExamResponseAreaKind =
   | 'reference'
   | 'furniture';
 
+export type ExamMarkSubtype = 'part_marks' | 'question_total' | 'grader_box';
+
 export interface ExamResponseArea {
   id: string;
   question_id: string;
@@ -108,9 +116,11 @@ export interface ExamResponseArea {
   kind: ExamResponseAreaKind;
   response_form: string | null;
   context_type?: string | null;
-  source: 'manual' | 'ai';
+  source: ExamTemplateSource;
   confirmed: boolean;
   confidence: number | null;
+  mark_subtype?: ExamMarkSubtype | null;
+  derivation?: string | null;
 }
 
 export interface ExamBoundary {
@@ -121,14 +131,36 @@ export interface ExamBoundary {
   page_index: number;
   y: number;
   bounds: Record<string, number> | null;
-  source: 'manual' | 'ai';
+  source: ExamTemplateSource;
   confirmed: boolean;
+  confidence: number | null;
+  derivation: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface ExamTemplateLayout {
+  id: string;
+  template_id: string;
+  page_index: number;
+  role: string | null;
+  margin_left: number | null;
+  margin_right: number | null;
+  margin_top: number | null;
+  margin_bottom: number | null;
+  margins_enabled: boolean;
+  source: ExamTemplateSource;
+  confirmed: boolean;
+  confidence: number | null;
+  derivation: string | null;
+  meta: Record<string, unknown>;
+  created_at?: string;
+  updated_at?: string;
 }
 
 export interface ExamTemplateDetail extends ExamTemplate {
   questions: ExamQuestion[];
   response_areas: ExamResponseArea[];
   boundaries: ExamBoundary[];
+  layout: ExamTemplateLayout[];
 }
 
 
@@ -152,6 +184,10 @@ export interface TemplateReplacePayload {
     spec_ref?: string | null;
     bounds?: Record<string, number> | null;
     page?: number | null;
+    source?: ExamTemplateSource;
+    confirmed?: boolean;
+    confidence?: number | null;
+    derivation?: string | null;
   }>;
   response_areas: Array<{
     id?: string;
@@ -164,6 +200,8 @@ export interface TemplateReplacePayload {
     source?: 'manual' | 'ai';
     confirmed?: boolean;
     confidence?: number | null;
+    mark_subtype?: ExamMarkSubtype | null;
+    derivation?: string | null;
   }>;
   boundaries: Array<{
     id?: string;
@@ -172,8 +210,25 @@ export interface TemplateReplacePayload {
     page_index: number;
     y: number;
     bounds?: Record<string, number> | null;
-    source?: 'manual' | 'ai';
+    source?: ExamTemplateSource;
     confirmed?: boolean;
+    confidence?: number | null;
+    derivation?: string | null;
+  }>;
+  layout?: Array<{
+    id?: string;
+    page_index: number;
+    role?: string | null;
+    margin_left?: number | null;
+    margin_right?: number | null;
+    margin_top?: number | null;
+    margin_bottom?: number | null;
+    margins_enabled?: boolean;
+    source?: ExamTemplateSource;
+    confirmed?: boolean;
+    confidence?: number | null;
+    derivation?: string | null;
+    meta?: Record<string, unknown>;
   }>;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/exam-canvas/model.test.ts b/src/utils/exam-canvas/model.test.ts
index 52b40b7..7d83797 100644
--- a/src/utils/exam-canvas/model.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/exam-canvas/model.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { isUuid, pageForY, serializeCanvasShapes, shapesFromTemplate } from './m
 
 const template: ExamTemplateDetail = {
   id: 'tpl-1', title: 'Physics', subject: 'Physics', exam_id: null, exam_code: null, source_file_id: null, page_count: 1,
-  institute_id: 'inst', teacher_id: 'teacher', status: 'draft', created_at: 'now', updated_at: 'now', questions: [], response_areas: [], boundaries: [],
+  institute_id: 'inst', teacher_id: 'teacher', status: 'draft', created_at: 'now', updated_at: 'now', questions: [], response_areas: [], boundaries: [], layout: [],
 }
 
 describe('exam setup canvas serialization', () => {
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ describe('exam setup canvas serialization', () => {
     const shapes = shapesFromTemplate({
       ...template,
       questions: [
-        { id: 'q1', template_id: 'tpl-1', parent_id: null, label: 'Q1', order: 0, max_marks: 0, answer_type: null, mcq_options: null, mark_scheme: {}, is_container: true, spec_ref: null },
-        { id: 'p1', template_id: 'tpl-1', parent_id: 'q1', label: 'Q1(a)', order: 0, max_marks: 2, answer_type: 'written', mcq_options: null, mark_scheme: {}, is_container: false, spec_ref: null, bounds: { x: 1, y: 2, w: 3, h: 4 }, page: 1 },
+        { id: 'q1', template_id: 'tpl-1', parent_id: null, label: 'Q1', order: 0, max_marks: 0, answer_type: null, mcq_options: null, mark_scheme: {}, is_container: true, spec_ref: null, source: 'manual', confirmed: true, confidence: null, derivation: null },
+        { id: 'p1', template_id: 'tpl-1', parent_id: 'q1', label: 'Q1(a)', order: 0, max_marks: 2, answer_type: 'written', mcq_options: null, mark_scheme: {}, is_container: false, spec_ref: null, bounds: { x: 1, y: 2, w: 3, h: 4 }, page: 1, source: 'manual', confirmed: true, confidence: null, derivation: null },
       ],
       response_areas: [
-        { id: 'r1', question_id: 'p1', template_id: 'tpl-1', page: 1, bounds: { x: 10, y: 20, w: 30, h: 40 }, kind: 'response', response_form: 'lines', source: 'manual', confirmed: true, confidence: null },
-        { id: 'f1', question_id: 'p1', template_id: 'tpl-1', page: 1, bounds: { x: 11, y: 21, w: 31, h: 41 }, kind: 'furniture', response_form: null, source: 'manual', confirmed: true, confidence: null },
+        { id: 'r1', question_id: 'p1', template_id: 'tpl-1', page: 1, bounds: { x: 10, y: 20, w: 30, h: 40 }, kind: 'response', response_form: 'lines', source: 'manual', confirmed: true, confidence: null, derivation: null },
+        { id: 'f1', question_id: 'p1', template_id: 'tpl-1', page: 1, bounds: { x: 11, y: 21, w: 31, h: 41 }, kind: 'furniture', response_form: null, source: 'manual', confirmed: true, confidence: null, derivation: null },
       ],
-      boundaries: [{ id: 'b1', template_id: 'tpl-1', question_id: 'q1', label: 'Q1 start', page_index: 0, y: 100, bounds: { x: 0, y: 100, w: 700, h: 8 }, source: 'manual', confirmed: true }],
+      boundaries: [{ id: 'b1', template_id: 'tpl-1', question_id: 'q1', label: 'Q1 start', page_index: 0, y: 100, bounds: { x: 0, y: 100, w: 700, h: 8 }, source: 'manual', confirmed: true, confidence: null, derivation: null }],
     })
     expect(shapes.map((s) => s.kind).sort()).toEqual(['boundary', 'furniture', 'part', 'response'])
     expect(shapes.find((s) => s.kind === 'part')).toMatchObject({ id: 'p1', x: 1, y: 2, w: 3, h: 4 })
diff --git a/src/utils/exam-canvas/model.ts b/src/utils/exam-canvas/model.ts
index 22bdb54..c13235d 100644
--- a/src/utils/exam-canvas/model.ts
+++ b/src/utils/exam-canvas/model.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export interface CanvasPageGeometry { pageNumber: number; x: number; y: number;
 export type ExamCanvasRegionKind = 'response' | 'context' | 'question_number' | 'mark_area' | 'reference' | 'furniture'
 export type ExamCanvasShapeKind = 'boundary' | 'part' | ExamCanvasRegionKind
 
-export interface CanvasBounds { x: number; y: number; w: number; h: number }
+export interface CanvasBounds extends Record<string, number> { x: number; y: number; w: number; h: number }
 
 export interface ExamCanvasShapeModel {
   /** Stable domain UUID persisted to Supabase. Do not reuse tldraw shape ids for new shapes. */
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ export function serializeCanvasShapes(template: ExamTemplateDetail, shapes: Exam
     const qNum = bands.length + 1
     const questionId = isUuid(top.questionId) ? top.questionId : isUuid(bottom.questionId) ? bottom.questionId : newDomainId()
     const label = top.label?.replace(/\s+(start|end)$/i, '') || bottom.label?.replace(/\s+(start|end)$/i, '') || `Q${qNum}`
-    questions.push({ id: questionId, label, order: qNum - 1, max_marks: 0, is_container: true, mark_scheme: {} })
+    questions.push({ id: questionId, label, order: qNum - 1, max_marks: 0, is_container: true, mark_scheme: {}, source: 'manual', confirmed: true, confidence: null, derivation: null })
     bands.push({ questionId, top, bottom })
     for (const b of [top, bottom]) {
-      boundaries.push({ id: isUuid(b.id) ? b.id : newDomainId(), question_id: questionId, label: b === top ? `${label} start` : `${label} end`, page_index: pageForShape(b, pages) - 1, y: b.y, bounds: bounds(b), source: 'manual', confirmed: true })
+      boundaries.push({ id: isUuid(b.id) ? b.id : newDomainId(), question_id: questionId, label: b === top ? `${label} start` : `${label} end`, page_index: pageForShape(b, pages) - 1, y: b.y, bounds: bounds(b), source: 'manual', confirmed: true, confidence: null, derivation: null })
     }
   }
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export function serializeCanvasShapes(template: ExamTemplateDetail, shapes: Exam
     const parentBand = bands.find((band) => bandContains(band.top, band.bottom, part))
     const qid = isUuid(part.questionId) ? part.questionId : isUuid(part.id) ? part.id : newDomainId()
     partQuestionIds.set(part.id, qid)
-    questions.push({ id: qid, parent_id: parentBand?.questionId ?? null, label: part.label || `Part ${index + 1}`, order: index, max_marks: Number(part.maxMarks ?? 0), answer_type: part.answerType ?? 'written', mcq_options: null, mark_scheme: {}, is_container: false, spec_ref: null, bounds: bounds(part), page: pageForShape(part, pages) })
+    questions.push({ id: qid, parent_id: parentBand?.questionId ?? null, label: part.label || `Part ${index + 1}`, order: index, max_marks: Number(part.maxMarks ?? 0), answer_type: part.answerType ?? 'written', mcq_options: null, mark_scheme: {}, is_container: false, spec_ref: null, bounds: bounds(part), page: pageForShape(part, pages), source: 'manual', confirmed: true, confidence: null, derivation: null })
   })
 
   const response_areas: TemplateReplacePayload['response_areas'] = []
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ export function serializeCanvasShapes(template: ExamTemplateDetail, shapes: Exam
     const questionId = containingPart ? partQuestionIds.get(containingPart.id) : fallbackPart ? partQuestionIds.get(fallbackPart.id) : undefined
     if (!questionId) continue
     const kind = region.kind as ExamCanvasRegionKind
-    response_areas.push({ id: isUuid(region.id) ? region.id : newDomainId(), question_id: questionId, page: pageForShape(region, pages), bounds: bounds(region), kind, response_form: kind === 'response' ? (region.responseForm ?? 'lines') : null, context_type: kind === 'context' ? (region.contextType ?? 'generic') : null, source: 'manual', confirmed: true, confidence: null })
+    response_areas.push({ id: isUuid(region.id) ? region.id : newDomainId(), question_id: questionId, page: pageForShape(region, pages), bounds: bounds(region), kind, response_form: kind === 'response' ? (region.responseForm ?? 'lines') : null, context_type: kind === 'context' ? (region.contextType ?? 'generic') : null, source: 'manual', confirmed: true, confidence: null, mark_subtype: null, derivation: null })
   }
 
-  return { meta: { title: template.title, subject: template.subject ?? undefined, page_count: template.page_count ?? undefined, status: template.status }, questions, response_areas, boundaries }
+  return { meta: { title: template.title, subject: template.subject ?? undefined, page_count: template.page_count ?? undefined, status: template.status }, questions, response_areas, boundaries, layout: template.layout ?? [] }
 }
 
 export function shapesFromTemplate(detail: ExamTemplateDetail, pages?: CanvasPageGeometry[]): ExamCanvasShapeModel[] {
@@ -139,12 +139,12 @@ export function shapesFromTemplate(detail: ExamTemplateDetail, pages?: CanvasPag
   }
   for (const q of detail.questions ?? []) {
     if (q.is_container || !q.bounds) continue
-    shapes.push({ id: q.id, kind: 'part', x: Number(q.bounds.x ?? 80), y: Number(q.bounds.y ?? 120), w: Number(q.bounds.w ?? 420), h: Number(q.bounds.h ?? 180), label: q.label, maxMarks: q.max_marks, answerType: q.answer_type ?? 'written', questionId: q.id })
+    shapes.push({ id: q.id, kind: 'part', x: Number(q.bounds.x ?? 80), y: Number(q.bounds.y ?? 120), w: Number(q.bounds.w ?? 420), h: Number(q.bounds.h ?? 180), label: q.label, maxMarks: q.max_marks, answerType: (q.answer_type as ExamCanvasShapeModel['answerType']) ?? 'written', questionId: q.id })
   }
   for (const r of detail.response_areas ?? []) {
     const bb = r.bounds ?? { x: 100, y: pageTop(r.page, pages) + 360, w: 360, h: 120 }
     const q = questions.get(r.question_id)
-    shapes.push({ id: r.id, kind: r.kind, x: Number(bb.x ?? 100), y: Number(bb.y ?? pageTop(r.page, pages) + 360), w: Number(bb.w ?? 360), h: Number(bb.h ?? 120), label: q ? `→ ${q.label}` : r.kind, responseForm: r.response_form ?? undefined, contextType: r.context_type ?? undefined, questionId: r.question_id })
+    shapes.push({ id: r.id, kind: r.kind, x: Number(bb.x ?? 100), y: Number(bb.y ?? pageTop(r.page, pages) + 360), w: Number(bb.w ?? 360), h: Number(bb.h ?? 120), label: q ? `→ ${q.label}` : r.kind, responseForm: (r.response_form as ExamCanvasShapeModel['responseForm']) ?? undefined, contextType: r.context_type ?? undefined, questionId: r.question_id })
   }
   return shapes
 }