Run Your First Assignment
Video coming soon.
Walkthrough
Set up the assignment. Give it a name, select the class, choose the rubric and the feedback template you prepared. The rubric defines what's being assessed; the template defines how that feedback will be written.
Add the prompt students are responding to — the actual instructions, in the form they will see them. This anchors the feedback to the task as well as to the rubric.
Get the student work in. The standalone upload path works for any school: drop a zip of student submissions or upload them individually. If Google Classroom or Canvas is connected, submissions can sync automatically.
Generate feedback. Click Generate Feedback. The system applies the rubric to each submission and produces a separate draft for each student using the template you set.
Examine the first output. Open one student's feedback and read it through. The draft should:
- Be grounded in that student's actual writing — quoted phrases, specific paragraphs, references to their argument.
- Use the rubric language correctly.
- Give next steps the student can actually act on.
Compare two students to see whether the structure stays consistent while the content shifts with the writing. Same template, different responses — that's the signal it's working.
This is a draft, not a final. The next step is the one that matters most: review, adapt, and decide what students actually receive.
The first run does not need to be perfect. If the detail level feels off, the tone needs adjustment, or the rubric needs tightening — regenerate after adjusting and try again. The first run shows what the workflow produces; the next run usually shows how to make it stronger.
What to read or watch next
The next step is the most important. Review, Adapt, and Send (Step 5 of 8) shows what to do with the draft feedback the system just produced.