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Grading a stack of papers with the AI Batch Grader
From a pile of scanned papers to graded, gradebook-ready results: pick where the grades belong, tell the AI what to look for, upload the papers, let it grade them, then review and save each one. This walkthrough follows the exact buttons you'll click.
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Point it at the right column
Choose class, subject, and column
Pick the class and subject the papers belong to, then the Gradebook Column the grades should land in — subject and column stay locked until a class is chosen. If you are asked for a Workflow, pick the one that fits the task.
Pick a rubric or write your own instructions
Choose one of your own rubrics or a template from Grading Rubric, or type what you expect into Instructions for the AI — both tell the AI exactly what to look for and how to score it.
Manage my rubrics → Grading Setup → My RubricsAdd your answer key, and your pen colour (both optional)
Under the instructions you can attach up to 3 PDFs — an answer key, a model text or a grading sheet. The AI grades every paper in this run against them; they are deleted when the run ends. Already corrected the stack by hand? Pick your colour under Already marked these papers? Your pen colour, and the AI ignores your marks and grades the student's own work. Leave it on Not marked yet for fresh papers.
Upload and run
Drop in the scanned papers, then match each to a student
Drag photos or scanned PDFs into Upload Papers (up to 10 pages per file). Next to each file, choose the student it belongs to under Assign.... Several files for the same student are graded together as one paper. Drag the bottom edge of the file list to make it taller.
Start grading
Click Start Grading. A progress bar follows the run, and Cancel really stops it. You can leave the page and come back: your setup, your files and the progress are all still there. One run at a time — if one is still working, the page tells you. If none of a student's pages can be read, you see why straight away and can upload them again.
Check and save each result
Click through the results
Every graded student appears in the Results Queue, and older runs under Past Gradings, grouped into Ready to review, Saved and Waiting. Click a name to open their paper and score. A paper marked Locked is beyond your monthly limit — see "Unlocking extra papers" below.
Review, then Save to Gradebook
You see the Original text next to the Corrected version, the score the AI suggests, and its Overall feedback, which you can edit. Change the score under Edit score if you disagree, then click Save to Gradebook — the grade and the feedback go straight into the gradebook cell. Skip moves on without saving.