Use GraideMind in 2 simple steps

Step 1: Upload Essays for AI Grading

Choose the essays you want GraideMind’s AI essay grading platform to evaluate. You can upload a single essay or an entire class set of submissions. Our system is built for teachers who want fast, accurate, and consistent AI-powered grading across multiple assignments.

Upload in Seconds

Quickly upload essays using our bulk essay uploader. Add one essay or dozens at a time, making it ideal for grading class-wide assignments or catching up on backlogged submissions. GraideMind’s streamlined upload process saves time and eliminates the hassle of manual data entry.

Bring Your Own Rubric (Optional)

Customize the grading process by uploading your grading rubric or marking criteria. GraideMind’s AI grading engine evaluates each essay based on your chosen rubric, ensuring every score reflects the same standards you use in your classroom.

Add Extra Guidance (Optional)

Provide clear instructions to fine-tune how the AI grades. You can add notes like “focus on clarity of argument” or “weigh creativity higher than grammar.” These prompts help the AI grading model prioritize exactly what matters most in your teaching goals.

Instant AI Essay Analysis

Once uploaded, GraideMind instantly begins its AI-powered essay analysis. Within seconds, it generates detailed scores, targeted feedback, and insightful performance summaries. You’ll get actionable grading data and clear feedback ready to share with students.

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Educator reviewing AI-generated feedback on a laptop

Step 2: Review Your AI-Graded Essays

GraideMind provides a complete and transparent breakdown for every essay submission, allowing educators to review AI-generated scores and finalize student feedback with confidence.

Review AI-Generated Scores

Each essay receives rubric-aligned scoring based on your selected grading framework. GraideMind’s AI essay grading system ensures every score reflects your chosen criteria for fairness and consistency. You can easily review or adjust any AI-generated score before finalizing the results.

Add Your Own Comments (Optional)

Combine the efficiency of AI with your professional judgment. In addition to GraideMind’s automated feedback, teachers can add personalized comments to highlight strengths, explain score adjustments, or provide extra insights to students. This balance of human and AI input delivers meaningful, actionable feedback every time.

Check how likely the essay was written by AI (premium users only)

Premium users gain access to the AI Detection Tool, which analyzes each essay to determine how likely it was written by AI. This feature helps educators maintain academic integrity, detect potential AI-generated content, and ensure authentic student work.

How GraideMind Ensures Accurate AI Essay Grading

Our multi-layer review process keeps every score reliable, transparent, and aligned with your grading goals.

Rubric-Driven AI Essay Evaluation

Every essay is graded using the exact rubric you provide, ensuring that GraideMind’s AI focuses on the same academic standards you use in the classroom. Our AI essay grading system aligns perfectly with your evaluation criteria for consistent and reliable results.

Human-in-the-Loop AI Grading Oversight

You maintain full control over every score. GraideMind’s AI grading software provides clear rationales behind each grade so you can easily verify, adjust, or confirm the final evaluation. This human-in-the-loop process ensures transparent and trustworthy automated essay grading.

Custom AI Prompts for Accurate Essay Scoring

We craft tailored AI prompts to guide GraideMind’s grading engine, ensuring fair, precise, and context-aware scoring. By matching your rubric and expectations, our platform guarantees accurate essay grading results every time.

Transparent Feedback and Evidence Trail

Each essay score includes clear evidence and explanation. GraideMind’s AI essay feedback system makes it easy to trace how each score was determined, helping educators provide meaningful, transparent feedback to students with confidence.

How GraideMind Protects Your Data

At GraideMind, student privacy and data security are at the core of everything we build. Our AI essay grading platform is designed to protect sensitive academic data, ensure compliance with education privacy laws, and give educators complete control over their content.

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No Personal Identifiers Required for Essay Grading

GraideMind’s AI grading platform does not collect or require student names, emails, or ID numbers when grading assignments. This privacy-first grading approach ensures essays are evaluated objectively and that every student’s identity remains protected at all times.

Full Data Ownership for Teachers and Schools

All uploaded student work remains the exclusive property of educators and institutions. GraideMind does not store, claim, or reuse your data for any purpose beyond grading. You maintain complete ownership and control over all content, which ensures compliance with education data protection standards such as FERPA and GDPR.

Automatic Removal of Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

Before any essay is processed by our AI grading system, GraideMind automatically removes all personally identifiable information, including names, emails, and phone numbers. This built-in data anonymization process ensures that every essay is graded securely while keeping student privacy fully intact.