Two ways work is graded
When you choose an assignment type, the picker shows two groups.
Video and audio is set up like open response, but it has its own upload rules and its own grading screen with a player.
The four steps, in the order the app runs
- Create. Give GradingPal the assignment and a rubric or answer key. With Instant the AI drafts everything in one pass. With Guided you approve each part first. Create an assignment
- Collect. Upload the work yourself, or let students submit in GradingPal or Google Classroom. Collect student work
- Review. Every graded submission lands in Needs review. You read the AI’s scores and reasoning, change what you disagree with, and approve. Review grades and feedback
- Share. Feedback goes out when you say so, digitally or on paper, and the row changes to Shared. Share feedback
Where you stay in control
- You check everything. The AI proposes scores and feedback. You can change any level, any points and any sentence before a student sees it.
- Approving is not sharing. Approving a grade marks it Ready to share. It sends nothing to anyone.
- Nothing is visible to students until you share. Not the score, not the feedback, not the comments.
- The AI’s reasoning is for you. Students see the score, the rubric levels, the feedback and the comments. They never see the AI’s analysis.
What this does not mean
- The AI does not decide when students see anything. You do, by sharing.
- The AI does not score a multiple-choice, true/false, matching or ordering question by judgment. That score is worked out from the recorded answer against your answer key.
- The AI does not detect plagiarism or AI-written work, and GradingPal never claims to.
- Grammar findings never change a score.
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Last updated 19 September 2026