> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gradingpal.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Ask GradingPal to make changes

> Ask in plain language, see exactly what it wants to change, and accept or reject each change before anything is saved.

export const updated_0 = "19 September 2026"

export const page_0 = "/teachers/review/ask-gradingpal"

export const label_0 = "Open your dashboard in GradingPal, then pick a submission"

export const href_0 = "https://app.gradingpal.ai/teacher"

export const who_0 = "Teachers and co-teachers"

export const plans_0 = "All plans"

export const where_0 = "The Ask GradingPal button at the bottom right of any grading screen, and inside the rubric and questions editors"

<Card title="Who can use this?" icon="user-check">
  * **Who:** {who_0}
  * **Plans:** {plans_0}
  * **Where:** {where_0}
</Card>

### Limits and notes

* **Nothing changes until you press Apply.** It proposes, you accept or reject each change, then you apply.
* Attachments are limited to three files of 20 MB each: PDF, image or Word.
* It cannot watch or listen to a video or audio submission.

## The loop

<Steps>
  <Step title="Ask">
    Select **Ask GradingPal**. Type what you want in your own words, or use a starter such as "Are any of the scores too generous or too harsh?". To point it at one thing, hover a feedback section, select the pencil and choose **Edit with AI**; a chip names what's attached.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review">
    It replies with **Review changes**: one card per proposed change, such as **Score: Q3** with "2 → 4 pts", or a feedback section marked "rewritten". On the grading screen itself, each affected field shows a violet outline with **View proposed** and **View current** so you can compare before deciding.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Accept or reject each one">
    Select **Accept** or **Reject** on each card, or **Accept all** or **Reject all**. **Undo** reverses a decision.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Apply">
    Select **Apply N** \[1]. The accepted changes are saved and a toast confirms, such as **Updated 2 scores**. Rejected ones vanish. Any score it changed is recorded with the reason **AI suggestion accepted**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What it can change

On the grading screen: rubric criterion scores and per-question rubric scores, the recorded answer when the AI misread it, overall feedback and feedback sections, comments on the work and timestamped comments, per-question feedback with strengths and improvements, and grammar findings.

In the rubric and questions editors during setup: criteria and levels, question wording and points, answer keys, the order and structure of questions, point ranges and partial credit.

## What it cannot do

* It cannot set the score on a multiple-choice, true/false, multi-select, matching or ordering question directly. That score is worked out from the recorded answer against the answer key. It can correct the recorded answer, and the score follows.
* It cannot watch or listen to a video or audio submission.
* It never changes a score through grammar findings. Findings never affect scores.
* If you ask it a question, such as "why did this get a 4?", it answers. It doesn't edit.

## How to tell it worked

The panel collapses to **All N changes applied**, and the changed fields show **Edited by you** or the new text. If the **Ask GradingPal** button reads **Review changes** with an amber dot, a proposal is still waiting.

## If something goes wrong

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Save is blocked on the Assignment tab">
    "GradingPal proposed changes — accept or reject them first." Select **Review changes** and finish the review.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="It says the suggestions are older than my edits">
    You changed the field after asking. Select **Redo with GradingPal** for a fresh proposal, or **Apply anyway** to replace your edit.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="It won't set a multiple-choice score">
    By design. Ask it to correct the recorded answer instead, or fix the answer key on the assignment.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Related tasks

* [Change a score](/teachers/review/change-a-score)
* [Edit an assignment after setup](/teachers/create/edit-an-assignment)
* [Regrade a submission](/teachers/review/regrade)

<Card title={label_0} icon="arrow-up-right-from-square" href={href_0} horizontal>
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</Card>

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