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Who can use this?

  • Who: Teachers and co-teachers
  • Plans: All plans
  • Where: Check grammar in an assignment's grading rules, and the Grammar tab on the grading screen

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Limits and notes

  • Findings never change scores. The setting’s own hint says it: “Scores follow your rubric.”
  • Students see every finding you don’t dismiss. Dismissing is an editorial decision, not housekeeping.
  • Not available for video and audio assignments.

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Turn it on

The switch is Check grammar, in the Grading rules of any assignment: section 6 of Instant, the Feedback step of Guided (or the Handout step for question-based work), and Feedback & grading on the Assignment tab afterwards. Turning it on for already-graded work runs the check in the background; open a submission once it finishes to see its Grammar tab.

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Read the findings

On the grading screen, the Grammar tab shows a count and the language checked, then four tiles that double as filters: Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Capitals. Each finding quotes the student’s words and the suggested fix, with a page tag for scanned work. Click a finding and the passage is marked in the work. On question-based screens the same list sits in a Grammar tab on each question card. A warning icon on a finding means the AI may have misread the handwriting. Check it against the page.

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Decide what the student sees

Expand a finding and select Dismiss — won’t appear in feedback. It stays in your list, struck through, and the student never sees it. Restore brings it back.

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How to tell it worked

The Grammar tab shows a count, and the count drops as you dismiss. A tab reading 0 means the check ran and found nothing.

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If something goes wrong

Check grammar is off for this assignment, or the check hasn’t finished yet. Turn it on under Feedback & grading and refresh once it has run.
The check follows the Language of student work setting, such as English (UK). Change it in the grading rules and save.
Dismiss it. The student won’t see it and the score was never affected.
Opens GradingPal on the screen this page describes.

Last updated 19 September 2026

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