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# Welcome to EssayGrader

# Welcome to EssayGrader!

Grading is one of the most important — and most time-consuming — parts of teaching. On average, teachers in the U.S. spend nearly 10 hours each week grading, with 95% of them taking work home. Delayed feedback slows student growth, inconsistency risks fairness, and teacher burnout hurts morale.  

EssayGrader was built by educators who know that burden first-hand. It automates the repetitive parts of grading while keeping teachers at the center of the process. The result: you save time, students get faster feedback, and everyone benefits from more consistent grading.  

## Why EssayGrader?

* **Save time:** Grade a full class in minutes.  
* **Stay consistent:** Align every paper to the same rubric.  
* **Support students:** Give actionable, personalized feedback.  
* **Protect teachers:** Reduce burnout while keeping you in control.  

| 💡 *Did you know?* EssayGrader users report saving up to **80% of their grading time** — while still reviewing and customizing every piece of feedback before it goes back to students.

## What EssayGrader Does

* **Connects to your LMS** in less than a minute.  
* **Imports student work** (PDFs, Docs, handwritten scans, and more).  
* **Grades to your rubrics** (create from scratch, upload your own, use templates, or build with AI).  
* **Generates detailed feedback reports** for each student.  
* **Detects AI and plagiarism (coming soon)** with transparent flags.  
* **Exports feedback seamlessly back to your LMS.**  
* **Tracks student progress over time** with metrics and analytics.  

## Step-by-Step Tour

|| For a detailed, multi-step tour with screenshots, please visit the step-by-step walkthrough [found here](https://help.essaygrader.ai/en-us/category/step-by-step-walkthrough-1y6uwwa/). Below is a quick overview.

Here’s what your first grading session looks like if you are using, for example, Google Classroom:

### 1. Connect Google Classroom

* Log into EssayGrader.  
* Click **import from Classroom** and authorize the connection.  
* Your classes and assignments will appear instantly for import.  

### 2. Import Assignments

* Select a class and assignment.  
* EssayGrader automatically pulls in all student submissions.  
* Choose whether to grade all students or just a subset.  

### 3. Choose or Create a Rubric

You have four options for rubrics:

1. **Use a built-in template** (state standards, Common Core, subject-specific).  
2. **Upload your own rubric** (just drop in a PDF or Word doc).  
3. **Generate a rubric with AI** to get started quickly.  
4. **Build one from scratch** manually.  

Once created, rubrics are **yours alone** unless you choose to share them.  

| 🔒 *Privacy Note:* Student data and teacher rubrics are never shared or used to train external models.  

### 4. Generate Feedback

EssayGrader:  

* Reads the student work and rubric.  
* Produces rubric-aligned feedback, a grade, and writing insights.  
* Flags possible AI use or plagiarismv(coming soon).  

You review everything before it goes back to students.  

### 5. Review & Customize

* Edit any feedback text.  
* Adjust rubric scores with sliders.  
* Add your own comments anywhere in the essay.  
* Compare submissions side-by-side to see growth over time.  

| 💡 *Did you know?* Some teachers use EssayGrader for iterative assignments — asking students to revise based on the first round of feedback, then resubmitting before a grade is given.

### 6. Export Back to Google Classroom

* Choose what to share (feedback only, or grades + annotations).  
* Export in one click.  
* Feedback is added beneath the student’s original submission — their work is never altered.  

### 7. Track Student Progress (coming soon)

* View score distributions for the class.  
* Identify common writing challenges.  
* Get automated lesson planning suggestions.  
* Export reports for principals, parents, or grant applications.  

## Additional Features

* **AI Detection:** Highlights lines likely written by AI, helping align with school AI policies.  
* **Plagiarism Detection:** Coming soon, it will identify peer-to-peer copying (expanded detection will eventually be added).  
* **Writing Insights:** Flags issues like sentence structure, clarity gaps, or logical inconsistencies.  
* **Grammar Reports:** Pinpoints errors in spelling and grammar and suggests improvements.  

## Privacy & Security

* **FERPA and COPPA compliant.**  
* **Data stays private:** Student work and rubrics are not shared unless you choose to share them.  
* **Secure by design:** EssayGrader meets cybersecurity standards and never trains models on your data.  

## What’s Coming Soon

* A growing library of up to **600+ rubrics** by subject and standard.  
* **MLA/APA citation support.**  
* **Enhanced plagiarism tools.**  
* **Upgraded student reports** with clearer visuals.  
* **Class-to-class performance comparisons.**  

## Learn More

* **Help Center:** FAQs and tutorials built into the platform.  
* **Chat Support:** Available from the help bubble in your dashboard.  
* **Request a Feature:** Share your ideas directly with our team.  
* **Certification Course:** A free 25-minute course for schools and districts led by a teacher power-user, showing practical tips and workflows.  

**In short:** EssayGrader helps you grade smarter, not harder. Connect your classroom, attach a rubric, and experience how much time you can save—while giving students the timely, personalized feedback they deserve.