Grading Agent
Reads every submission, scores against your rubric, and queues feedback — you approve.
The Grading Agent parses essays, lab reports, and problem sets in full context — your rubric, each student's IEP, and prior work. It proposes a score, cites evidence, assigns a confidence level, and waits for you. Batch-approve high-confidence items; focus your attention where it matters.
Typical time saved: 18 min → 6 min per batch
What the agent does on its own
Reads the full submission
Essays, PDFs, images, and code — not just keywords.
Maps to your rubric
Criterion by criterion with cited paragraphs.
Drafts feedback
Specific, actionable comments tied to each criterion.
Scores confidence
Flags low-confidence items for your review first.
You always control the final grade
- —Approve, edit, or reject every score before students see it
- —Override rubric weights for individual cases
- —Add voice or video feedback on top of AI drafts
- —Release all or selected submissions in one action
The challenge
Grading consumes your evenings
Twenty-eight lab reports means twenty-eight rubric passes. Legacy tools make you re-read the same patterns. Students wait days for feedback while you repeat yourself in comments.
How this agent helps
An agent that grades like you would — faster
Ember's Grading Agent does the first pass: rubric breakdown, score, and draft feedback. You skim confidence-sorted queues and approve in bulk. Students get feedback the same day.
In practice
When this agent runs
Friday lab reports
Approve 22 of 28 in ten minutes; spend real time on six edge cases.
Essay unit
Criterion-level feedback on every paper without copy-paste comments.
Exit tickets
Short-answer checks graded before students leave the room.
Built-in capabilities
Multi-format submissions
Text, PDF, DOCX, images, and code with syntax awareness.
Rubric criterion breakdown
See exactly how each row was scored with evidence.
Confidence thresholds
Filter by 90%+ for batch approve; drill into the rest.
Anonymous grading mode
AI suggestions hidden until you reveal student names.
Voice feedback overlay
Record 30-second notes — auto-transcribed for accessibility.
Plagiarism signals
Integrity flags surfaced alongside the grade queue.
Workflow
How the agent runs
Submissions arrive
New work enters the grading queue automatically when students submit.
Agent scores and drafts
Each submission gets a rubric breakdown, proposed score, and feedback.
You review and release
Approve individually or in bulk — grades and comments publish instantly.
“I batch-approve most of the queue and actually read the essays that need me. My students get feedback the same day now.”
James Whitfield
History Teacher · Lincoln High
FAQ
Common questions
Every suggestion shows a confidence score. Low-confidence items are sorted to the top. Nothing posts without approval.
Works alongside
Other agents in the Ember stack.