GradeThis.ai
Setup guide
Set up your firstGradeThis workflow
Understand the hierarchy, create an assignment, import it into a section, and run grading with a clean review path.
Institution -> Department -> Course -> Section
Courses own assignment definitions. Sections own the live assessment run.
Create, parse, approve
Use the wizard to create the first draft, then review extracted questions before you publish.
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Choose how each section follows the course assignment before submissions begin.
Organization hierarchy
GradeThis separates authoring from delivery: assignments are created at the course level, then imported into sections where submissions, grading, and exports happen.
Institution
The top-level organization that owns departments, courses, and memberships.
Department
A subject area or administrative unit that groups related courses.
Course
The canonical home for assignment drafts, parsing, approval, and publishing.
Section
The live teaching instance where students submit work and instructors review grades.
Getting started
Move from assignment draft to section assessment in four deliberate steps.
Create the assignment draft
Use the wizard to choose a course, add the assignment details, upload the source file, and create the first draft version.
TipIf you launch from a course page, the course can be pre-selected in the wizard.
TipAfter the draft is created, parse the file, review the extracted questions, and approve the assignment before publishing.
Parse and approve the content
Run parse on the draft, inspect the extracted question graph, make edits where needed, and approve once the structure is accurate.
TipUse the file viewer and graph editor to confirm extracted questions and scoring rules.
Create the section assessment
From the target section, open Assessments and create a section assessment from a released assignment version. The assessment stays frozen to that version.
TipThe same released assignment version can be reused across multiple sections and offerings without changing existing assessments.
Grade, review, and export
After submissions arrive, GradeThis prepares AI-assisted grading for instructor review, then supports finalization and export.
TipEvery grading state change is recorded in the audit trail.
Frozen assessment versions
Each section assessment is created from a released assignment version and remains frozen to that version after creation.
Released source
Choose a released assignment version when creating the section assessment.
Frozen version
After creation, the section assessment does not automatically change when newer assignment versions are published.
Use a newer version later
If the assignment changes later, create a new section assessment from a newer released version instead of changing the existing one.
Quick links
Use these shortcuts when you want to jump straight into setup, operations, or support.
GradeThis.ai
Start your first workflow
Begin with one course and one section. Once the flow feels right, scale it across the rest of your program.