The Autograder

One of the most significant time-saving features in TeachShare is the Autograder, an AI-powered system designed to evaluate student responses on digital assignments instantly. Accessed via the Assignment Hub by clicking "View submissions" on any published assignment, this feature eliminates hours of manual grading, providing immediate, actionable feedback and detailed insights into student performance.

The Autograder URL follows the pattern: https://www.teachshare.com/autograder/[assignment-uuid].

Autograder

Interface Overview

The Autograder interface is divided into three main panels, with a top navigation bar for global controls.

Top Navigation Bar

• Back Arrow: Returns the teacher to the Assignment Hub.
• Assignment Tab: Displays a clean, blank version of the resource without student answers or the grading panel. Useful for reviewing the original assignment structure.
• Grading Tab: The active grading view where student work is evaluated against the rubric.
• Lock Icon: Toggles the assignment lock state. When locked, students cannot make further edits to their submission.
• Student Link: Copies the student-facing assignment URL to the clipboard.
• AutoGrade: Initiates AI grading for the currently selected student's submission.
• AutoGrade All: Initiates AI grading for all student submissions in the class roster simultaneously.

Left Panel: Class Roster

The Class Roster panel manages student navigation and grading status:

• Search and Sort: Teachers can search for specific students or sort the roster (e.g., "Graded first", Ascending/Descending).
• Student Cards: Each student has a card displaying their name, grading status (e.g., "Awaiting grade" in orange, or "Graded" in green), and their current score (e.g., "5/100").
• Export Options: A dropdown menu at the top of the roster provides bulk actions:
• Publish All: Sends grades and feedback to all students' portals.
• Print All: Generates a print-friendly view of all graded submissions.
• Export Grades: Downloads a CSV spreadsheet of all student scores for integration with external gradebooks.
• Student Highlights: A button (e.g., "Student Highlights (1)") that opens a banner above the student work view, showing notable excerpts from the student's answers (marked with a green dot) for quick review.

Center Panel: Student Work View

This panel displays the full resource with the selected student's answers filled in.

• Student Details: Editable fields for the student's name and the date of submission.
• Zoom Controls: Buttons at the bottom center allow teachers to zoom in or out on the document.
• Interactive Canvas: The teacher can scroll through the entire assignment, viewing text inputs, multiple-choice selections, and even drawn visualizations exactly as the student submitted them.

Right Panel: Grading Rubric

The Grading Rubric panel is where the evaluation happens, either manually or via AI.

• Edit Rubric: Opens a modal to configure the grading criteria (detailed below).
• Question Cards: Each question on the assignment has a dedicated card showing the score (e.g., "5 / 10").
• Expanded Question Details: Clicking a question card reveals:
• The specific criteria for that question and their point values.
• Buttons to manually add points (+) or award full credit (Full).
• A "Feedback to Student" text area, which is pre-populated by the AI with specific, actionable feedback based on the student's answer. Teachers can edit this text before publishing.
• Overall Feedback: A text area at the bottom of the panel for general comments on the entire submission.

The Rubric Editor

Clicking Edit Rubric opens a modal where teachers define how the assignment is scored.

Generating a Rubric with AI

Instead of building a rubric from scratch, teachers can click the Generate Rubric (sparkle icon) button. The AI reads the entire assignment content and automatically generates a comprehensive rubric.

• The rubric is organized into Sections (e.g., "Assessment Questions").
• Sections contain Questions that map directly to the question blocks in the resource.
• Each question contains specific Criteria rows with descriptions and point values (e.g., "Student provides 3-5 words that correctly rhyme with their chosen focal word — 6 pts").

Manual Editing

Teachers maintain full control over the generated rubric:

• Point values can be adjusted.
• Individual criteria rows can be deleted using the trash icon.
• Teachers can manually add new Sections, Questions, or Criteria using the respective + Add buttons.
• The Clear Rubric button removes all criteria to start fresh.

The Total Points counter in the top right updates live as criteria are added or modified.

The AutoGrading Process

1. Initiate Grading: The teacher clicks AutoGrade (for one student) or AutoGrade All (for the whole class).
2. Processing: An "AutoGrading in Progress" modal appears while the AI evaluates the submissions against the defined rubric.
3. Review Results: Once complete, the student's status changes to "Graded". The right panel populates with scores for each question and AI-generated feedback explaining why points were awarded or deducted. Even complex inputs like drawing blocks (e.g., "Draw a picture of two things from the island that rhyme") can be evaluated by the AI.
4. Teacher Override: The teacher reviews the AI's grading, adjusting scores or editing the feedback text if necessary.
5. Publish: The teacher clicks the Publish or print feedback icon on the student's roster card (or uses "Publish All" from the Export Options) to send the final grade and feedback to the student's portal.

By automating the grading of both objective and subjective questions using AI, teachers save hours of administrative work each week, reclaiming time for lesson planning and one-on-one student support.

Updated on: 04/14/2026