Catch up on grading without lowering your standards.

Hawkings Grader applies your rubrics to exams and assignments and drafts detailed feedback for every learner. Professors review, adjust when needed, and publish in a click—so correction cycles run in days instead of weeks, with more feedback than was ever realistic by hand.

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Student

Grade

Date

Lana Hall

8.7

10th June 2025

Francesca Swift

7.5

8th June 2025

Jacob Rowland

6.3

13th May 2025

Sophia Martinez

9.1

15th June 2025

Liam Johnson

5.4

22nd July 2025

Student

Grade

Date

Lana Hall

8.7

10th June 2025

Francesca Swift

7.5

8th June 2025

Jacob Rowland

6.3

13th May 2025

Sophia Martinez

9.1

15th June 2025

Liam Johnson

5.4

22nd July 2025

Student

Grade

Date

Lana Hall

8.7

10th June 2025

Francesca Swift

7.5

8th June 2025

Jacob Rowland

6.3

13th May 2025

Sophia Martinez

9.1

15th June 2025

Liam Johnson

5.4

22nd July 2025

Grading queue

Before Grader, many institutions are always behind on marking: stacks of exams, late feedback, and professors correcting at night or on weekends. Grader builds a clear queue of submissions for each course and exam and does a first pass with AI, so your team spends their time reviewing and publishing instead of starting from zero on every script.

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Central queue by course, cohort, and exam

Central queue by course, cohort, and exam

Central queue by course, cohort, and exam

AI drafts scores and feedback for each submission

AI drafts scores and feedback for each submission

AI drafts scores and feedback for each submission

Filters to focus on pending, flagged, or late work

Filters to focus on pending, flagged, or late work

Filters to focus on pending, flagged, or late work

Designed for both individual professors and central marking teams

Designed for both individual professors and central marking teams

Designed for both individual professors and central marking teams

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Curriculum summary

423

programs in LMS

Core Content

60%

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To be refreshed

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Curriculum summary

423

programs in LMS

Core Content

60%

Recently updated

25%

To be refreshed

15%

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Curriculum summary

423

programs in LMS

Core Content

60%

Recently updated

25%

To be refreshed

15%

Better feedback by default

Most professors would love to give rich, individualized feedback, but time makes it impossible. Grader generates detailed comments tied to your criteria for every learner, even when rubrics are simple or auto-generated. Professors can tweak tone and content over time so the system speaks more and more like them.

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Detailed comments aligned with your criteria, not just a number

Detailed comments aligned with your criteria, not just a number

Detailed comments aligned with your criteria, not just a number

Auto-generated rubrics when teams don’t have them yet

Auto-generated rubrics when teams don’t have them yet

Auto-generated rubrics when teams don’t have them yet

Configurable feedback style: science-backed recommendations or custom

Configurable feedback style: science-backed recommendations or custom

Configurable feedback style: science-backed recommendations or custom

Learners also get an AI bot trained on their own exam to go deeper

Learners also get an AI bot trained on their own exam to go deeper

Learners also get an AI bot trained on their own exam to go deeper

125

University-level exams and assignments evaluated with Grader.

125

University-level exams and assignments evaluated with Grader.

125

University-level exams and assignments evaluated with Grader.

96%

Of grades and feedback are published by professors without changes to the AI’s suggestion.

96%

Of grades and feedback are published by professors without changes to the AI’s suggestion.

96%

Of grades and feedback are published by professors without changes to the AI’s suggestion.

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Exams Graded

1,280

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Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

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Exams Graded

1,280

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

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Exams Graded

1,280

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Consistency & fairness

When many people are marking, it’s hard to keep rubrics applied the same way across groups, campuses, or sessions. Grader uses the same criteria for every submission, flags potential outliers, and records changes, so quality and assessment teams can stand behind the results with evidence instead of assumptions.

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Shared rubrics and criteria across courses and cohorts

Shared rubrics and criteria across courses and cohorts

Shared rubrics and criteria across courses and cohorts

Outlier detection to surface unusual scores

Outlier detection to surface unusual scores

Outlier detection to surface unusual scores

Full history of edits to scores and feedback

Full history of edits to scores and feedback

Full history of edits to scores and feedback

Support for reviews, appeals, and accreditation processes

Support for reviews, appeals, and accreditation processes

Support for reviews, appeals, and accreditation processes

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Human in the loop

Grader never publishes grades on its own. It does the repetitive work—reading scripts, applying rubrics, drafting feedback—and then hands everything to your staff in a queue. Professors and marking teams review, adjust tone or scores when needed, and only then push results back to the LMS. Over time, Grader learns your preferences and becomes the assistant you wish you had on day one.

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Works even with simple, auto-generated rubrics

Works even with simple, auto-generated rubrics

Works even with simple, auto-generated rubrics

Professor review before anything is published

Professor review before anything is published

Professor review before anything is published

Easy overrides for edge cases and special situations

Easy overrides for edge cases and special situations

Easy overrides for edge cases and special situations

Optional AI help to draft justifications when students appeal

Optional AI help to draft justifications when students appeal

Optional AI help to draft justifications when students appeal

frequently asked questions

What most teams ask before grading with Grader.

Grader is built for real assessment teams. Here are the questions we hear before a program goes live.

What kinds of assignments does Grader work best with?

Grader works with essays, case studies, short answers, and most open-ended questions. Fixed-answer quizzes are usually best handled by the LMS itself. Grader focuses on the written work that takes real time to mark.

Do we need to have perfect rubrics before we start?

No. If you have rubrics, we use them. If you do not, Grader can help generate simple rubrics and criteria so teams can start quickly, then refine over time.

How does Grader fit with our LMS?

Grader connects to your LMS via LTI and APIs. It detects courses and assessable activities, picks up submissions as they arrive, and sends grades and comments back into the LMS as usual.

Who is in control of final grades and feedback?

Your staff. Grader applies the rubric and drafts scores and feedback, but professors or marking teams review a clear queue, adjust when needed, and publish only when they approve the result.

What if the feedback does not sound like our professors?

That is common at first. Teams can choose a feedback style and add custom instructions. As Grader learns preferences through use, feedback becomes closer to how your professors would write it. Many teams start with simple defaults and tune over time.

What do students actually see?

Students receive grades and comments inside the LMS, just as they do today. If you enable it, they can also access an AI bot trained on their own exam or assignment to ask follow-up questions and clarify doubts.

Where should we start our first pilot

Start where the bottleneck is worst. Pick a course or assessment where grading is consistently late or painful. Some teams also start with a small group of teachers who care deeply about feedback and want to scale it. From there, it is easy to expand.

What kinds of assignments does Grader work best with?

Grader works with essays, case studies, short answers, and most open-ended questions. Fixed-answer quizzes are usually best handled by the LMS itself. Grader focuses on the written work that takes real time to mark.

Do we need to have perfect rubrics before we start?

No. If you have rubrics, we use them. If you do not, Grader can help generate simple rubrics and criteria so teams can start quickly, then refine over time.

How does Grader fit with our LMS?

Grader connects to your LMS via LTI and APIs. It detects courses and assessable activities, picks up submissions as they arrive, and sends grades and comments back into the LMS as usual.

Who is in control of final grades and feedback?

Your staff. Grader applies the rubric and drafts scores and feedback, but professors or marking teams review a clear queue, adjust when needed, and publish only when they approve the result.

What if the feedback does not sound like our professors?

That is common at first. Teams can choose a feedback style and add custom instructions. As Grader learns preferences through use, feedback becomes closer to how your professors would write it. Many teams start with simple defaults and tune over time.

What do students actually see?

Students receive grades and comments inside the LMS, just as they do today. If you enable it, they can also access an AI bot trained on their own exam or assignment to ask follow-up questions and clarify doubts.

Where should we start our first pilot

Start where the bottleneck is worst. Pick a course or assessment where grading is consistently late or painful. Some teams also start with a small group of teachers who care deeply about feedback and want to scale it. From there, it is easy to expand.

What kinds of assignments does Grader work best with?

Grader works with essays, case studies, short answers, and most open-ended questions. Fixed-answer quizzes are usually best handled by the LMS itself. Grader focuses on the written work that takes real time to mark.

Do we need to have perfect rubrics before we start?

No. If you have rubrics, we use them. If you do not, Grader can help generate simple rubrics and criteria so teams can start quickly, then refine over time.

How does Grader fit with our LMS?

Grader connects to your LMS via LTI and APIs. It detects courses and assessable activities, picks up submissions as they arrive, and sends grades and comments back into the LMS as usual.

Who is in control of final grades and feedback?

Your staff. Grader applies the rubric and drafts scores and feedback, but professors or marking teams review a clear queue, adjust when needed, and publish only when they approve the result.

What if the feedback does not sound like our professors?

That is common at first. Teams can choose a feedback style and add custom instructions. As Grader learns preferences through use, feedback becomes closer to how your professors would write it. Many teams start with simple defaults and tune over time.

What do students actually see?

Students receive grades and comments inside the LMS, just as they do today. If you enable it, they can also access an AI bot trained on their own exam or assignment to ask follow-up questions and clarify doubts.

Where should we start our first pilot

Start where the bottleneck is worst. Pick a course or assessment where grading is consistently late or painful. Some teams also start with a small group of teachers who care deeply about feedback and want to scale it. From there, it is easy to expand.