To get started with JeddAI, create your teacher account, set up a subject or class, and tell it what quality work looks like by adding your rubric, success criteria, and comment banks. Then upload a small batch of student work, generate draft feedback, and review and edit everything before sharing it.
What is JeddAI, and what does it actually do for teachers?
JeddAI is an AI-powered feedback and grading assistant built to speed up the parts of grading that eat your evenings. You connect or upload student work, and it drafts feedback and grades that follow your own rubric, success criteria, and comment banks. It does not replace your judgment; it produces a first draft you review, edit, and approve.
That distinction matters for a first-time user. JeddAI is not a black box that assigns final grades on its own. Think of it as a fast, tireless assistant that has read your criteria and drafts comments in a voice close to yours. You remain the professional who decides what each student actually sees, which keeps the feedback fair, defensible, and aligned to your standards. For a first session, that framing is worth holding onto, because it sets a realistic expectation: the tool gets you to a strong first draft quickly, and you finish the job.
What should you set up before your first grading session?
Before grading anything, spend a few minutes on account and class setup so the drafts land in the right context. Create your teacher account, then set up the subject or class you want to work with. The grade level and subject give the assistant the frame it needs to pitch feedback appropriately for, say, a Grade 7 science lab report versus an AP English essay.
Keep this first pass light. You do not need to load your entire course; one class and one assignment is enough to learn the workflow. Getting the subject and grade level right early prevents the most common first-session frustration, which is drafts that read as too advanced or too simple because the tool did not know who the writing was for.
How do you define what good looks like for the AI?
Tell JeddAI what quality work looks like by giving it the same references you already grade against: your rubric, your success criteria, and your comment banks. This is the single highest-leverage step. The clearer and more specific your criteria are, the more useful and on-target the first draft of feedback will be.
If you use standards-based grading, align your rubric language to the standards or learning goals you report against. Comment banks are worth the setup because they let the assistant reuse phrasing you trust instead of generating generic praise. You can begin with a lightweight rubric and refine it once you have seen how a batch of drafts turns out.
- Your rubric: the criteria and performance levels you score against.
- Success criteria: the specific, observable things a strong response includes.
- Comment banks: reusable phrasing for common strengths and next steps.
- Any standards or learning goals the assignment reports against.
How do you run your first batch of student work?
Run your first batch by uploading or connecting a small set of student work, five or six pieces is plenty, and letting JeddAI draft feedback against the criteria you set. Starting small lets you evaluate the quality of the drafts before you commit a full class period’s worth of submissions to the process.
A small first batch also makes it easy to spot patterns. If several drafts miss the same nuance, that is usually a signal to tighten a success criterion or add a comment-bank entry, not a reason to abandon the tool. Treat the first run as calibration: you are teaching the assistant your expectations as much as it is drafting feedback for you, and each adjustment carries forward to every batch after it.
How should you review and edit the AI's draft feedback?
Review every draft before it reaches a student, reading it the way you would a colleague’s grading: does it match the evidence in the work, and is it fair? JeddAI produces a starting point, and the edit step is where your professional judgment turns a solid draft into feedback you would be comfortable putting your name to.
Look for three things as you review: accuracy against the rubric, a tone that fits the student, and next steps that are genuinely actionable. Adjust anything that overstates or understates performance. Because the drafts follow your criteria, most edits are small, a sharper next step here or a softened phrase there, which is where the time savings come from without giving up control.
How do you build a repeatable routine after the first session?
Turn the first session into a routine by reusing what worked: keep the rubric and comment banks you refined, and apply the same upload, generate, review sequence to your next assignment. Consistency is the point, because the same criteria applied the same way is what makes grades comparable across a class and across time.
As you get faster, you can widen the batch size and lean on your comment banks more heavily. Revisit your criteria at the end of a unit rather than partway through a batch, so your standard stays stable while you are grading. Over a few assignments, the setup work compounds and each new batch takes less hands-on time than the last.
- Reuse and refine your rubric and comment banks between assignments.
- Keep the sequence steady: set criteria, upload, generate, review, deliver.
- Widen batch size only once you trust the draft quality.
- Update criteria between units, not partway through a batch.
Where does a tool like JeddAI fit into your grading workflow?
A tool like JeddAI fits into the drafting layer of your workflow, the first pass across a stack of student work, while you keep the final call. Applying the same rubric consistently across thirty submissions is exactly the kind of repetitive, high-stakes task where an assistant saves real time without changing who is responsible for the grade.
If you want to try the first-session flow described here, you can Get started with JeddAI and run a small batch against your own criteria. Set up one class, add your rubric and comment banks, and review the drafts. That first reviewed batch is usually enough to tell whether it earns a place in your routine.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to prepare a rubric before I start with JeddAI?
It helps a lot, but you can begin with a lightweight rubric or your existing success criteria and refine them after seeing the first batch of drafts. Clearer criteria simply produce better first drafts.
Does JeddAI assign final grades automatically?
No. JeddAI drafts feedback and suggested grades aligned to your criteria, and you review, edit, and approve everything before it reaches a student, so the final decision stays with you.
How much student work should I include in my first batch?
Start with five or six pieces. A small batch lets you judge draft quality and calibrate your criteria before you scale up to a full class set.
Will the feedback match how I usually grade?
It aligns to the rubric, success criteria, and comment banks you provide, so the more it reflects your own language and standards, the closer the drafts sit to your usual feedback.
Is JeddAI suitable for standards-based grading?
Yes. If you align your rubric language to the standards or learning goals you report against, the drafted feedback and grades reference those same expectations.
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