Grading slipScribble, for paper testsSample · No. 0147

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Scan your class's tests. Scribble grades every answer the way you would and asks you about the ones it isn't sure of.

To: Scribble
From: Ms. Rivera, Biology
Tests: Unit 4 · 147 papers
Back to you: 9 answers to check

How I grade: Credit the idea even if the words are off. Half a point off for small slips.

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Where a test goes

Five steps are yours, the same five you'll see in the app. Scribble reads and grades in between.

Routing slipOne per test, every class on itUnit 4 Test

Set upYouUpload the blank test and your answer key. Scribble fills in the questions and rubric; you check them and say how you grade.
UploadYouScan every class at the copier, in any order. Names are covered on your computer before anything is sent.
ReadScribblePuts every page with its student and reads each answer.
TeachYouScore a few answers Scribble picks from your classes, so it learns where you draw the line.
GradeScribbleGrades every class with what it learned from you.
CheckYouLook only at the answers it wasn't sure of, from all your classes in one pile.
GradesYouChange any score, curve the test if you want, and export the grades.

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Graded the way you'd grade it

Write how you grade in a few sentences, the way you'd explain it to a new colleague. Every score shows the rubric line behind it and the words that earned it.

Q14. How does the cell membrane control what enters the cell?

6 points · sample answer

Student's answer, as written

It's a phospholipid bilayer. The heads like water and the tails don't, so the tails point in. Bigger stuff gets in thru the protein channels.

Sample answer written for this page. Point at a rubric line to see the words it matched.

Your note: how I grade

Credit the idea even if the words are off. Half a point off for small slips.

Names the phospholipid bilayer2 / 2It's a phospholipid bilayer
Water-loving heads, water-fearing tails1.5 / 2The heads like water and the tails don'tIdea right, words informal: half a point off, from your note.
Transport proteins or channels2 / 2the protein channels

5.5of 6, suggested

Scribble wasn't sure about the second line, so this answer goes in your Check pile.

Names stay on your computer

Before a page leaves your computer, Scribble covers the student's name. The AI sees the answer and a paper number, not the name.*

* If a student writes their name inside an answer, Scribble can't cover it.

Copy 1Stays on your computer

Name

Period2

Copy 2Sent to be graded

Name

IDStudent 14

How one page is sent. Sample student, written for this page.

Names covered firstOn your computer, before anything is sent.
Scans deleted after 30 daysThe page images go; your grades stay.
Never used to train AI modelsAnswers, with names covered, are used to grade the test and, with your school's permission, to check and improve Scribble's grading.
No ads, no trackingNot on this site, not in the app.
You have the last wordChange any score before the grades go anywhere.
Teachers onlyStudents never sign in or see Scribble.

Scribble is built to keep student names off the AI by default. The full privacy policy comes before the pilot opens to other schools.

MemoScribbleFor teachers

To: Teachers
From: Ryan Williams, founder
About: Why I'm building Scribble

I grew up watching my parents grade.

I'm the son of two educators. Growing up, I saw how much of their time went to grading after the school day was over. Many nights and weekends went to the part of the job every teacher dreads.

One day my dad and I talked about what it would take to get his time back, without changing the way he grades. Scribble came out of that conversation. It grades the way he would, and he always has the last word.

I'm building it for him, and for every teacher whose evenings disappear into grading tests.

Ryan Williams

What teachers ask first

How accurate is it?

We're still measuring that with teachers, so there's no number yet. Every score shows why it was given, and anything Scribble isn't sure of comes to you.

Which tests work?

Your own printed tests: multiple choice, true or false, short answer and free response, on one page or several. No bubble sheets.

What scanner do I need?

Anything that makes a PDF, including the copier at school. Scan a whole class at once, in any order.

Do students ever see Scribble?

No. It's only for teachers. Students get their tests back from you, the same as always.

Does it work with Google Classroom?

Not yet. For now you export your grades and add them to your gradebook.

What does it cost?

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