GradeMate

What it does

GradeMate is an advanced app designed to grade writing assignments and provide comprehensive feedback. Users can upload their own grading rubrics or choose from curated options. Using the Gemini API, GradeMate analyzes content and generates grades, offering detailed justifications and feedback to assist teachers with grading and help students understand their performance and improve their skills.

A key feature of GradeMate is its detailed feedback view, which includes in-text suggestions with highlighted portions. Users can hover over highlights to see comments explaining the suggested changes and their relation to rubric criteria. This interactive feature ensures clear, actionable feedback tied directly to grading standards. Additional features include the option for teachers to personalize the output with additional instructions.

Overall, GradeMate leverages the Gemini API to enhance the grading process, offering a reliable tool for improving writing skills through detailed, criteria-based feedback.

Social Impact: GradeMate aims to address unequal access to education by providing quality writing feedback to all students, typically available only to those in wealthier schools. It also frees up teachers' time for personal interactions, addressing the global teacher shortage.

Environmental Impact: GradeMate promotes digital assignment submissions, encouraging a paperless environment and reducing paper waste.