The Free AI Essay Grader Built on Your Grading Rubric

Yes. Teachers can start grading with EnlightenAI for free, with their own rubric and their Google Classroom or Canvas classes. Schools and districts can talk with our team about school-wide plans.

You grade the first few papers together with EnlightenAI so it learns how you apply your rubric. It then drafts scores and feedback for the rest of the class in minutes, and you review each one before it goes back.

Yes. You can upload your existing rubric or build one directly inside EnlightenAI. There is no default grading scale imposed on you. Whether you are using EnlightenAI as a free essay grader for a quick writing prompt or running a fully configured AP scoring rubric, the AI learns your criteria, your score boundaries, and your interpretation of each category.

ChatGPT can comment on an essay, but it doesn't know your rubric or how you score unless you explain it again every time, and it isn't built for a whole class set or for student privacy. EnlightenAI scores each row of your rubric, learns how you grade from the first five essays you score together, imports the class from Google Classroom or Canvas, and keeps student work private: it's iKeepSafe certified for FERPA, COPPA and California student privacy.

Yes. Automated essay scoring uses AI to score student writing against rubric criteria. EnlightenAI does that with your rubric: you grade the first five essays, it learns how you score each row, and it drafts scores and feedback for the rest of the class. You review and approve every score before students see it.

EnlightenAI scores each essay against your rubric, row by row, and learns from the essays you grade yourself, so its drafts follow your standards rather than a generic model. You review every score and comment, and nothing reaches a student until you approve it.

You do. You can change any score or comment, and you choose when students see their feedback.

Yes. EnlightenAI integrates directly with Google Classroom and Canvas. Import essays automatically or batch upload Google Docs and Word files. EnlightenAI scores and drafts feedback, and you return it directly through the platform where students submitted the work. No switching between tools, no manual workflows.

Not yet. EnlightenAI grades typed work: essays imported from Google Classroom or Canvas, uploaded Google Docs and Word files, or essays students write directly in EnlightenAI. If your students draft by hand, have them type the final copy or write it in EnlightenAI.

Yes. EnlightenAI is FERPA-compliant and student work is never shared with or used to train external AI models. The AI writing feedback it generates is processed securely within the platform. Student data is accessible only to authorized teachers and administrators and is not sold or shared with third parties.

Yes. EnlightenAI functions as an AI grading tool across any subject that uses rubric-based written assessment, including science, social studies, history, and electives. You upload your rubric and the AI scores against your criteria regardless of content area. It is currently used by teachers in grades 3 through 12 across English, social studies, science, and more.

No. EnlightenAI is not an essay AI checker designed to flag authorship. It is a rubric-based grading and feedback tool. Its purpose is to score student writing against your criteria and generate specific, actionable comments, not to determine whether a student used AI to write their work. For AI detection, use a dedicated tool alongside EnlightenAI.