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Give rubric-based feedback on student work

Draft specific, kind feedback on student answers against your own marking rubric.

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Best for

  • Teachers marking essays or long answers
  • Coaching institutes giving written feedback
  • Anyone who wants feedback to point to the rubric

What you need

  • An AI assistant your school allows
  • Your marking rubric
  • Student answers typed out, with names removed

Starter prompt

Copy it, fill in the parts in square brackets, and paste it into the AI assistant your organisation allows.

You are helping a teacher give feedback on a Class [grade] [subject] answer. Here is the rubric: [rubric]. Here is the question: [question]. Here is the student's answer: [answer]. For each rubric criterion, say what the answer does well and one specific thing to improve, quoting the student's words. Suggest a band for each criterion but mark it as a suggestion. End with two encouraging sentences addressed to the student. Keep it under 150 words and in simple English.

How to use it

  1. 1.Remove student names

  2. 2.Paste rubric and answer

  3. 3.Decide the marks yourself

  4. 4.Personalise and return

  1. 1

    Remove student names

    Replace names and roll numbers with a code before pasting. Use a tool your school allows.

  2. 2

    Paste rubric and answer

    Run the starter prompt with your rubric and one answer. Check the first few carefully before doing a batch.

  3. 3

    Decide the marks yourself

    Treat suggested bands as a starting point. You award the final marks.

  4. 4

    Personalise and return

    Add a line of your own to each piece of feedback and return it with the student's name.

Watch out. The assistant can be too generous or too harsh and may misread handwriting you typed. Keep student data anonymous and keep final marks your decision.

What you end up with

Specific rubric-linked feedback for each student, with marks you decided.

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