FAQs
Check out the answers to the most commonly asked questions about GradeChum:
What is GradeChum?
GradeChum is an AI-powered grading assistant that automatically grades student answers, whether they are handwritten on paper or answered online in the app. It is the first AI-powered grading tool in the Philippines, designed to work alongside teachers, not to replace them.
How does GradeChum work?
For a handwritten activity, this is the process we follow to automatically grade students' answers:
- The teacher inputs the questions in-app, then prints the specialized GradeChum answer sheets
- The teacher gives the test to the students and let the students answer using the specialized answer sheet.
- Once done, teacher must collect all answer sheets and scan them using the scanner we provided to our partner school (see scanning video).
- GradeChum then processes the answer sheets, and checks the answers for each student
- Once complete, the teacher can now view the results and scores of the students.
To better illustrate how our platform works, you may check out this video: Here's how GradeChum works
What type of questions can be checked?
The system can assess the following types of assessments:
- Essays
- Multiple-choice and multiple-answer questions
- Identification
- Problem-solving items
- Enumeration
- Coding on paper
- Visuals
What if a student's handwriting is difficult to read?
As long as the answer is legible to a human reviewer, it will be accepted.
Can teachers override AI-generated grades?
Yes! Teachers can review and adjust AI-generated grades before releasing the results, and they can still adjust them afterwards, including when they act on a student's regrade request.
Can students view their results and feedback?
Yes. Once the teacher releases an activity's results, students can view their graded assessment and feedback in the GradeChum online platform. The teacher chooses what is included in each release, so students always see their scores and may also see their answers, the activity questions and the answer key.
Can students ask for a regrade of their activity?
Yes, they can, as long as the teacher has released the results of the activity and has allowed regrade requests on it. When the teacher allows this, they also set a deadline, and the option to request a regrade disappears once that deadline passes.
Can any type of paper be used?
No, the system requires specific answer sheet templates, which must be printed on a long-sized bond paper or newsprint.
Can the system sync with our school's LMS?
Yes, GradeChum may integrate with the following systems:
- Blackboard
- Canvas
- Moodle
If your institution does not use any of these LMS platforms, you can still manually export students' grades to an Excel file in our application.