Speed up grading by using AI to generate personalized feedback for multiple student essays at once.
When you have a stack of essays to grade quickly, writing detailed feedback for each student can be overwhelming and time-consuming. Instead of starting from scratch for every paper, you can use AI to generate initial feedback drafts based on your comments and key points. 1. Gather your main feedback points or common themes you want to mention for the essays. 2. Write a short example feedback paragraph that reflects your usual tone and style. 3. Provide the AI with a brief summary or key strengths/weaknesses of each student’s essay. 4. Ask the AI to create personalized feedback for each student using your example and their essay summary. 5. Review and tweak the generated feedback to add any specific details or corrections. 6. Copy the polished feedback into your gradebook or learning management system. This approach cuts your feedback writing time drastically by turning a repetitive task into a quick editing job.
Try this prompt today
“Act as an experienced teacher helping me write personalized feedback for student essays. Here's an example of my feedback style: "You clearly explained your main points and used good examples, but watch out for grammar mistakes in paragraphs 2 and 3." Now, for each of these students, create feedback based on their essay summary: 1) Student A - strong thesis but weak conclusion; 2) Student B - excellent use of sources but needs clearer topic sentences; 3) Student C - good ideas but many spelling errors. Write one feedback paragraph per student matching my style.”
February 25, 2026
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