Essay draft feedback from an AI editor

Teaching goals

English teachers at any level of instruction can use Flint to give students feedback on their writing based on custom writing prompts, reference materials, and even rubrics.

By using AI writing tutors in Flint, teachers can have the AI grade student papers, provide feedback on student writing, and give students a way to select parts of their writing to ask for specific feedback on their work.

Below, we have an example of how a teacher can customize an AI writing tutor in Flint with a writing prompt and a grading rubric.

Extra customization

Next, Flint will automatically set up an AI writing tutor that will provide students feedback on their writing without doing any of the work for them.

In order to use Flint as a writing assignment, the teacher can set a deadline for when students should submit their essays by. Additionally, teachers can make the activity timed (e.g. in order to use Flint for an in-class writing exercise).

Student experience

Once students start a session with the AI, they can write their essay directly within Flint or copy and paste it from a different platform like Google Docs.

At any point, students can select a part of their writing (e.g. a paragraph) and ask the AI for feedback.

Finally, when students submit their work, the AI will provide them with feedback on their writing, along with a grade. The feedback and grade are based on the auto-generated rubric, or on rubrics or any other documents uploaded by the teacher.

The teacher also has the ability to override the grade provided by the AI, or to leave comments manually (see more here).