Does the AI decide the final grade?

No. The AI prepares a draft for each criterion and a student-facing comment. You accept, edit or override it, and nothing posts to your LMS until you publish.

Can Auliqo grade handwritten essays?

Yes. It reads scanned and handwritten PDFs, so you can grade them with the same rubric workflow as typed work.

Can I control the tone and length of feedback?

Yes. Grading instructions saved on the assignment set rules such as comment length, tone and scoring policy, and they are reused for every review.

Does Auliqo detect AI-written essays?

No. Auliqo is a grading assistant, not an AI detector. It scores the work against your rubric and cites the evidence it used.

Use case: essays and written work

AI essay grading that shows its evidence

Auliqo grades essays against your rubric one criterion at a time. For each criterion it proposes a level and a score, explains why, and cites the passages in the essay that support it, so you can check every point in seconds before you approve, edit or publish the grade.

Updated: October 8, 2026

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Why cited evidence matters for essays

An AI score without a reason is hard to trust and impossible to defend to a student. Auliqo ties every criterion score to specific evidence from the submission. You read the rationale, jump to the cited passage, and decide.

When the essay does not contain enough evidence to score a criterion, Auliqo marks it for manual review instead of guessing. Thin or contradictory evidence is a signal for you, not a number.

The workflow

Sync the assignment and its submissions from Canvas
Use your existing rubric, or generate a draft from the assignment description
Add grading instructions for the assignment, such as comment length, tone or how strictly to apply a criterion
Run AI review on one essay or on a batch
Review flagged criteria first, adjust scores and the student comment, then publish to the gradebook

Formats Auliqo reads

Essays arrive in many shapes. Auliqo reads PDFs (including scanned and handwritten pages), Google Drive documents once you connect Google with read-only access, and linked web pages.

Consistency across a large class

Grading fatigue is real: the fortieth essay rarely gets the attention the first one did. Because every essay is scored against the same rubric and the same instructions, the first draft of each grade is consistent, and your attention goes to the judgment calls.

Essay grading questions

Does the AI decide the final grade?: No. The AI prepares a draft for each criterion and a student-facing comment. You accept, edit or override it, and nothing posts to your LMS until you publish.
Can Auliqo grade handwritten essays?: Yes. It reads scanned and handwritten PDFs, so you can grade them with the same rubric workflow as typed work.
Can I control the tone and length of feedback?: Yes. Grading instructions saved on the assignment set rules such as comment length, tone and scoring policy, and they are reused for every review.
Does Auliqo detect AI-written essays?: No. Auliqo is a grading assistant, not an AI detector. It scores the work against your rubric and cites the evidence it used.

Grade your next stack of essays with evidence

Connect Canvas, pick an essay assignment, and compare the AI draft with your own judgment on a few submissions.

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