Instant grading for written answers — no instructor bottleneck
AI-powered scoring for essay questions, running async in the background.
Essay and open-ended questions are the best way to assess deep understanding — but manual grading doesn't scale. Tivali's AI essay grading automatically scores written answers the moment a student submits their exam, with results available without any wait for the instructor queue.
What you get
- Enable AI auto-grading per exam with a single toggle — no complex configuration
- Essays are queued and scored asynchronously immediately after submission
- Students receive scores quickly without waiting for manual instructor review
- Instructors can view, override, or add comments to any AI-assigned score
- Handles all open-ended and written response question formats
- Reduces instructor grading workload significantly at scale
How it works
- 1
Create an exam and add essay questions to the question bank
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Toggle "Enable AI Auto-Grading" on the exam configuration
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When a student submits, essay answers are automatically queued for AI scoring
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Scores appear in the instructor's results dashboard — review and override as needed
Common use cases
Large cohort training where manual essay grading isn't feasible
Continuous assessment programs requiring fast feedback loops
Skills assessments where subjective written responses are required
Manager-reviewed scoring workflows — AI provides a first-pass score for efficiency
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