How It Works | Gradebird

Step 1

Start with the exam you already want to give.

Gradebird does not ask you to redesign your course around the software. You set up your handwritten exam, rubric, and response structure directly in the app.

What you do

Enter questions, point values, and rubric guidance.
Adjust response space for each question.
Generate print-ready packets tied to your exam version.

What Gradebird handles

Creates a structured exam packet for administration and scanning.
Keeps questions, pages, and scoring logic aligned behind the scenes.
Prepares the exam for downstream sorting and AI assessment.

Step 2

Give the exam as a normal in-class handwritten assessment.

The exam experience for students stays familiar. Gradebird supports the administrative workflow around the exam without changing the high-integrity format.

What you do

Print packets directly from Gradebird.
Administer the exam in class under your usual proctoring process.
Collect the handwritten packets when students finish.

Why this matters

You preserve the authorship and integrity benefits of handwritten exams.
You keep your existing course and exam practices intact.
You set up a clean path into digital review without switching to online testing.

Step 3

Bulk scan the exams and let Gradebird sort and assess.

Instead of manually splitting stacks of paper and matching pages to questions, you upload scans and let Gradebird reconstruct the exam for digital review.

What happens after upload

Gradebird organizes pages back to the right students and questions.
Responses are grouped into review-ready batches.
AI produces candidate assessments aligned to the question and rubric.

What you gain

No manual sorting across stacks of scanned paper.
A consistent first-pass assessment starting point at scale.
A faster path from physical exams to instructor review.

Step 4

Choose the best starting point, then make the final call.

Gradebird is built for instructor-in-the-loop review. You see candidate assessments, choose the one closest to your judgment, and edit from there.

What review looks like

Compare several AI-generated candidate assessments for a response.
Select the strongest candidate as your starting point.
Edit scores, comments, and rubric judgments before final approval.

What stays in your hands

The final grading decision always belongs to the instructor.
You can override, revise, or reject any proposed assessment.
Students get faster feedback without giving up instructor oversight.

The Gradebird System

Start with the exam you already want to give.

What you do

What Gradebird handles

Give the exam as a normal in-class handwritten assessment.

What you do

Why this matters

Bulk scan the exams and let Gradebird sort and assess.

What happens after upload

What you gain

Choose the best starting point, then make the final call.

What review looks like

What stays in your hands

Try it in your next exam.