Frequently-Asked Questions

WriteAhead is an AI-powered browser extension for Google Docs (Firefox, Chrome, Edge) designed to revolutionize essay feedback, empowering educators to provide personalized, efficient grading and feedback using artificial intelligence.

In education today, providing personalized feedback to a diverse student population while managing time effectively is crucial. WriteAhead addresses these challenges by: 

  • Offering immediate essay evaluation and instructional feedback against specific rubrics.   
  • Allowing teachers to modify AI-generated feedback to ensure accuracy and personalization. 
  • Inserting feedback directly into students’ Google documents, facilitating quick revisions. 
WriteAhead integrates IntelliMetric®, the gold standard in essay scoring, known for its consistent and unbiased evaluations.
  • This integration ensures that feedback is directly aligned to the specific writing type and rubric, providing targeted and personalized guidance for each student.
  • By combining genre writing rubrics and IntelliMetric’s precise scoring with advanced large language models, WriteAhead delivers the most accurate, reliable, and actionable feedback available.
  • This powerful combination empowers educators to enhance student learning outcomes effectively and efficiently, making WriteAhead the superior choice for AI-driven essay feedback.

1. Activate the Browser Extension

Pin WriteAhead to your browser, then click on the icon at the bottom corner of your Google Doc screen.

2. Input Assignment Details

Specify your grade level, document type, and assignment details to receive personalized feedback.

3. Generate
Intuitive Feedback​

Click the ‘Generate Feedback’ button to receive immediate, actionable feedback on the essay.

4. Insert Actionable
Feedback In-Text

Click “Insert Feedback” to apply feedback for your students, facilitating quick and effective revisions.

How does WriteAhead work? ​ ​

1. Activate the Browser Extension

Pin WriteAhead to your browser, then click on the icon at the bottom corner of your Google Doc screen.

2. Input Assignment Details

Specify your grade level, document type, and assignment details to receive personalized feedback.

3. Generate
Intuitive Feedback​

Click the 'Generate Feedback' button to receive immediate, actionable feedback on the essay.

4. Insert Actionable
Feedback In-Text

Click "Insert Feedback" to apply feedback for your students, facilitating quick and effective revisions.

  • Personalized Learning: AI-driven feedback tailored to each student’s essay enhances personalized guidance.
  • Human-in-the-Loop: Teachers can review, modify, and enhance AI-generated feedback.
  • Efficient Input Form: Simplifies assignment setup with grade/level selection, writing type specification, and custom rubric support.
  • Seamless Integration: Integrates with Google Docs and other platforms like Canvas, enhancing workflow efficiency.

Yes, the ability to upload your own rubric will generate feedback for each of the traits within the rubric. The feedback will be aligned to your rubric.

Yes, IntelliMetric® scoring, including holistic and trait scores, is included with the premium version.
This is a feature that is coming soon.

Most students use Google Docs to compose their essays and submit assignments within Canvas or other LMS systems. When you review the Google Document  submitted in Google Workspace/Canvas, you will see the WriteAhead icon at the bottom of the document Generated feedback can be easily modified before insertion into the student’s document.

The feedback is directly aligned to the writing type and rubric. In addition, the essay is run through IntelliMetric to determine the writing level (on a 6-pt genre rubric, holistic and for each trait).  This combination of genre writing rubrics and IntelliMetric model against the LLM provides the most targeted, personalized feedback for the student writer.

WriteAhead works by combining the essay text, writing type, IntelliMetric  scores(holistic and trait) and running this against a Large Language Model(LLM). This results in the generation of instructional feedback specific to the essay.

WriteAhead offers educators:

  • Immediate feedback capabilities that support student revision and learning.
  • Seamless integration with Google Workspace, ensuring compatibility with existing tools and workflows.
  • Options for free and professional plans to meet different educational needs.

For more information and support, visit the WriteAhead Hub or email support@writeahead.com.

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