Your materials. Our AI. Your final say.

Online or on paper. Grading, guided by you.

Bring your rubric, instructions, and reference files. TurboGrading evaluates submissions and drafts suggested marks and feedback—ready for your review in your LMS or dashboard.

Less repetitive grading

Draft marks and feedback with your grading guidance.

Works inside your LMS

Use the Chrome extension with D2L Brightspace and Blackboard Ultra.

Online and paper assessments

Assignments, code and files, written exams, and scanned exam PDFs.

Try the free pilot See how it works

Review and refine the suggestions. Saving and publishing depend on your workflow and settings.

TurboGrading: online and paper grading workflowsOnline assignments, including code and files, and written-response exams in D2L Brightspace or Blackboard Ultra connect to the TurboGrading Chrome extension. Three separate lines connect your rubric, instructions and reference files to the extension. Its AI assistant evaluates work and returns suggested marks and feedback; the extension fills the LMS for instructor review. A separate paper workflow uploads scanned exam PDFs to the TurboGrading web dashboard and uses its own illustrated AI assistant; paper suggestions are reviewed in the dashboard. Upload Evaluate Drafts Evaluate Drafts YOUR GRADING GUIDANCE Your rubricCriteria & marks InstructionsGrading & feedback Reference filesSolutions & materials ONLINE ASSESSMENTS In your LMS Assignments (code & files) Written exams (online) Brightspace Blackboard Ultra TurboGrading Chrome extension Works inside your LMS Review in your LMS TurboGrading AI assistant Evaluates work and drafts marks + feedback. The extension fills your LMS for your review. PAPER ASSESSMENTS Upload in your dashboard Scanned exams (PDF uploads) TurboGrading Web dashboard Upload scanned exam PDFs Review in your dashboard TurboGrading AI assistant Evaluates scanned exams. Draft marks + feedback, ready in your dashboard. You make the grading decisions. AI drafts marks and feedback for your review.
Brightspace Blackboard Ultra
Explore both grading workflows TurboGrading: online and paper workflows on a small screenOnline assignments, including code and files, and written-response exams in D2L Brightspace or Blackboard Ultra connect to the TurboGrading Chrome extension. Three separate lines connect your rubric, instructions and reference files to the extension. Its AI assistant evaluates work and returns suggested marks and feedback; the extension fills the LMS for instructor review. A separate paper workflow uploads scanned exam PDFs to the TurboGrading web dashboard and uses its own illustrated AI assistant; paper suggestions are reviewed in the dashboard. The two illustrated assistant cards describe separate workflows, not separate model deployments. ONLINE ASSESSMENTS Assignments (code & files) Written exams (online) YOUR GRADING GUIDANCE Your rubric Instructions Reference files TurboGrading Chrome extension Works inside your LMS Review in your LMS TurboGrading AI assistant Drafts suggested marks + feedback. The extension fills your LMS for your review. PAPER ASSESSMENTS Scanned exams PDF uploads TurboGrading Web dashboard Upload scanned exam PDFs Review in your dashboard TurboGrading AI assistant Evaluates scanned exams. Draft marks + feedback, ready in your dashboard. Your review. Your grading decisions.

A clearer way to grade

Keep your assessments.
Make grading more manageable.

From the work students already submit to marks and feedback you can review. Choose an assessment type to see how TurboGrading fits in.

Assignments and written-response exams in D2L Brightspace or Blackboard Ultra

  1. Open student work

    Open a supported assignment or written-response exam attempt in your LMS.

  2. Add your guidance

    Bring your rubric, instructions, and reference files into the Chrome extension.

  3. Get a grading draft

    TurboGrading suggests marks and feedback based on the work and guidance you provide.

  4. Review in your LMS

    Edit the suggestions and choose the available save or publish option for your LMS.

Scanned exam PDFs in your TurboGrading web dashboard

  1. Scan the exam

    Prepare the completed paper exam as a PDF.

  2. Upload to your dashboard

    Submit the scanned exam through the TurboGrading web dashboard.

  3. See draft results

    View suggested marks and feedback for the scanned work in your dashboard.

  4. Review in your dashboard

    Check the draft against the exam and make the grading decision yourself.

See TurboGrading in action

Flexible grading.
Your final say.

Draft marks and feedback with AI assistance, then review the results right in your LMS.

  • Give feedback a head start

    Generate suggested marks and written feedback for student responses.

  • See grading progress

    Follow the process as TurboGrading works through the assessment.

  • Review and make it yours

    Check marks and feedback, make adjustments, and use your LMS controls to save or publish.

Try TurboGrading

26 sec · Draft feedback, grading progress and instructor review.

Read the walkthrough
  1. Start grading. Launch TurboGrading for the open LMS assessment.
  2. Prepare the draft. TurboGrading prepares the assessment for AI-assisted grading.
  3. Follow progress. Watch the progress indicator as marks and feedback are drafted.
  4. Review the result. Check the suggested marks and written feedback in the LMS.

Supported assignment files

Bring the work.
Keep your workflow.

From essays and slide decks to spreadsheets and code, evaluate supported files against your assignment requirements.

  • PDF documents

    • .pdf

  • Word documents

    • .doc
    • .docx

  • Presentations

    • .ppt
    • .pptx

  • Spreadsheets

    • .xlsx
    • .csv
    • .tsv

  • Images

    • .png
    • .jpg
    • .jpeg

  • Power BI

    • .pbix

  • Text & code

    • .txt
    • .py
    • .js
    • .sql
    • + more

  • ZIP archives

    • .zip

    PDF, Word, text & code inside

Haytham Qushtom, PhD, founder of TurboGrading
Haytham Qushtom, PhD Founder of TurboGrading Assistant Professor of Computer Science

An educator's perspective

Designed by a professor.
Built for educators.

Good feedback takes care, context, and time. TurboGrading was created to help with the repetitive work around grading, so educators can give more attention to the decisions that matter.

TurboGrading uses your rubrics, reference materials, and instructions to suggest grades and feedback. You review the results and make the final grading decisions. Our goal is to reduce routine grading work so you can spend more time teaching, answering questions, and helping students improve.

The purpose behind TurboGrading

Our educator community

Trusted by educators at these institutions.

Part of Waterloo's tech community.

TurboGrading is a proud Communitech member, building tools that help educators turn student work into useful feedback.

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