Assignments with writing process dashboard

With a custom writing space link you cannot provide assignment information or custom instructions within the writing space. If you need assignment details or directions inside the writing space, create an assignment instead.

It is an optional feature on assignments. You define the rubric or criteria, and students can click the 'Rubric-based AI Feedback' button as they work to get feedback aligned with your criteria. You decide whether to enable it for each assignment. It is off unless you turn it on.

After submission, you can see who used it and what feedback they received. Because the feedback is tied to a rubric you wrote, students learn to weigh it against clear criteria rather than accepting it at face value.

Transparency is a key idea at Process Feedback. There are no special features that are available only to teachers for observing students' behavior. Students can see what teachers can see.

No. These are two separate things. Rubric-based AI feedback is a coaching feature that helps students improve their work against criteria you define. It does not judge whether a student used AI.

Process Feedback does not automatically detect AI usage anywhere in the product. What it does is show you the underlying process data so you can have an informed conversation. See our guide on identifying AI-assisted writing patterns.

When you create an assignment, you get a link to a teacher dashboard where every submission and its writing process report appear as they come in. See the guide for creating assignments.

Note that this is different from the large-class teacher dashboard, which is a separate tool for loading many writing process ZIP files at once -- useful when students are working in Google Docs or an LMS rather than through an assignment link.

If a student clicks the assignment link again on the same device, they can resume their work where they left off. If they open the assignment link on a different device, a new session will start.

To continue work on a different device, students should copy the document edit link from their original session and open that link directly on the new device, rather than clicking the assignment link again.

Process Feedback does not automatically save your document online. To continue your work on another device:

1. Use the Save Online option in the sidebar.
2. After it is saved, either choose Email to Myself to receive the document edit link, or copy the document edit link directly (not the report link).
3. Open that edit link on your other device to continue working.

Yes. A writing process report shows all copy-paste events larger than 25 characters (by default). In the report, you can see what was pasted and when it was pasted. A writing process report has a dedicated section called Paste Events. Check out our sample writing process report.

Whether or not students feel anxious often depends on how you introduce Process Feedback, as well as your teaching context and grade level.

Ideally, you'll encourage students to review their own work and complete reflection assignments so they stay in control of their learning. It's also important to let them know in advance that you'll be asking them to share their writing process. For more details, please see our Teacher Guides for an example announcement you can share with your class.

Copy-pasting text or code itself may or may not be a concern depending on the context and an instructor's requirements. Sometimes a student may copy-paste their own text from elsewhere, so students should not be penalized simply for copy-pasting.

However, students can be penalized for not following directions. If the requirement in your assignment is to use the Process Feedback editor throughout their writing or coding process and not copy-paste at all, you have the rubric in place to grade accordingly.

No. Students can use Process Feedback's extensions or its editor without creating accounts.

Yes. Many teachers start with a single low-stakes assignment.

Yes. Transparency is intentional and central to Process Feedback. Students can see all of the same process data that teachers see.

Yes. Process Feedback can be used for assignments or exams. However, it is critical to inform students in advance that you will be assessing their process, not just the final outcome. Please see our Teacher Guides for recommended practices.

No. Many teachers use the process report for reflection or discussion rather than grading. In some cases, it can support conversations about revision expectations or writing strategies, but how (or whether) it is used for assessment is always the teacher's choice.

Yes. Students can use voice typing in the Process Feedback editor or assignment page. Voice-typed text is typically inserted in larger chunks rather than character-by-character. As a result, these insertions often appear as paste events in the process report. The report reflects when text was added, but it does not record audio input or speech.