Writing Feedback in Google Docs

The SchoolAI browser extension gives you four distinct ways to generate writing feedback for students directly inside Google Docs. We’ll walk you through all the tools you might need to dig in on a single essay, an entire class’s essays, or just getting a better sense of how your students actually wrote their drafts.

You review everything SchoolAI generates: you can edit, remove, or adjust anything before students see it.

Generates a clear, high-level overview of what's working in a student's writing and where they can improve. This is a good starting point when you want a quick read on a draft without digging into line-by-line detail.

Lets you work through a whole set of class assignments — dozens or hundreds of submissions — without leaving Canvas or Google Classroom. You set up a rubric and expectations once, then move through your class one student at a time, reviewing an AI-suggested grade and comment before applying it. Nothing is written to your gradebook until you click Apply.

Batch feedback currently supports text-based submissions (or submissions via the Google Assignments LTI) and requires opening it from a supported assignment in Canvas or Google Classroom (not from within a Google Doc directly). For the full setup and review workflow, FAQs, and troubleshooting, see LMS Batch Feedback in the SchoolAI Browser Extension.

Generates comments placed directly at specific points in a student's Google Doc, rather than as a single overview. Use this when you want targeted, specific notes tied to exact sentences or paragraphs — closer to how you'd mark up a paper by hand.

Watch a student's Google Doc history unfold — every paste, every rewrite — so you can see how an essay actually came together, including edit time and how many different authors contributed. This is designed to help you instantly spot signs of AI use or plagiarism, while also giving you a clearer picture of a student's writing process overall.