This guide outlines best practices for setting up assignments that work well with AI grading. It helps ensure AI evaluations are aligned with your expectations and reduces the chances of mismatched or inaccurate evaluations.
1. Choosing the assignments that work well with Toddle AI
Identify the types of assignments where AI grading can be used effectively.
✅ Use AI grading for assignments like:
Assignment Type | Why It Works Well |
Math worksheets and problem sets (e.g. solving equations, showing steps, applying formulas) | Toddle AI generates a solution and evaluates each student’s response based on accuracy and reasoning. |
Written responses (e.g. explaining a concept, describing a scientific process) | Toddle AI evaluates how clearly and accurately the student explains an idea, using structure and content expectations from the task. |
Analytical tasks (e.g. comparing sources, interpreting data or graphs) | Toddle AI checks for logical reasoning and use of evidence by comparing the response against an internally generated exemplar. |
Structured templates or worksheets (e.g. graphic organizers, T-charts, reflection tables) | Toddle AI follows the format of the template or worksheet and evaluates each part based on its content and structure. |
🚫 Avoid using AI grading for:
Assignment Type | Why It’s a Problem |
Oral presentation tasks (e.g. fluency, presentations, read alouds) | Toddle AI cannot process audio and video formats, so these will be skipped or graded incorrectly. |
Other learning tools (e.g. Google Forms, Kahoot, Padlet) | Toddle AI cannot access other platforms unless they are publicly accessible. These are better auto-graded or assessed manually. |
Tasks where evaluation is based on effort, collaboration, or process (e.g. group participation, iterative drafts, hands-on models) | Toddle AI cannot "see" student effort unless it's reflected in the submission. These aspects are best evaluated by the teacher. |
Creative performance tasks (e.g. skits, dioramas, art projects) without written reflection | Unless students submit a written reflection, Toddle AI cannot fairly evaluate these tasks. |
See the full list of supported submission types here.
2. Making Task Instructions Clear
Ensure that Toddle AI clearly understands what students are expected to do by providing all necessary instructions and materials in the assignment.
Why this matters
For every assignment, Toddle AI builds an internal evaluation guide based on the instructions, submission template, and resources you provide. If your assignment is incomplete or unclear, the evaluation guide won’t match the students’ submissions, leading to less effective grading.
Principle | Good Example | Poor Example |
1. Clearly specify what students are expected to do in the description If the task is too vague, Toddle AI will create a broad or generic evaluation guide that doesn't match your expectations. | Draw a Tree Map for Types of Prepositions. Create three main branches:
Under each category, learners add:
| Draw a Tree Map for Types of Prepositions. (no further details) |
2. Upload all materials the students are working with (e.g. worksheets, textbook pages)
Without access to all the relevant materials, Toddle AI won't see what students are responding to — and will build an evaluation guide with its own assumptions. | Answer Q1–Q5 from page 62 of World History Today. (attached image of the page)
or
Read the data expressed in tables and column charts. (attached image or PDF of worksheet) | Answer Q1–Q5 of the textbook. (but no textbook uploaded)
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Read the data expressed in tables and column charts. (but worksheet not attached) |
3. Don’t rely on verbal or in-class instructions alone
Without access to the additional instructions provided — Toddle AI may build an evaluation guide with its own assumptions. | Include verbal instructions as written instructions in the task itself.
"Label the parts of the plant and describe their functions in one sentence each. Use the diagram provided.” | Instructions were only given on the blackboard or explained verbally in class. |
4. Provide clear submission instructions to students
Toddle AI can only read Google Drive or One Drive submissions that are added via the appropriate add-on, not directly via links. | "Submit your research as a Google doc or PDF here. If using Google Drive or OneDrive, use the appropriate add-on to attach the file directly." | No submission instructions provided. |
3. Designing Effective Assessment Tools
Set up assessment tools in a way that makes grading more objective and aligned with expectations, so that there is no ambiguity in how student work is evaluated.
Assessment Tool | Good Example | Poor example |
Score
The final score is broken down clearly in the assignment so Toddle AI aligns with your expectations of scoring. | Solving a word problem (5 marks)
| Solving a word problem (5 marks) |
Rubric
For each criterion, descriptors are clearly described and grounded in specific, observable indicators. | Criterion: Use of Evidence
| Criterion: Use of Evidence
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Checklist
Checklist items are specific and objective. | Checklist: Diagram of a Plant Cell
| Checklist: Diagram of a Plant Cell
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MYP Criteria
Re-write the MYP rubric with task specific clarifications. | Task-Specific Clarification — Criterion B: Investigating Task: Formulate a research question about the impact of social media on teenage mental health
| Genric MYP Criterion B — Investigating (used as-is without adapting to the task)
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