Annotate submissions

Claire breaks long-form text into smaller pieces called “Blocks”. Blocks make it faster and easier for you to highlight and annotate particular sections of the student's work.

Last updated 5 months ago

How it works

  1. Navigate between Blocks: Use the ↑ and ↓ arrow keys on your keyboard to move between Blocks. The currently focused Block is indicated by a Focus Bar on the left side of the Block. The Focus Bar shows you where an annotation or comment will be added.

  2. Highlight Blocks: Claire uses a simple annotation system that enables you to quickly highlight passages of the student work to indicate Strengths or Weaknesses.

    • Press a to highlight a Block in green (indicating a strength)

    • Press d to highlight a Block in red (indicating a weakness or shortcoming)

    • Press s to highlight a Block in gray (neutral)

  3. Add Notes: Notes are a great way to add context to a highlight, for example, to explain why a Block is considered a strength or weakness of an assignment. There are two types of notes: Comments and Grading remarks. By default, every note is a Comment. Comments will be included only in the feedback report, while Grading remarks show up in both grading and feedback.

    • Press n to add a note (Comment) to a Block.

    • Link your note to a rubric criterion to transform it into a Grading remark.

    For more details, read this article: Comments vs Grading remarks

  4. Approve AI Suggestions: Claire can also suggest grading remarks for you, indicated by a small green or red line above the Focus Bar, along with a dashed border around the Block in the corresponding color.

    • Use the ← / → arrow keys to expand or collapse an AI suggestion. This will show you the reasoning of the AI and all Blocks the suggestion references.

    • Press Tab ⇥ to approve an AI suggestion, which makes it part of your own annotations.

    • Press Backspace ⌫ to reject (and hide) an AI suggestion permanently.

Alternatively, try out Rubric view to review suggestions: View remarks in Rubric view

Best practices

  • Add Comments to highlights to provide context and explain your reasoning, which helps the AI generate better feedback.

  • Review AI suggestions — they can catch details you might miss and save grading time.

  • Use Keyboard shortcuts for a faster, smoother annotation experience.

  • Not a fan of keyboard shortcuts? Use your mouse instead Keyboard or mouse?