What Is Grade with Luna?
Grade with Luna helps teachers score free response questions faster and more consistently.
When a student submits a written response, Luna can review the question, the student's answer, and the rubric. Luna then suggests rubric levels and provides a short explanation for each rubric decision.
Teachers can review Luna's suggested grade, adjust it if needed, and continue grading from the Results page.
When Can I Use Grade with Luna?
Grade with Luna is available for supported free response questions from the Results page.
To use Grade with Luna:
The activity must have student responses.
A single student response must be selected.
The question must have points available.
The question must use a rubric, or Luna must generate one first.
If a question does not already have a rubric, Luna can help generate one. Teachers review and save the rubric before Luna uses it to grade the response.
How Grade with Luna Works
Open the activity's Results page.
Select a free response question.
Select a student's response.
In the grading sidebar, select Grade with Luna.
If you haven't added a rubric to the question, Luna will generate one for you.
Luna reviews and grades the student response against the existing rubric (where applicable) or the rubric it generated for you (where applicable)
Review the suggested grades and explanations Luna provided for the individual student and if needed, edit them.
If the rubric was generated by Luna - it will initially apply only to this individual student. Other students' responses to the same questions will not be graded against this rubric unless you select to save and reuse it with all your other students as well.
For this same reason, you can't edit the rubric criteria or the points value for the question just for this individual student. Editing the criteria or the points value for the question will require saving the rubric and reusing it for all students who answered this question.
To do so, click on "Add Rubric" at the top of the right-side panel.In the Rubric Editor window, you can edit it to your liking - including adding or removing criteria, adding or removing criteria levels, adjusting the point values for each of the criteria levels (which will also adjust the total point value of the question), and tag rubric criteria to standards.
Note: Any edits you make and save, will impact and over-ride any other grading method that was previously defined for the question, as well as any grades that were entered previously for student responses - across all classes (and teachers, if the formative is shared with collaborators)
Once you're satisfied with the rubric, click "Save & Add" at the top of the window. Now that the rubric is saved to the question, you can reuse it to grade all other students' responses by following steps 3-7 above.
Note: If the response has already been graded (either manually or by Luna), a "Regrade with Luna" will appear at the top of the right-side response panel. Clicking it will initiate the Luna grading process and the new grade will over-ride the previous one entered.
What Luna Reviews
Luna can use the following information when suggesting a grade:
The question text
Related passage or parent-question content
The student response
The rubric criteria and levels
Images included in the question or related content
Images included in the student's response
For student response images, Luna treats visible work as part of the student's answer. This can include uploaded pictures or screenshots of written work.
Rubrics and Grade with Luna
Grade with Luna uses a rubric to suggest a grade.
If a rubric already exists, Luna uses that rubric directly. If no rubric exists, Luna can generate a draft rubric based on the question and point value.
Teachers should review the generated rubric before saving it. After the rubric is saved, Luna can use it to grade the responses of all students.
Reviewing Luna's Suggested Grade
After Luna grades the response, the rubric shows Luna's suggested level for each criterion.
Luna also provides short explanations to help teachers understand why each level was or was not selected. These explanations are intended to help the teacher review the grading decision.
Teachers can still adjust the rubric levels or score after Luna grades the response.
Teacher Control
Luna is a grading assistant. Teachers remain responsible for the final grade.
Teachers can:
Review Luna's suggested rubric levels
Read Luna's explanations
Adjust the selected rubric levels
Regrade with Luna if needed
Edit the rubric separately
Override the final score
Tips for Best Results
Use clear question wording.
Add a rubric before grading when possible.
Review generated rubrics before saving.
Check image-based student work carefully.
Adjust Luna's suggestion when the student response needs teacher judgment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Luna automatically grade every student response?
No. Grade with Luna is used from the Results sidebar for an individual selected student response at a time.
Can Luna grade without a rubric?
Luna needs a rubric to grade. If the question does not have one, Luna will generate a draft rubric first and apply it only to the individual selected student response. The teacher will need to review and save the rubric before Luna can be used to grade other the responses.
Can I change Luna's suggested grade?
Yes. Teachers can adjust the rubric levels or score after Luna suggests a grade.
Can Luna review images of student work?
Yes. Luna can consider images included in the student's response, including visible handwritten work or uploaded pictures.
What happens if a response was already graded?
Teachers can use Regrade with Luna to ask Luna to review the response again.
Is the grade final when Luna suggests it?
No. Luna helps apply a rubric and suggests a grade, but teachers remain in control and can review or adjust the grade.