Grade Google Classroom Assignments with Wayground

Wayground evaluates every submission in a Google Classroom assignment, drafts a score and rubric-based feedback for each student, and lets you review and adjust before anything reaches your gradebook. Grades are written to Classroom as drafts only; you decide when students see them.

What it does

• Reads your rubric, assignment details, and any reference materials to evaluate submissions

• Drafts a score and per-criterion feedback for each student

• Can build a rubric for you if your assignment doesn't have one, or use yours

• Optionally runs an integrity check for AI-writing and plagiarism

• Produces a class report with an overall picture of performance and suggested next steps

• Posts grades to Classroom as drafts for you to publish

Step 1: Open the assignment and start grading

1. In Google Classroom, open the assignment you want to grade and go to the Student work tab.

2. Click Grade with Wayground in the toolbar. The side panel opens.

Step 2: Set up the evaluation

In the Evaluation setup panel you'll configure:

Subject & Grade

Set these so the evaluation matches the level of the work.

Rubric

Wayground shows the rubric it will grade against. If your assignment doesn't have one, it provides an AI-generated rubric. Click View to see the criteria, or Change to swap it for your own. Rubrics score each criterion on a proficiency scale (Exceeding / Proficient / Developing / Beginning) or as a simple pass/fail.

Integrity check (optional)

Turn on Check for AI & plagiarism to include an integrity report for each submission.

Integrity checks have a weekly cap, and the panel shows how many checks you have left this week.

Evaluate student work

Choose which submissions to grade. Select all grades everyone, or pick individual students. Each student shows a status (for example, Created). Students whose work can't be auto-graded yet are noted.

When you're ready, click Preview evaluation.

Step 3: Review and adjust the drafts

Wayground shows "Reading submissions…" while it works, then presents results for each student. For every submission you'll see:

• The drafted score (for example, 45/100)

• A performance tier (such as Needs immediate support)

• An AI summary of the work

• The rubric breakdown with a score on each criterion

• An option to Give student feedback

• Accept to approve that student's grade, or open View submission to see the original work

You can edit scores inline before accepting. The drafts are a starting point, not the final word.

Step 4: Apply grades to Classroom

When you've reviewed the class, apply the grades:

1. Click Apply all grades.

2. Wayground writes them to Classroom as drafts, and the panel reminds you: "Saved as drafts — students won't see until you return work."

3. A progress indicator ("Applying grades…") runs, then a confirmation ("All applied") appears when it's done.

Publishing (actually returning the work so students can see their grades) happens in Google Classroom, on your schedule.

The class report

After grading, Wayground can generate a class report: a narrative overview of how the class did, opened in its own tab. It includes:

• A performance overview (such as median score and the spread across tiers)

• A tier distribution (for example, how many students fall into Needs immediate support, Approaching proficiency, and On track / extend)

• A criteria breakdown showing where the class did well and where it struggled

• AI Analysis — Patterns & Next Steps, with suggested interventions

• Intervention groups sorting students by the support they need

• A student review list

You can save the report as a PDF to share or keep.

Open it from the grading panel via View Class Report.

Grading history

Wayground keeps your 50 most recent grading sessions so you can revisit a class you graded earlier, straight from the panel.

Tips

• Bring your own rubric when you have one. The AI-generated rubric is a solid fallback, but grading against your actual rubric keeps results aligned to how you assess

• Spot-check before applying. Open View submission on a couple of students (especially any flagged for support) to make sure the drafted scores match your judgment

• Use the class report to plan, not just grade. The intervention groups and next-steps analysis are built to turn a grading session into a teaching plan

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