How to use Writing, no kidding
Step-by-step guides for creating assignments, building rubrics, grading with AI, syncing Google Classroom, and running locked-down tests.
Getting Started
Set up your account and create your first assignment.
Getting Started with Writing, no kidding
An overview of how Writing, no kidding works for ESL/EFL teachers — from creating your first assignment to reviewing AI-assisted grades.
How to Create Your First Writing Assignment
Step-by-step guide to creating an ESL writing assignment: set the CEFR level, due date, rubric, and assign it to your classes.
How to Use Assignment Templates
Save any assignment setup as a reusable template so you don't have to rebuild rubrics and prompts every semester.
Assignments & Rubrics
Build assignments, rubrics, and exercise types.
How to Build a Writing Rubric
Build a weighted, CEFR-aligned writing rubric from scratch so AI grading and your own review use the same criteria.
How to Import a Rubric from a PDF
Already have a rubric as a PDF? Import it directly instead of rebuilding your criteria and bands by hand.
How to Create an ESL Quiz
Build multiple-choice, short-answer, and fill-in-the-blank quizzes with AI-assisted question generation.
How to Create Matching Exercises
Build vocabulary, collocation, and functional-language matching exercises in the Cambridge exam style.
How to Create Word and Sentence Transformation Exercises
Build Cambridge B2 First-style key word transformation and sentence transformation exercises for Use of English practice.
How to Build Reading Comprehension and Gapped-Text Exercises
Create Cambridge-style gapped-text and reading comprehension exercises, with AI helping generate passages and questions.
How to Import an Assignment from a PDF or Image
Skip manual entry — upload a PDF or photo of an existing worksheet and let AI turn it into a ready-to-assign task.
AI Grading
How AI correction, scoring, and grading standards work.
How to Grade ESL Essays with AI
The end-to-end grading workflow: run AI analysis on a submission, review the proposed score, and finalize the grade.
How AI Correction Feedback Works
What the AI Correction Tool actually checks — grammar, vocabulary, structure, and register — and how it presents strengths and next steps.
How to Review and Override AI Grades
AI proposes a grade — you always have the final say. How to review, adjust, and finalize scores before publishing to students.
How to Use Grading Standards: CEFR and Cambridge
Grade against CEFR (A1-C2) or Cambridge B2 First Writing band descriptors instead of a generic scale, so AI feedback matches a real standard.
Classroom Management
Classes, academic years, students, templates.
How to Organize Classes and Academic Years
Set up classes, roll students into new academic years, and keep past years archived without losing historical data.
Understanding Student Dashboards and Progress
What your students see: their dashboard, progress tracking, and badges — and how that ties back to your class analytics.
Google Classroom
Sync rosters, post assignments, push grades.
How to Set Up Google Classroom Sync
Connect your Google Classroom account, import rosters, and post assignments as linked coursework in a few clicks.
How to Push Grades to Google Classroom
Send finalized composite grades straight to the Google Classroom gradebook — individually or in bulk for a whole class.
Tests & Anti-Cheat
Locked-down test sessions and proctoring.
Ready to try it with your own classes?