PSD Grading Tool

Assisted evaluation for raster image assignments

Assisted grading for creative assignments

Or open a grader directly

1Get Student Work

📁 Upload Files (Optional)
📁

Drop PSD, JPG, or ZIP files here

or click to browse

Canvas ZIP exports auto-extract with student names preserved

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Connect to Canvas Download student submissions directly

Your institution's Canvas URL

Account → Settings → New Access Token ↗

2Set Grading Criteria

📝 Filename Requirements

Points
Filename Pattern
Click to insert: |
Use | for alternatives
Comma-separated
Example match: DES222-SMITH-e03-sunset.psd ✓

Files must have .psd extension. Placeholders match specified case.

🔗 Separators
Case Matching

When insensitive: Case errors show in feedback but don't deduct points.

🎯 Technical Requirements

📏 Dimensions
Color Mode
🔍 Minimum Resolution (DPI)
📤 Exported Output

Check for matching flattened export (JPG/PNG) alongside each PSD

Matches filename: file.psd → file.jpg or file.png

Layer Structure

Comma-separated. Use | for alternatives (e.g., "Gray|Grey")

Vibrance
Bright/Cont
Levels
Curves
Exposure
Hue/Sat
Color Bal
B & W
Photo Filt
Chan Mix
Color Look
Invert
Posterize
Threshold
Grad Map
Sel Color

Comma-separated folder names

🔤 Font Requirements

✓ Approved Fonts

Only these fonts allowed in text layers. Clear to allow any font.

★ Required Fonts

At least one text layer must use these fonts

📦 Submission & Grouping

👥 Grouping
Required Submissions
⭐ Extra Per Additional File
🎯 Max Extra Credit

Instructor Evaluation 0 pts

Add manually-scored criteria for subjective assessments like creativity or presentation quality.

3Results

1Get Student Work

📁 Upload Files (Optional)
📁

Drop AI/PDF files or ZIP here

or click to browse

Canvas ZIP exports auto-extract with student names preserved

🔗
Connect to Canvas Download student submissions directly

Your institution's Canvas URL

Account → Settings → New Access Token ↗

2Set Grading Criteria

📝 Filename Requirements

Points
Filename Pattern
Click to insert: |
Use | for alternatives
Comma-separated
Example match: DES222-SMITH-e03-logo.ai ✓

Files must have .ai or .pdf extension. Placeholders match specified case.

🔗 Separators
Case Matching

When insensitive: Case errors show in feedback but don't deduct points.

📐 Document Setup

📏 Artboard Dimensions
📄 Page/Artboard Count

Leave high for unlimited

Color Mode

Note: Color mode detection may show "Unknown" for some files

🎯 Content

Typography
📝 Text Requirement

Set points > 0 to require text

✓ Approved Fonts

Only these fonts allowed. Clear to allow any font.

★ Required Fonts

At least one text element must use these fonts

🔢 Font Variety

Limit font variety for design consistency

Visual Elements
🖼️ Embedded Images
📑 Layers

⚠️ Requires "Create PDF Compatible File" when saving

🔷 Paths & Shapes

Set to 0 to skip check

▸ Advanced (Graphs & Patterns)
📊 Illustrator Graphs

⚠️ Uses heuristic detection; may not be 100% accurate

🎨 Pattern Fills

Instructor Evaluation 0 pts

Add manually-scored criteria for subjective assessments like creativity or presentation quality.

3Results

1Get Student Work

📁 Upload Files (Optional)
📁

Drop IDML files here

or click to browse

Canvas ZIP exports auto-extract with student names preserved

🔗
Connect to Canvas Download student submissions directly

Your institution's Canvas URL

Account → Settings → New Access Token ↗

2Set Grading Criteria

📝 Filename Requirements

Points
Filename Pattern
Click to insert: |
Use | for alternatives
Example match: DES222-SMITH-project3.idml ✓

Files must have .idml extension.

📋 Document Preset

📐 Document Setup

Section Points
📏 Page Size
📄 Page Count

Leave high for unlimited

📖 Page Layout
📐 Margins (inches)
📊 Columns
✂️ Bleed (inches)

Standard bleed: 0.125" (1/8 inch)

📤 Required PDF Export

Export Points

Require a PDF export alongside each IDML/ZIP submission

Matches by student name: Smith_John_Project.idml → Smith_John_*.pdf

🎨 Paragraph & Character Styles

Section Points
¶ Required Paragraph Styles

One style name per line

A Required Character Styles

One style name per line

Style Options

📑 Master Pages

Section Points
Required Master Pages

One master name per line

Master Page Options

🔤 Typography / Fonts

Section Points
Required Fonts

One font family per line

Approved Fonts (Whitelist)

One font family per line

Font Variety Limit

Limit font variety (set high to disable)

🎨 Colors

Section Points
Color Mode
Required Swatches

One swatch name per line

🖼️ Images

Section Points
Image Count
Link Status

Instructor Evaluation 0 pts

Add manually-scored criteria for subjective assessments like creativity or presentation quality.

3Grade and Review

Process all IDML files with the criteria above

1Get Student Work

📁 Upload Files (Optional)
📁

Drop HTML/ZIP files here

or click to browse

Canvas ZIP exports auto-extract with student names preserved

🔗
Connect to Canvas Download student submissions directly

Your institution's Canvas URL

Account → Settings → New Access Token ↗

2Set Grading Criteria

📁 Project Structure

Points
Folder Name Pattern
Insert: |
Example: DES228-Smith-a06
Separators:
Case:
📄 Root
Comma-separated
Comma-separated
🎨 CSS
External (min)
<style> (max)
Inline (max)
🖼 Images
⚡ JS

🔍 Code Validation

HTML Requirements Enabled
HTML Code Paste or type HTML to validate
1
Requirements
▶ Core Document 0/5
▶ Semantic Structure 0/7
<section>
<article>
<aside>
▶ Content Hierarchy 0/5
<h2>
<ul>/<ol>
<dl> list
<figure>
▶ Media 0/5
<img>
<picture>
<video>
<audio>
<svg>
▶ Forms 0/5
<form>
<input>
<button>
<select>
<textarea>
▶ Accessibility 0/5
Total Points 0
● Paste code to validate requirements
CSS Requirements Enabled
CSS Code Paste or type CSS to validate
1
Requirements
▶ Responsive 0/3
@media
min
▶ Layout 0/6
▶ Modern CSS 0/4
▶ Reset 0/3
▶ Best Practices 0/4
#id (warn)
max
!important (warn)
max
Total Points 0
● Paste code to validate requirements
JavaScript Requirements Enabled
JavaScript Code Paste or type JS to validate
1
Requirements
▶ Modern Syntax 0/5
▶ DOM & Events 0/4
▶ Libraries 0/0
+ Custom Library
▶ Quality 0/5
Total Points 0
● Paste code to validate requirements

Instructor Evaluation 0 pts

Add manually-scored criteria for subjective assessments like creativity or presentation quality.

📦 Framework Detection (Optional)

Points
Bootstrap
Tailwind
Foundation
Other

3Grading Results

Process student submissions to view results here.

1Get Student Work

📁 Upload Files (Optional)
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Drop DOCX, PDF, or TXT files here

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Canvas ZIP exports auto-extract with student names preserved

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Connect to Canvas Download student submissions directly

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Account → Settings → New Access Token ↗

2Set Grading Criteria

✍️ Genre & Assignment Type

Select a genre preset to auto-fill criteria, then customize as needed.

📋 Filename Convention 0 pts

📊 Word Count 10 pts

Set to 0 for no maximum

¶ Paragraph Count 0 pts

📚 Citations 0 pts

Detects APA, MLA, numbered, and URL citations in the text

🔤 Formatting & Structure 0 pts

Checks for short, unpunctuated lines that serve as section headers

📰 Journalism Standards 0 pts

Journalism-specific criteria for news writing assignments

Lede Quality
pts

Evaluates the opening paragraph: conciseness (≤35 words AP guideline), who/what/when/where

Nut Graf
pts

Detects the "so what" paragraph — explains why the story matters to readers

Source Attribution
pts

Named, attributed sources identified in the text

Quotes & Attribution
pts

Quoted passages with proper attribution ("said" / "told")

AP Style
pts

Checks for common AP style violations: numerals, title abbreviations, serial comma

Contact Information
pts

Detects email addresses and phone numbers for source verification

📐 Custom Rubric Categories 0 pts

Add qualitative scoring categories. Enable AI-assisted scoring for LLM-based evaluation with reasoning.

✨ AI Scoring & Feedback Optional

Configure AI to score rubric categories and generate student feedback. Keys stay in your browser — never sent to our server.

Brief Thorough
Total: 0 pts

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