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Grading written work with SnapJury: papers, projects, presentations

Published June 11, 2026 · Lire en français

In short — SnapJury isn't just for orals. Create an assignment for the class, grade the submissions back-to-back with the same rubrics as your orals, attach a photo of the paper, dictate or write your comment, then export grades to CSV. All in the same student record, 100% on your own devices.

SnapJury isn't only about orals

SnapJury is best known for grading oral exams live. But once your classes and rubrics are set up, it would be a shame to keep a second tool — or a pile of paper — for everything else. Papers, projects, written presentations, lab reports: everything your students hand in can be graded in the same app, with the same rubrics, the same scale and the same tracking.

The benefit is the same as for orals: less juggling between tools, a reliable record of every correction, and all your grades in one place when report-card season comes.

1. Create an assignment for the class

It all starts with an assignment: a title ("Essay #2", "History project"…), a class, and the rubric of your choice. In seconds, SnapJury knows who owes what: every student in the class has a slot in the assignment, and you can see at a glance what's graded and what's still waiting.

If your class isn't in the app yet, start by importing your students from your spreadsheet or roster — thirty seconds, nothing to retype.

2. Grade back-to-back: the queue that empties itself

This is the heart of batch grading, SnapJury style. Instead of opening, closing and reopening a record for each paper, you grade back-to-back: SnapJury presents the submissions one after the other, in a queue that empties as you go.

• You grade a paper, you confirm: the next student comes up, rubric ready.
• No friction between two papers: no navigating, no hunting for the right name in a list.
• You watch the queue shrink — and the pile of papers with it.

Stuck on a paper? Move on to the next and come back later: nothing is lost, everything stays editable.

3. The same rubrics as your orals

No need to rebuild everything for written work: your rubrics serve for both. Criteria, scales, weighting — the rubric you prepared once is reused for every assignment of the same kind. To grade, drag the slider or type the score directly, half-points included.

And if written work calls for different criteria (spelling, structure, quality of sources…), build a dedicated rubric in a few minutes: the method is detailed in create a grading rubric.

4. Keep a record of the paper: photo and attachment

A particularly strong passage, a page that justifies the grade, a diagram worth keeping? Photograph the paper and attach the image to the evaluation. You can also attach a file — the project handed in as a PDF, for instance. At a staff meeting or a parent conference, the paper is one tap away, right next to the grade and the comment.

5. The comment: dictated or written, you stay in control

After twenty papers, the comment is often what weighs the most. SnapJury gives you two paths:

1. write it directly, like any text field;
2. or say your feedback out loud: SnapJury transcribes your words, on your device.

From your criteria, your scale and your remarks, the app can then offer to shape a draft: a clear first version, in your own words, ready to refine. It's an assistant, not a grader: SnapJury never grades for you — it shapes the words, you decide.

💡 Tip: remarks that come back paper after paper ("unbalanced outline", "great transitions"…) deserve a shortcut. Saved once, they're reused with a single tap on the next paper.

6. Export grades to CSV

Once the assignment is graded, the grades come out as CSV: a file ready to paste into your gradebook or open in Excel, Numbers or LibreOffice. Names, grades, comments — no retyping, no copying errors. The end of term stops being a transcription session.

One record for written work and orals

This may be the most valuable part: every graded assignment joins the same student record as the orals. On a student's page, you see their whole journey — the November presentation, the January essay, the March project — and their average builds itself, evaluation after evaluation.

No more grades scattered across a notebook, a spreadsheet and piles of paper: one complete record per student. And since everything syncs through your private iCloud, you grade on iPad on the couch and find it all on your Mac the next day — with no data ever leaving for a third-party server.

Wrap-up

If you already use SnapJury for your orals, your written work is two taps away: an assignment for the class, back-to-back grading to move without friction, your usual rubrics, a photo of the paper when it matters, a comment dictated or written with a little help shaping it, and a CSV export at the end. The pile of papers doesn't vanish — but it empties a lot faster.

Frequently asked questions

Can I grade papers with SnapJury?

Yes. SnapJury isn't just for orals: papers, projects and written presentations are graded with the same rubrics and the same scales. You create an assignment for the class, then grade the submissions back-to-back, one after the other.

Do I need a different rubric for written work and orals?

No. SnapJury rubrics work for both: you build your rubric once (criteria, scale, weighting) and reuse it for orals and written assignments alike. You can of course create dedicated rubrics if your expectations differ.

How do I export the grades of an assignment?

SnapJury exports grades as CSV, ready to paste into your gradebook or open in your spreadsheet (Excel, Numbers…). No retyping grade by grade, no copying errors.

Do papers and grades stay private?

Yes. SnapJury runs 100% on your own devices, synced through your private iCloud. Photos of papers, grades and comments are never sent to any third-party server.