GradeLine for Mac
Every paper. Every student.
One thoughtful grading workspace.
A place for the whole day
GradeLine is a native Mac grading app for teachers. Bring student work, custom rubrics, your gradebook, and class insights into one connected workspace.
Waiting submissions, approaching deadlines, and work that needs attention. Open the day with the context already in front of you.
Move through an assignment’s submissions with scores, status, and file details in view. Open Studio when it’s time to look closer.
A familiar gradebook with editable scores, submission status, and averages weighted by assignment points. Sort by name, average, or missing work.
Follow performance across assignments, check completion and feedback coverage, and find work that needs a closer look. All from the class data on your Mac.
Annotation Studio
The original page. Your tools. Your criteria.
A focused space to give thoughtful feedback.
Write, highlight, sketch, add text, or point to the detail that matters. Pen, pencil, marker, shapes, and feedback marks are right beside the page.
Build your rubric with performance levels and point values. Select a level as you review; GradeLine scales the rubric to the assignment total.
Zoom to the page or its width. Move between submissions. Undo an edit. Switch tools with a key. Save the workspace setup that suits your way of grading.
Bring your work with you
Paper, photos, documents.
Ready for a closer look.
Import PDFs, images, Word files, text, or a whole folder. Match work by filename, choose a student yourself, or leave unmatched files in Review.
Combine pages into one submission or split a scanned stack into fixed-size student packets. GradeLine keeps the originals.
Scan with a compatible iPhone through macOS, or bring in files from your scanner.
Thought through, all the way
Teaching doesn’t begin and end with a score. Neither does GradeLine.
Import classes, students, and existing grades from CSV, TSV, Excel .xlsx, or pasted spreadsheet cells. Review the column mapping and proposed changes before saving.
Student records bring assignment history, cohort tags, notes, and missing work together.
See the student workspaceStart from a rubric structure, tailor each criterion, and define performance levels and points. Use an answer key when the assignment calls for accepted answers. Local text recognition can help bring criteria in from a document.
See the rubric referenceUse quick feedback phrases and marks for strengths, encouragement, and next steps. Create your own feedback marks, including custom SVG artwork, and keep them on your Mac.
Explore feedback marksExport annotated work as PDF, or export the first page as an image. Batch export an assignment, keep local backups, and return to closed assignments in Archive when you need the work again.
See the archiveLocal by design
Classes, documents, rubrics, annotations, and backups.
A local workspace you can use without a GradeLine account.
Organize classes, read and annotate work, score with rubrics, and review grades without a connection. Built-in Apple Vision recognizes text locally.
Export when you’re ready. Keep local backups for the work you want to preserve.
Connect a supported AI provider with your own configuration and API key. Approve the connection before grading sends extracted student text and assignment criteria.
The grading request doesn’t upload source documents or images. Results remain editable, and provider charges may apply.
Read the data detailsA place on your Mac
A dedicated desktop workspace for the work
that deserves your attention.
$49.99 planned one-time price
Teacher license for one Mac.
No GradeLine subscription.
GradeLine is a native macOS grading app for teachers. It brings student documents, annotation, custom rubrics, a gradebook, and class insights into one local workspace. Core grading works offline; connected AI grading is optional. Read about GradeLine.
No. GradeLine at gradeline.org is the native Mac grading app from Solid Ground Solutions. Gradelink is a separate student information system. About GradeLine.
Import PDFs, images, Word documents, text files, or a folder of work. Match submissions to students by filename or assign them yourself. Combine pages into one submission, or split a scanned stack into fixed-size student packets.
Yes. Core class organization, document review, annotation, rubric scoring, gradebook, and insights use local data. Built-in text recognition runs on your Mac. Connected AI grading requires access to the provider you configure.
No. You can grade manually with your own rubrics and feedback. AI grading is optional, requires configuration and explicit data approval, and leaves results available for teacher review.
Yes. Import CSV, TSV, or Excel .xlsx files, or paste a table. Map the columns and preview changes before saving. GradeLine supports numeric scores and submission statuses. Letter grades need to be converted to numeric scores before import.
GradeLine keeps imported originals in local storage and saves annotations separately. You can export annotated work and create local backups. Classroom bundles exchange records; use full backups when you also need to preserve document files.
The Mac App Store release is pending. The planned teacher price is $49.99 as a one-time purchase. Contact GradeLine for current launch details and district licensing.
GradeLine for Mac
Coming to the Mac App Store.
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