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What is Uflo’s AI Grader? 

Uflo is an AI-powered educational ecosystem that automates grading of handwritten and typed responses with high accuracy and consistency. The 5 phases of grading with Uflo are:
  1. Before Printing The Exam
  2. Before Administering The Exam
  3. Before Grading
  4. After Grading
  5. After Releasing Grades 
Auto-grading handwritten exams only supports free response, single and multi-answer multiple choice questions. For other question types, contact support@uflo.io for a custom solution. Following these best practices from the start will save time, reduce scanning errors, and ensure Uflo’s automated grading accurately identifies and evaluates each student’s responses.
Who This Guide Is ForThis guide is for educators new to Uflo who are grading pen-and-paper or digital exams with free response questions. No prior experience with Uflo or auto-grading tools is required.

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Why Use Uflo For Grading?

Uflo combines state-of-the-art AI with deep educational expertise across multiple disciplines to grade complex free response questions—digital or handwritten—with extremely high accuracy.  More importantly, Uflo backs every grade with detailed feedback for both instructors and students during the review phase. Students can use this feedback to request regrades from their instructors, ensuring humans remain in the loop. As a result of using Uflo, educators can expect: 
  • 90% reduction in grading time
  • 98% grading accuracy on free response questions
  • 2% grading variance across multiple grading rounds
  • Personalized Feedback for every student on every question
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How Does Uflo’s AI Grader Work?

Uflo’s exam grading process is organized around five timeline events with the first two events required to be completed before the exam is administered.
1

Before Printing The Exam:

Design your exam and upload the blank exam template to stamp QR codes on each page. Complete before the exam is printed and distributed.
2

Before Administering The Exam:

Upload your complete exam file (questions, solutions, and rubric) to configure Uflo’s AI grading engine.
3

Before Grading:

After steps 1 and 2, collect, unstaple, scan, and upload exams.
4

Grading the Exam

Review AI-generated grades and ask Uflo to regrade any problematic questions. Once satisfied, release the results to students.
5

After Releasing Grades:

Respond to student regrade requests and export results. 
Flexible Setup OrderSteps 1 and 2 can be done in any order or at the same time. If your solutions or rubric aren’t ready yet, complete Step 1 first to print the exam, then finish Step 2 before grading.