Graide - FE

Benefits

• Unlimited usage for all assessments, assignments, and formative tasks
• Exclusive discounted pricing
• Seamless integration with LMS/VLE (including SSO, grade passback, group sync, and deadlines)
• Marking setup in under 10 minutes with intuitive workflows and reusable templates
• Human-in-the-loop AI ensures accurate, explainable, and consistent marking and feedback
• Fully accessible, secure, and GDPR compliant, designed for UK education standards

Important Dates

Agreement start: 1 April 2025

Agreement end: 31 March 2028

Invoice date: annually three months in advance of the anniversary of licence start date

Commitment Period

Institutions may participate in the Agreement at any time during the agreement period, and are bound by its Terms and Conditions, including payments, until the end of the Institution’s chosen Commitment (Licence) Period.

Licence Type

Per-user Licence

Eligible Institutions

Higher and Further Education and Research Councils in the United Kingdom, and to Universities and Colleges of Further Education in the Republic of Ireland. Other organisations supporting education, including research bodies and the public sector, may ask to participate in the Agreement. Chest will liaise with the Supplier about any such requests. 

Supplier Details

Licensor: 6 BIT Education Ltd T/A 6 BIT, 8 Pendeford Place, Pendeford Business Park, Wobaston Road, Wolverhampton, WV9 5HD 

Product Description

Graide is an AI-powered assessment platform designed to streamline marking, feedback, and quality assurance across higher and further education. Their platform supports the full assessment lifecycle with a focus on speed, consistency and quality at scale.

Graide offers solutions across three key areas:

AI-Powered Marking and Feedback

• Automates repetitive marking tasks while maintaining human oversight through human-in-the-loop AI.
• Delivers consistent, high-quality feedback with reusable comments and rubrics.
• Reduces marking time by up to 75%, freeing educators to focus on value-added tasks.
• Multiple question types supported, from maths, to short text based responses, to long form essays and reports.

Quality Assurance and Standardisation

• Provides detailed analytics on marking consistency and assessor performance.
• Ensures every piece of work meets an institution’s standards for fairness and accuracy.

Formative Assessment and Learner Support

• Gives students actionable feedback that helps them prepare for summative assessments.
• Enables draft submissions with instant AI feedback to support skill development.
• Monitors progress and identifies learners in need of extra support through real-time insights.

Key Features

• Reusable comment libraries: Create and share institutional feedback banks to drive consistency and save time.
• Group management: Seamlessly sync groups from your LMS/VLE for easy activity setup and tracking.
• Customisable rubrics: Apply detailed marking criteria, with support for qualitative and quantitative feedback.
• Grade passback: Automatically push marks from Graide to your LMS gradebook in one click.
• Audit trails: Full transparency over all marking and feedback actions for compliance and review.
• Explainable AI: Every AI action is visible and auditable, so staff can trust and verify the process.
• Formative feedback tools: Offer low-stakes opportunities for students to improve with automated guidance.
• Secure and compliant: Fully GDPR compliant and aligned with UK education data standards.

Graide meets global standards for data privacy, security, and accessibility. They are LTI 1.3 certified, ensuring seamless LMS/VLE integration, and their platform undergoes regular security audits to meet GDPR and UK data protection regulations.

Included

Full access to the Graide platform

• Hosting, implementation, and integration support
• Consultative pilot services (use case scoping, tailored onboarding, template design, and ongoing adoption reviews)
• Institution-wide unlimited usage

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