AVA - Use AI to revise submission feedback
Impact: Instructor
Updated Help Topic: Grade Assignments with Flexible Grading and Grade Tests with Flexible Grading
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
The new AI-powered Rewrite option in Flexible Grading helps instructors improve the clarity and tone of their feedback. This tool uses generative AI to reword instructor-authored comments—whether they are rough notes, bullet points, or complete sentences—into more polished and student-friendly language. The Rewrite option supports iterative editing and is designed to help instructors deliver clearer, more impactful feedback with less effort.
Instructors
When an instructor is providing overall feedback on submissions in Flexible Grading, the Rewrite option becomes available when the instructor adds at least 30 characters. After entering their own comments, instructors can select Rewrite to generate a suggested version of the feedback. A banner clearly indicates that the suggestion is AI-generated.
Instructors can accept, reject, or regenerate the suggestion. Accepting the suggestion allows instructors to continue editing the revised feedback directly in the rich text editor. Rejecting or canceling the suggestion restores the original input. Instructors can use the Rewrite option multiple times on the same feedback to refine their message further.
Image 1: Instructors can select Rewrite to regenerate the feedback.
Administrators
Availability: The Rewrite feature is a premium solution.
Activation: AVA features including AI rewrite are included in your Blackboard license until 30th June 2026 when a specific AVA license will be required.
Configuration: In the building block, AI Design Assistant and Unsplash, a new option called AI rewrite is available under the AI feedback generation heading. The default state is off. When this feature is turned on, the privilege needs to be assigned to course roles, such as Instructor. The required privilege is Generate AI Feedback Changes in Course/Organization Control Panel.