Class Companion
An intelligent tutoring and grading platform that gives teachers instant, rubric-based feedback tools and one-on-one student coaching at scale.
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Product Overview
What is Class Companion?
Class Companion is an education technology platform designed to help teachers deliver personalized instruction and instant feedback across entire classrooms simultaneously. Built on GPT-4, it bridges the gap between teacher-created materials and student submitted work by automating rubric-based grading, guiding student revision through its AI tutor 'Ditto', and surfacing actionable class-wide insights. The free plan covers core functionality for individual teachers, while school and district plans unlock LMS integration, advanced academic integrity detection, and full analytics. In April 2025, Class Companion was acquired by Panorama Education and is now part of the Panorama Solara suite.
Key Features
Rubric-Based Auto Grading
Teachers configure rubrics upfront; the platform evaluates short-answer and essay responses against those criteria instantly, removing the need for manual scoring on every submission.
Ditto AI Tutor
An in-platform AI tutor that guides students toward better answers without giving answers away — it prompts revision and deeper thinking based on rubric gaps.
Assignment & Rubric Generation
Teachers can upload source texts or content and generate assessment questions and rubrics with AI assistance in seconds, reducing prep time significantly.
Retry & Revision Workflow
Students receive directed feedback and can revise and resubmit their work, reinforcing a learning cycle rather than a single-pass grading experience.
Academic Integrity Detection
Flags paste anomalies on the free plan; paid plans add detection for typing irregularities, tab-switching behavior, and cross-student response similarity.
LMS Integration & Analytics
School and district plans support Canvas, Schoology, and Google Classroom sync, paired with full class-wide dashboards tracking engagement, growth areas, and assignment completion.
Use Cases
- Scalable Written Feedback : Teachers managing large class rosters can provide rubric-aligned, individualized written feedback to every student simultaneously — without hours of manual review.
- Student-Led Revision Practice : Students use the retry system and AI coaching to self-correct their responses, building writing and critical thinking skills through guided iteration.
- Test & Exam Preparation : Teachers can create targeted practice assignments aligned to exam formats, with Class Companion identifying where each student needs the most reinforcement.
- Cross-Subject Classroom Assessment : Supports English, Science, Social Studies, World Languages, and more — from kindergarten through higher education — making it versatile across department and grade level.
- Academic Integrity Monitoring : Schools and districts can use integrity detection tools to flag suspicious submission patterns and maintain fair assessment standards at scale.
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