MyEssayFeedback.ai is a free AI essay feedback tool built for college instructors who want to give students instant, formative writing feedback during the revision process — without the cost or risks of sending students to ChatGPT on their own. Instead of grading essays, the AI provides targeted feedback on specific aspects of writing that instructors choose, helping students develop critical thinking and self-reflection skills.
When students use ChatGPT directly for essay help, they often get generic feedback, have no structure for reflection, and may be tempted to have the AI write for them. MyEssayFeedback solves this by letting instructors control what kind of feedback students receive. The platform focuses on the revision process rather than the final grade, encouraging students to think critically about AI suggestions rather than blindly accepting them. Students also complete structured feedback reflections that instructors can review.
The cost difference is significant: ChatGPT Plus costs students $20/month ($60-$80/semester), while MyEssayFeedback will cost no more than $15 per student per term, with the pilot currently free for new instructors.
1. Create an Assignment: Set up assignments for your students in minutes.
2. Link to Your LMS (Optional): Integrate with Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, and other Learning Management Systems via LTI.
3. Choose a Type of Feedback: Create your own AI feedback prompts or browse our OER library of 200+ customizable feedback types covering thesis development, argument structure, evidence, grammar, style, and more.
4. Students Submit Their Essays: A clean, user-friendly writing interface for students to paste or upload their drafts.
5. Immediate AI Feedback: Students receive instant, personalized feedback on the specific aspects of writing their instructor selected.
6. Student Feedback Reflections: Students respond to structured reflection prompts that encourage critical thinking about the AI's suggestions — what they agree with, what they question, and what they plan to change.
7. Instructor Dashboard: View every student's essay, the AI feedback they received, and their reflections. Understand your students' progress at a glance.
8. AI-Powered Class Summary: Get an automatic summary of your entire class's strengths and weaknesses to inform your teaching.
First-year writing instructors looking for an AI essay feedback tool that keeps them in control. English departments seeking a scalable way to provide writing feedback across multiple sections. Writing centers and tutoring programs that want to supplement human tutoring with AI-assisted revision. Any college instructor who assigns essays and wants students to engage more deeply with the revision process.
Eric Kean, Founder: Eric Kean has taught Mathematics and the viola at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA for 20 years and previously taught at Oberlin College and Case Western Reserve University. For the past 10 years he has developed educational technology including ItsMoreThanATextbook and ADAPT, the free online homework companion to Libretexts, where he currently serves as Lead Developer.
Anna Mills, Voluntary Advisor: Anna Mills teaches writing at College of Marin and previously taught at City College of San Francisco for 17 years. Her collection AI Text Generators and Teaching Writing: Starting Points for Inquiry is featured in the Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse. As a consultant for OpenAI, she tested GPT-4 before its release. She authored the OER textbook How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College, used at over 55 colleges. Her writing on AI has appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. Anna developed the platform's template phrases for reflecting on AI feedback.
Free pilot for new instructors — all features included. After pilot: no more than $15 per student per term. Discounts for departmental or institution-wide licenses. FERPA compliant. LMS integration included. Data encrypted in transit and at rest.
MyEssayFeedback provides free Critical AI Literacy resources for students and instructors, including guides on how LLMs like ChatGPT work, how to prompt AI chatbots, how to cite AI in APA and MLA format, and ethical concerns with generative AI. See our general guidelines for interpreting AI feedback.