GradeVine is built for teachers and other adult professionals, on your phone or on the web. Students never use GradeVine or have accounts. It holds work that students produced, and we handle it with that in mind. Here is exactly what happens with AI and your data, in plain language.
When you scan or import pages, AI reads the handwriting, turns it into text, organizes it by question, and matches each page to the right student. If you turn on Smart evaluation, it also suggests whether each answer is correct, partial, or incorrect, with a rationale. You review everything and make the final call.
Scanning or importing pages sends them to AI for transcription and student matching. That is how the core feature works. Smart evaluation is a separate, opt-in Premium option, and it costs a bit more in credits. If you never turn it on, no score suggestions are generated.
Today, AI processing happens when pages are scanned or imported in the iPhone app. The web dashboard is where you review, grade, and export work from a browser, and it doesn't send anything to AI.
No. AI suggestions are a starting point. You see them, change them, or ignore them. Nothing becomes a grade until you say so.
The image of the scanned page (which may include a student's handwritten name), the assignment's questions and keywords, and your class roster names, which are used to match each page to the right student. Nothing else from your account is sent.
No. GradeVine uses Google's paid Gemini service. Under Google's paid terms, prompts and responses are not used to improve Google's products. Free-tier services work differently, which is one reason GradeVine uses the paid one. You can read Google's terms in the Gemini API Additional Terms of Service.
Google may keep AI requests for a limited period, solely to detect and prevent abuse. Google's terms also say data may be processed or cached transiently in any country where Google operates. While a batch of pages is processing, Google also keeps a temporary copy of the assignment's questions and your class roster for about 15 minutes so pages process faster, and it then expires. This is separate from where your records are stored, described below.
Google's paid terms do not include human review of your data to improve its products. The terms limit retention to abuse prevention, as described above.
In your private GradeVine account, hosted on Google's Firebase. This includes your courses, students, assignments, grades, and scan images, and it's what lets the web dashboard and your devices show the same records. Firebase encrypts data in transit and at rest, and access rules limit each account's records to that signed-in account. The iPhone app also keeps a copy on your device.
Your records are stored in your account until you delete them. AI receives only the pages and details described above, at the moment you scan or import, and under Google's paid terms it isn't used for training. These are two separate things.
No. We do not sell or share personal information. The full details are in our Privacy Policy.
Delete records inside the app at any time. To remove everything, use Reset App in the iPhone app's Settings, which removes your records and scan images from your device and from GradeVine's cloud storage. You can also email us and we will help.
GradeVine is designed for educators, but whether it is appropriate for your classroom is a decision for you and your district. Check your district's policy before using any AI tool with student work. We do not claim certification or compliance on your behalf, and we are happy to answer questions your district may have.
No. GradeVine is for teachers, on the app and on the web. Students do not have accounts and never see it. It simply holds work that students produced.