Tally
everything, in one place

Documentation

Start with the three-minute setup. Everything else is here when you need it — including what to hand your IT director.

Getting started

for teachers
Three-minute setupLive
Install, sign in, and grade your first class set. Start here.
Try it — no install requiredLive
The real extension popup, at real size, with sample student work.
Paste-the-quiz & rubricsLive
How Tally reads your quiz and drafts key points, and how to edit them before grading.
Reviewing flags & overridesLive
What gets flagged, why, and how to adjust a score before you publish.

Features

for teachers
Rubric libraryLive
Save, reuse, and share rubrics across sections — tagged to standards.
Rubric generatorLive
Build a rubric from scratch with weighted criteria and standard tags.
Essay gradingLive
How the essay rubric differs from short answer, and what the separate tier covers.
Originality checksLive
Checking a short answer for AI-generated or copied text — and why it never auto-penalizes.

For IT & administrators

hand this to your district
Data safety & complianceLive
Scopes, subprocessors, retention, FERPA/COPPA, and the security-review answers.
Workspace deploymentLive
Force-install to an OU and pre-approve OAuth scopes so teachers never see a consent screen.
Privacy policyLive
Plain-language summary of what Tally reads, stores, and never retains.
Request a DPALive
District data processing agreements, including state-specific addenda.

Reference

the details
Grading scale explainedLive
How 0/3/5 short-answer scoring works, and how essay criteria are weighted.
Standards taggingLive
Which standard sets are supported and how tags make rubrics findable.
Limits & fair useLive
What the free tier covers, how essays are metered separately, and what happens at the cap.
Changelog & roadmapLive
What shipped, what's next, and what we've decided not to build.