Writing — teacher's guide

The student selects an assignment — or pastes a text they have previously written — writes in a simple writing canvas with support tools available along the way, and clicks Submit text. The text is then analyzed, and feedback is marked directly inside the text itself, not just as a comment below.

How it works

The start page on Write features five assignment types: Writing prompt (a topic tailored to the student), Norwegian language test (informal message, formal email, and opinion piece, matching the official test structure), Describe picture, FOV (Norwegian, English, natural sciences, and social studies), and Custom text. Suggestions are based on the level set in the profile — which can be changed under My Account — and the topics the student selects under My Interests. Under Custom text, the student can also paste a finished text just to request feedback, and under Describe picture, they can upload their own image.

In the writing canvas, text is saved continuously (Saved), a progress bar shows how close the student is to the word count goal, and Show writing time displays how long they have been working. The writing support tools are located above the canvas: Help me get started, What could come next?, Check my sentence, Word suggestions, and an explanation in the student's native language. These tools ask questions and provide prompts or snippets — they never write the text for the student. If the student highlights a sentence, Check sentence, Read aloud, and Translate will appear next to it.

After submitting, the student can continue working using Improve the text, with up to three versions by default. The next round of feedback compares against the previous version (Since previous version, Show changes), allowing the student to see what they actually managed to correct.

If the student chooses a test assignment, the prompt How do you want to write? appears with the options Without timer or Test mode set to 30, 45, 60, or 90 minutes. In test mode, a countdown timer runs, the text is submitted automatically when time runs out, only one attempt is allowed, and writing support is disabled. All drafts and submitted texts are saved under My Texts.

Feedback

The text is evaluated across set areas: Content, Text structure, Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar, Sentence structure, and Vocabulary. Each area receives a status of Great!, A few things to review, or Work on this, along with a short summary and specific feedback points containing quotes from the student's text, an explanation of the issue, a suggestion, and a rule explanation. These points are highlighted in the text as Something to fix, Word tip, or Very good, and the student can click a highlight or card to read the feedback.

The depth of the review is adapted to the user's level: A0 and A1 only receive feedback on content and spelling with a few gentle notes; A2 also includes grammar and vocabulary; B1 and B2 cover all areas in greater depth. Students can adjust the selected focus areas themselves under Focus, and request more feedback using Show more and Find more here.

Who it is for

A0–B2. The assignment bank is in Norwegian, featuring topical prompts across all five levels and practice test prompts for A1, A2, B1, and B2. A0 and A1 students can comfortably navigate the writing canvas because the feedback is concise, encouraging, and in their native language, though they usually need some help getting started. B1 and B2 students benefit the most from the full feedback and from revising their texts.

The tool does not assign grades and is not meant to replace your teacher evaluation. Level estimation is turned off by default, and when enabled, it describes the text ("this text demonstrates...") rather than the student — a single text is not a final judgment of the writer, and the official Norwegian test may assess differently. The text is also never rewritten for the student; the feedback simply highlights, explains, and suggests.

Suggested ways to use Write

1. Have students write for ten minutes without touching the support buttons, submit, and then use Improve the text as a second round. This turns the support tools into revision aids rather than crutches.
2. Use Focus as the goal of the week: if you are currently working on punctuation, have students select only Punctuation and Spelling, so the main point doesn't get lost in all the other feedback.
3. Run Test mode for 45 or 60 minutes as a mock exam ahead of the official Norwegian test, and use the three formats — informal message, formal email, and opinion piece — as rotating weekly assignments.
4. Have the whole class write about the same picture under Describe picture, and compare vocabulary together afterward. The same image is used across all levels, while the prompt adapts to each individual student.
5. Ask students to bring two points from their feedback to class — one they understood and one they did not. Each point includes quotes and explanations, making them easy to review on the board.
6. If you want to review submissions, create the assignment under Writing Tasks instead of asking students to write freely — that way, you can hold back the automated feedback until you have reviewed the text yourself.

Good to know

• Writing time counts as learning time. Time spent in the writing canvas is logged while the student writes and is displayed under Write in Progress — including drafts the student continues working on later.
• Feedback language adapts to the student's level. Students at levels A0–A2 with a registered native language will receive explanations in their native language, while quotes and corrections remain in Norwegian. The student can switch the feedback language, and you can lock the selection per assignment.
• Custom texts are only shared when the student chooses to. After submitting, the student is asked Do you want to share this text with your teacher?, and Undo removes access again. Texts submitted as part of a group assignment follow the assignment's settings.
• Writing support has a limit per student. The panel shows Writing support used this hour, with a quota of 30 responses per hour and 100 per day. In test mode, support tools are disabled regardless.

See also

• Writing tasks for students
• How students practice writing
• Create writing tasks in the teacher portal