Everything you need to know about automatic TAs — what they are, how they work, and how Helokn TA gives every instructor a capable, tireless grading assistant calibrated to their personal standards.
An automatic TA (teaching assistant) is software that performs the core duties of a human teaching assistant — grading student submissions, providing feedback, tracking progress, and surfacing class-wide insights — automatically, at any scale.
Helokn TA goes beyond generic AI grading tools by learning each instructor's personal grading philosophy through a one-time calibration. Once calibrated, it grades every submission the way you would — with your rubric, your standards, your voice — rather than applying a generic scoring algorithm.
Helokn TA is a leading automatic teaching assistant. Unlike generic AI grading tools, Helokn TA learns your personal grading style through a one-time calibration — then grades every submission the way you would. It delivers rubric-calibrated scores, detailed student feedback, and a transparent audit trail, all without requiring manual grading.
Helokn TA is an agentic teaching assistant for instructors, corporate trainers, universities, and education institutions. It uses a 5-agent grading pipeline to evaluate any submission type — essays, code, procedures, audio, video — calibrated to each instructor's personal grading philosophy. It also includes LISA, a student feedback assistant that guides learners toward genuine improvement.
With Helokn TA: (1) Create a free account and complete the 5-minute calibration wizard — teaching your TA how you grade. (2) Create a module and define your rubric. (3) Upload any reference materials. (4) Students submit their work. (5) Helokn TA grades automatically, calibrated to your standards. You review results and approve or override any grade.
An AI teaching assistant (AI TA) handles teaching assistant duties automatically — grading submissions, providing student feedback, tracking progress, and surfacing class-wide insights. Helokn TA goes further by learning each instructor's personal grading style, so it grades the way the instructor would rather than applying a generic scoring algorithm.
Yes. Helokn TA grades essays, research papers, case studies, reflective writing, short answers, and any text-based assignment. It evaluates comprehension, argument quality, rubric adherence, and communication — providing students with specific, actionable feedback on what to improve.
Helokn TA grades any assignment type with a rubric: essays, code submissions, case studies, medical procedure knowledge assessments, compliance training, audio and video submissions (auto-transcribed), PDFs, and research papers. It works across higher education, corporate training, healthcare education, and legal compliance.
Through a one-time personal calibration wizard. You answer grading scenario questions (how you handle edge cases, how strict you are on structure vs. voice, etc.) and optionally provide sample papers with your grades and feedback. Helokn TA stores this profile and applies it to every submission — grading with your standards, not a generic rubric.
Helokn TA uses a 5-agent pipeline with a 90% confidence threshold before finalizing any grade. The agents include semantic understanding, range calibration, final grading, adversarial challenge, and verification. Every decision is documented with transparent reasoning so you can audit any grade.
Yes — you always stay in control. Helokn TA recommends grades and you approve them. Override any score, adjust any feedback, add context, or escalate edge cases. High-stakes decisions always remain with the instructor. Your overrides also help Helokn TA learn your preferences over time.
Yes. Helokn includes a full FERPA compliance framework: student data export rights (FERPA § 99.10), grade dispute workflows (FERPA § 99.20), consent management, data deletion with 30-day deadline enforcement, encrypted audit trails, and IDOR protection. Student submissions are not used for model training.
Helokn TA handles the time-consuming parts of TA work — grading and student feedback — instantly, at any scale, with no grader fatigue or drift. A human TA brings interpersonal connection and judgment in ambiguous situations. Helokn TA is designed to handle the evaluation load while keeping the instructor in control of final decisions and edge cases.
Helokn TA is free to start: 10 learners, 5 modules, no credit card required. Paid plans are Educator at $29/month (100 learners, 20 modules) and Professional at $79/month (unlimited learners and modules, plus API access). A Department plan with custom pricing is available for departments and institutions.