Direct answers about how Helokn grades with visible reasoning, how it treats student data, what it costs, and how it handles AI cheating.
Helokn is an AI teaching assistant that grades student work with step-by-step reasoning teachers can review, and coaches students while they write instead of writing for them. Unlike AI graders that output only a score, every Helokn grade comes with the full chain of reasoning behind it — so teachers review and adjust instead of trusting a black box. Helokn is built independently, without venture funding.
Most AI graders evaluate only the final submission; Helokn shows its reasoning on every grade and also captures how the work was written. That means two things no score-only grader gives you: (1) an explanation you can stand behind when a student or parent asks "why this grade?", and (2) visibility into the student's writing process, not just their final draft.
No. Helokn's writing assistant, LISA, guides students Socratically — hints, questions, and structure — and never writes their essay for them. Teachers can see how a student's draft developed, which turns "did they really write this?" from a guess into something visible.
Helokn addresses AI cheating by making the writing process visible instead of trying to detect AI after the fact. AI detectors are unreliable; a finished essay proves nothing about who wrote it. Because students write on Helokn with a guided assistant, teachers see the journey from outline to final draft alongside the grade and its reasoning.
Yes — every grade is a recommendation with visible reasoning, and the teacher always has the final say. Helokn is built to make review faster, not to remove the teacher from grading.
Helokn currently supports essay and short-answer assignments, plus multi-modal submissions — text, image, audio, and video. Any subject where quality can be measured against a rubric can be graded, from writing-heavy courses to professional and compliance training.
Helokn has a free tier: $0, forever, for up to 10 learners and 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 — contact sales.
Helokn protects student data with a FERPA compliance framework that includes consent records, student data export, and data deletion requests with enforced deadlines. Audit logs are encrypted at rest, uploaded student files are served only through authenticated, role-based access, and student submissions are not used for model training.
Teachers onboard their class directly — students self-register with the teacher's provider code, or use an invite link that pre-fills it — and students write and submit their work on the platform.
Helokn is built and supported directly by its founder — when teachers report an issue, they talk to the person who wrote the code.