For writing-center coaches & faculty
Watch every writer. Intervene where it matters.
Built around the part of writing-center work that doesn't scale: the 1:1 consultation during a draft. Now you can hold that posture for twenty-five students at once.
What you get when the session starts.
One screen, the whole section
Each student is a tile: current draft, words today, Guardian issues, AI activity. Sort by flagged or quiet to know which session to land next.
Coach Mode you can defend
Server-enforced. The AI cannot draft prose for a student. Bypass attempts are rejected and (telemetry-only) logged. Tell academic integrity exactly what we do and do not allow.
No grading workload
We are not a gradebook. Use whatever your institution already uses. Creader handles the live coaching layer that frees you up to actually coach.
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Ch 2 · The Cliff Path
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Ch 3 · The Compass
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Ch 1 · Forge
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Ch 1
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What Guardian catches that a writing-center coach would.
Other tools check spelling. Guardian reads the whole draft: every paragraph, every claim, every promise the thesis makes, and surfaces the issues a coach would catch over the student's shoulder, but for every student at once.
Catches thesis drift across the draft
When a student claims one thing in the introduction and a softer or different thing in the conclusion, Guardian flags it before submission. Same for unsupported claims and inconsistent definitions.
Surfaces weak verbs and filtered perception
"It is important to note that society tends to feel…" → Guardian asks the student to revise. Sentence by sentence, no nagging, only when it would catch a coach's eye.
Reads for argument, voice, and paragraph goals
Not just spelling. Guardian asks what the writing is doing. Does this paragraph advance the argument? Does the academic register hold? Does the section pay off its topic sentence?
Maps topic sentences and section contracts
Flags when a section ends without advancing the thesis, or when an opening promise goes unmet. Useful when a student plateaus mid-draft.
Tracks evidence threading and structural payoff
When a student introduces a source or claim, Guardian remembers, and notices when the follow-through is missing. This is the part coaches usually only catch on the third read.
How we compare
Built for one craft, not every subject.
| Dimension | Status quo (WCOnline + TA) | Grammarly EDU | ChatGPT EDU | Creader Education |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live in-draft feedback | No, only at the appointment | Grammar only | Chat-only | Story-aware, streaming |
| Long-form writing | 50-minute slot, paper-by-paper | Sentence-level | No structure | Chapter-aware |
| AI policy clarity for schools | Human-only, no AI policy at all | Mechanical only | Often blocked | Coach Mode (server-enforced) |
| Teacher live monitoring | Post-session consultant notes | None | None | One-screen dashboard |
| Can the AI ghostwrite? | No AI in the loop | Limited | Yes, by design | No, refuses to draft |
For comp coordinators with TAs
TAs observe; they do not run the org.
A consultant in Creader sees the sections you scope them to, with the same student-side visibility a teacher has: live presence, Coach exchanges, comments, Guardian flags. They can comment back. What they cannot do is anything beyond those sections.
- What a consultant sees
- Every student draft in their assigned sections, in real time. Coach history, teacher comments, Guardian flags, the per-student activity card.
- What a consultant cannot do
- Create sections, invite teachers, see other sections in the organization, change the assignment prompt, archive a classroom, or export at the org level. The consultant role looks identical to “not an org member” from any org-wide surface.
- Inviting a TA
- Each section has an invite flow with a role picker. Pick “Consultant” and send. The TA accepts and lands on the section dashboard with read access to drafts and comment access to the comment panel.
- Removing a TA after the semester
- Remove them from the section's member list. Their access ends immediately; comments they posted remain attributed to them in the archive.
Try it with one section.
Early access is free during internal testing. Your students keep every word they've drafted, on every plan we ever launch.