grammarlyAug 13, 2026

Grammarly Authorship Is Now Available in Blackboard (opens in new tab)

Grammarly Authorship aims to make student writing transparent as AI becomes common in education. It tracks whether text was typed by a student, generated by AI, copied, or rephrased, allowing students to demonstrate their process and instructors to evaluate work with more confidence. Its new Blackboard integration brings these reports directly into assignment workflows, building on integrations with Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Word Online, Grammarly Docs, and Canvas. ## The Purpose of Grammarly Authorship - Authorship addresses concerns shared by instructors and students: - Instructors need confidence that submitted work is authentic. - Students need credit for their own contributions and protection from false accusations. - It emphasizes transparency and attribution rather than relying solely on AI detection. - Students retain control over viewing and sharing their writing-process data, while reports cannot be altered before submission. - The system recognizes: - Human-typed text - AI-generated content pasted into a document - AI-generated content created within a document - Copied text - Text rewritten with Grammarly’s generative AI ## Adoption and Reported Results - Authorship launched in Google Docs beta in October 2024 and later expanded to Grammarly Docs, Microsoft Word, and Word Online. - Students have created more than 5 million Authorship reports. - Rowan-Cabarrus Community College reported a reduction in academic-integrity violations from 27 to 1 semester-over-semester after adopting Authorship across its English department. ## Blackboard Integration Workflow - Instructors enable **Enable Grammarly Authorship** in the Originality Report section when creating a Blackboard assignment. - Students continue writing in their preferred tools and activate Authorship tracking. - Authorship automatically records the sources and origins of text. - Students generate a shareable report link and set its access to **Anyone with the link**. - They submit the link alongside their assignment through Blackboard’s normal submission process. - Instructors receive a class-level overview and can inspect an individual student’s full writing-process replay when necessary. - This allows instructors to focus attention on unusual cases instead of manually investigating every submission. ## Benefits for Students, Instructors, and Institutions - **Students** - Can demonstrate their writing process with minimal additional effort. - Receive recognition for their own thinking, whether or not they used AI. - Build responsible AI-literacy and source-attribution habits. - **Instructors** - Can require Authorship reports at the assignment level. - Review reports from a centralized Blackboard view. - Spend less time investigating and more time using writing-process evidence for instruction. - **Institutions** - Gain a scalable academic-integrity approach across departments. - Use existing writing and learning-management tools rather than requiring major workflow changes. - Establish a consistent institutional response to AI use. Grammarly Authorship’s Blackboard integration is available to Grammarly for Education customers with institution-wide plans that use Blackboard. It offers a practical way to make AI-era writing more accountable by combining student consent, process evidence, and existing assignment workflows.

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grammarlyFeb 5, 2026

Scaling Always-On Writing Support at Florida Atlantic University (opens in new tab)

Florida Atlantic University successfully implemented Grammarly as a campus-wide writing support tool to improve student outcomes while reducing the grading burden on faculty. By integrating the software directly into students' existing workflows, the university observed significant gains in course completion, retention, and average GPAs across diverse student populations. This strategic approach demonstrates that providing low-friction, automated feedback on mechanics allows students to submit stronger drafts and enables instructors to focus their critiques on higher-order ideas and arguments. ### Strategic Integration and Low-Friction Access * The university opted for a campus-wide rollout that prioritized instructor autonomy, allowing faculty to decide how to best onboard students within their specific writing-intensive courses. * The tool was integrated into students' existing digital ecosystems, including Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Outlook, and Gmail, as well as via browser extensions to ensure adoption didn't require new platforms. * Grammarly was positioned as a “first line of instruction” for recurring mechanical issues, acting as a private, on-demand support system that reduced the friction typically associated with seeking help. ### Measurable Impact on Student Success * Data analysis revealed a +5.3-point persistence lift, with Grammarly users reaching a 79.5% completion rate compared to 74.2% for their peers. * Significant gains were noted in "gateway" courses that unlock further degree progress, with completion rates rising by +3.3 points in writing-intensive courses and +4.3 points in STEM sections. * Frequent users achieved an average GPA of 3.69, which was 0.4 points higher than non- or low-frequency users, even when controlling for baseline demographics and prior academic performance. ### Continuous Writing Performance Gains * Writing performance scores increased by +2.14 points in Fall 2023 and +1.28 in Fall 2024, suggesting that the tool supports ongoing skill development rather than just short-term corrections. * Continuous users showed a year-over-year improvement in writing scores from 76.7 to 81.3. * The visibility of recurring patterns in the students' own drafts allowed them to make sustainable changes to their writing habits over multiple terms. ### Shift in Faculty Instruction * The implementation acted as a "classroom pressure release," making student drafts easier to read by filtering out repeated mechanical errors. * Instructors were able to shift their focus away from basic proofreading and toward guiding students on complex structural and argumentative elements. * The university utilized the rich usage datasets provided by the software to inform broader student-success initiatives and institutional analysis. To replicate these results, institutions should focus on broad access and low-barrier implementation, ensuring the tool meets students where they already write. Anchoring the rollout to specific momentum metrics—such as first-year retention and STEM course completion—allows administrators to track the tangible impact of the technology on institutional goals.

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