See how the writing was actually written.
First Draft is a writing platform for schools that records the process behind a piece of work — the drafting, the edits, the pauses — so students can prove it's their own. No unreliable AI detectors. Just evidence.
The problem
AI detection punishes honest students.
Detectors guess, and they get it wrong — flagging real work and missing real misconduct. That erodes trust between students and teachers, and leaves everyone arguing about a score nobody can verify.
Our approach
Evidence, not accusation.
Students write in a normal, friendly editor. In the background, First Draft captures the writing process. Teachers can replay how a piece came together and see plain-language signals that prompt a conversation with the student.
How it helps your school
From the classroom to the front office — built for the way schools actually work.
Defensible integrity
Replace guesswork with a clear record of how work was produced. Have integrity conversations grounded in evidence, not a detector's score.
Better writing, taught
A distraction-light editor with planning prompts, sentence starters and citations helps students build good drafting habits as they write.
Less marking load
Replay, in-text comments and reusable rubrics live in one place. Mark, give feedback and return work without juggling tools.
Privacy-first
Process data proves a student's own work — framed as protection for them, with consent built in. Hosted securely in Australia, with data you control and can export.
Whole-school ready
Multi-class, multi-teacher, with school branding, staff and class codes, and an admin view. One platform, your whole school.
You own the data
Your school's data is hosted in Australia and stays your school's. Export everything at any time and clear student work at the end of the year.
How it works
Four steps from sign-up to confident marking.
Set the task
Teachers create an assignment — add a rubric, checkpoints and resources, and choose any integrity settings.
Students write
Students draft in the tracked editor. Autosave, planning tools and citations are all built in.
Replay & review
Teachers replay the draft, see integrity signals, and mark against the rubric with in-text comments.
Return feedback
Students get their grade, comments and marked rubric back in a clear, focused feedback view.
See it for yourself.
Explore First Draft with a live demo class — full of real-looking student work, replays and feedback — then get in touch to bring it to your school.