Scriptilly User Guide
A step-by-step guide for teachers and students using Scriptilly. Scriptilly keeps the teacher in control of the assignment while supporting students as they write directly in the writing space.
What Scriptilly does
Scriptilly helps teachers create writing assignments and gives students a structured space to draft, revise, and submit their work. The teacher sets the task, the student does the writing, and Scriptilly provides guidance that supports the writing process.
Teachers
Create assignments, set expectations, review drafts, leave comments, and provide final feedback.
Students
Join an assignment, write directly in the editor, submit drafts, review feedback, revise, and submit final work.
Writing process
Scriptilly supports a teacher-defined writing process that requires active student participation in the writing space.
Teacher guide
Create a teacher account
From the Scriptilly home page, choose Create teacher account. Follow the prompts to create your account and sign in.
Create a new assignment
From the teacher dashboard, select Create new assignment. Fill in the assignment basics, including the course or class name, assignment title, assignment prompt, word count range, citation style, and due date.
Choose the writing mode
Select the writing mode that best fits the assignment. The writing mode determines how students move through the writing process.
Open Drafting
Students work in a flexible writing space while following the assignment expectations.
Guided Drafting
Students receive more structure as they move through the writing process.
Staged Drafting
Students complete the assignment through defined stages set by the teacher.
Set writing priorities
Use the writing priorities section to show what matters most in the assignment. The five priority values should add up to 100. A category may be set to 0 if it is not a focus for that assignment.
Enable drafts if needed
If you want students to submit drafts before the final copy, enable draft submissions. This allows you to review student drafts, leave comments, and return feedback before the final submission.
Publish the assignment
When the assignment is ready, publish it. Scriptilly will show a student access code. Give this code to your students so they can join the assignment.
Review student work
From the teacher dashboard, open an assignment to view student submissions. You can review drafts, leave feedback, return work for revision, and provide final comments and grades.
Student guide
Join an assignment
From the Scriptilly home page, choose the student option. Enter the assignment code provided by your teacher.
Create your student password
The first time you join an assignment, you may be asked to create a student password. Use a password you can remember. You will need it to return to your work later.
Read the assignment instructions
Before writing, read the assignment prompt, word count expectations, citation style, due date, and any teacher-provided instructions.
Write directly in the editor
Use the Scriptilly writing space to draft your work. Scriptilly is designed for students to work directly in the editor and follow the writing process set by their teacher.
Use Ask Scriptilly for guidance
Ask Scriptilly can help you think through the assignment, understand writing expectations, and make progress. It is there to coach your writing process, not to replace your own work.
Submit drafts if enabled
If your teacher has enabled draft submissions, you can submit a draft for review. Your teacher may return comments and feedback so you can revise your work before the final submission.
Submit your final copy
When your work is complete, submit your final copy. After final submission, your teacher can review the work and provide final comments or a grade.
Helpful tools in the writing space
Ask Scriptilly
Ask questions about the assignment, rubric, structure, evidence, or revision.
Review My Draft
Get temporary colour-coded highlights for places to develop, clarify, strengthen, or check wording.
Focus Tool
Reduce distractions and keep the writing space front and centre.
Autosave
Your work saves automatically as you write.
Writing process reminders
Scriptilly may occasionally pause the writing space to remind students that they must work directly in the editor and follow the process set by their teacher. These reminders are part of Scriptilly’s writing workflow and are designed to support direct student participation.
Reminder message students may see
Writing process reminder
Scriptilly requires active human interaction with the writing space. Students must work directly in the writing space and follow the teacher-defined writing process. Please continue working directly in the editor.
Returning to your work
Students can return to an assignment by entering the assignment code and their student password. Scriptilly will reopen the student workspace for that assignment.
Teachers can return to their dashboard by signing in with their teacher account. The dashboard shows created assignments and student submissions.
Troubleshooting
The student access code is not working
Check that the student entered only the code given by the teacher. The code should not include extra words, punctuation, or spaces.
The student forgot their password
The student should ask their teacher for guidance on how to regain access to the assignment.
A draft does not appear for the teacher
Make sure draft submissions were enabled for the assignment. If drafts were not enabled, the student may only be able to submit final work.
The page does not look right on a device
Try refreshing the page. If the issue continues, record the device, browser, and step where the problem occurred so it can be reviewed clearly.