SLICE — Stride's Language Integrated Code Evaluator

Streamlined Automation

From submitted code to completed rubric, faster

SLICE handles the repetitive parts of grading: downloading submissions, building or compiling projects, running your tests, and capturing the results. You stay in control of the feedback and score while moving quickly through the students.

Download all student submissions quickly & simultaneously
Build, run, capture and view all output with a single click
Visually spot broken or late code
Reuse common comments and reference specific student code
Scores summarized in a local CSV file
Email completed rubrics with all comments to students
View diff files of resubmissions
Edit small submission errors without leaving the grading environment

SLICE desktop interface showing assignments and students, rubric scores, and a syntax-highlighted Java source file

Customizable

Shape the workflow around each assignment

Configure the rubric, build and run flags, supporting files, test inputs, expected outputs, timeouts, and the student files an assignment requires. SLICE adapts to the way you teach instead of forcing every project into one template.

Create assignment-specific scoring categories, points, and reusable comments
Compare captured test output against your expected results
Choose between running Unit Tests and capturing the output from multiple inputs
Create new assignments with user friendly UI
Reuse a class after clearing prior student data
Score using customizable ESNU specifications grading scale

SLICE Edit Rubric Categories dialog with customizable category names, maximum scores, and ordering controls

Submission Options

Collect code through the service that fits your class

Configure submission handling per assignment. Use the full classroom workflow at CSS.MrStride.com, import a Canvas submission ZIP, or download from a class Dropbox folder.

Canvas
- Quickly import student files from a Canvas submission ZIP
- Filter imported files and identify late submissions
CSS.MrStride.com
- Use authenticated submissions restricted to enrolled students
- Validate filenames, required files, versions, and submission times online
- Restrict submissions to the files an assignment requires
Dropbox
- Download submissions from a class Dropbox folder
- Track submission versions and timestamps

CSS.MrStride.com assignment submission page

CSS.MrStride.com student submission view

Multiple Languages

Grade Java, Python, and C++ in one tool

Use the same familiar grading workflow across multiple programming languages. Each assignment can define its own compiler or interpreter commands, build flags, run flags, entry points, and supporting files.

Compile and run Java and C++ submissions
Run Python assignments with configurable commands
Keep rubrics and grading habits consistent across courses

Language targets — build · run · evaluate

C++17

int main() {
  std::cout
    << "Hello";
  return 0;
}

Java

public static void
main(String[] args) {
  System.out
    .println("Hello");
}

Python 3

def main():
  print("Hello")

if __name__ == "__main__":
  main()

FERPA

Keep sensitive grading work under your control

SLICE uses a local grading workspace for downloaded submissions, rubrics, comments, and score summaries. That gives instructors direct control over where student work is stored and how completed feedback is distributed.

Sensitive student information stays local
The web is used only to collect submissions
Email only those students who gave permission
Easily delete a class and all student data

Privacy-conscious grading workflow

Local by designStudent code, rubrics, and score summaries remain in an instructor-controlled workspace.

Controlled communicationEmail completed feedback only to students authorized to receive it.

FERPA-aware practicesSupports instructor-controlled handling of education records and institutional privacy procedures.

Spend less time managing files. More time giving feedback.

From submitted code to completed rubric, faster

Shape the workflow around each assignment

Collect code through the service that fits your class

Grade Java, Python, and C++ in one tool

Keep sensitive grading work under your control

Let SLICE handle the repetitive work — you make the grading decisions