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Grammarly

Walden University provides Grammarly access to current Walden students, faculty, and staff.

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What is Grammarly?

Grammarly Is an automated grammar, proofreading, and writing style tool. It provides editing suggestions; it is up to you to thoughtfully incorporate or reject them. Grammarly can be used in a web browser or anywhere you write.

Walden's Grammarly Subscription

Walden’s institutional account includes access to many of Grammarly’s premium features.

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check_circle What's Included:

  • Enhanced style, tone, and clarity suggestions
  • Support with APA citation format and certain aspects of APA style
  • Plagiarism check and artificial intelligence (AI) detection

Notes:

  • Grammarly’s APA citation feedback addresses the formatting only. It will not check for the accuracy of the content or source information. Additionally, Grammarly supports some APA style guidelines, such as the use of serial commas; it does not address every APA style guideline.
  • Grammarly’s plagiarism check feature may show differences from Turnitin’s plagiarism check feature because they analyze the text against different sources.
  • The AI detection feature identifies text that appears to be AI-generated; however, there are reasons text could be flagged even if it wasn’t generated by an AI tool. Keep in mind that AI detection tools:
    • Are not consistently reliable or accurate 
    • Tend to be biased against non-native English writers

cancel What's not included:

  • Grammarly’s Generative AI Assistant

Note: If you decide to use a non-Walden Grammarly account that includes the generative AI feature, review Walden’s guidelines on using generative AI tools.

View Walden's AI Guidelines

Technical Issues

If you don’t receive a verification code in your email when creating an account, first ensure that you spelled your email address correctly. Specifically, check for the “u” in waldenu.edu. You might also check your email’s spam folder.

If you experience technical issues creating an account or logging into Grammarly, visit Grammarly’s support website.

Using Grammarly

Grammarly Editor

After creating an account, access the Grammarly Editor in your browser. There, you can upload a draft and utilize all of Grammarly’s features. Keep in mind that this is your writing. Only accept Grammarly’s suggestions if they reflect what you intend to communicate.

Grammarly Editor User Guide

When using the Grammarly Editor, you may notice a numerical performance score out of 100. This score represents the quantity and scope of suggestions from Grammarly, and it may help writers think about the readability of their work. The more you edit and revise, the more your score will increase. This score should not be equated with a grade or rubric score, as it does not take into account aspects of the writing beyond sentence-level clarity and style. Check out Grammarly’s blog post on How to Use Readability Scores in Your Writing for more.

How Does Grammarly Work?
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What are Grammarly’s Writing Suggestions?
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Grammarly Apps

If you prefer to use Grammarly where you write, you can download one of the apps for Windows, Mac, or other devices: Grammarly’s product offerings.

Grammarly and APA

While Grammarly offers suggestions for different writing styles (e.g., academic, casual, and business writing), it may not provide guidance on style consistent with the APA publication manual. If you need to closely follow APA Style for your Walden writing, see the OASIS webpages on APA Guidelines or refer to the APA manual or the APA Style website.