# SOL Blog

Product essays and comparisons for the AI teaching layer: where SOL wins, where it does not, and how the teaching loop works.

HTML index: https://www.teachwithsol.com/blog

## Comparisons

- [ChatGPT, an AI quiz grader, or a teaching layer: same syllabus, three outcomes](https://www.teachwithsol.com/blog/vs-chatgpt-grader-lms.md): One faculty ticket run three ways. Where generic chat wins, where quiz-only graders win, where SOL wins as a teaching layer, and when you should not buy SOL.

## Product deep dives

- [The model matched the rubric; code scored it; you still own the grade](https://www.teachwithsol.com/blog/grader-of-record.md): How SOL turns rubric matches into scores, when Attention holds an answer, and why campus IT should care about grader-of-record design versus black-box auto-grade.
- [Your course tutor forgets the open web on purpose](https://www.teachwithsol.com/blog/course-scoped-tutor.md): What course-scoped tutoring means in SOL, how it differs from ChatGPT-style help, and when Agent Access is a different window for faculty rather than students.