Introducing Revision Assistant

Revision Assistant

Improving student writing through better automated, formative feedback.

Students Control the Writing Process

With Revision Assistant

Writers receive feedback immediately, at the click of a button.

Writers receive feedback immediately, at the click of a button.

Targeted, constructive comments appear in context in student work.

Signal Checks show students how well they’re performing on their writing tasks.

Wi-fi-like visual cues tell students how well their entire essay performs on Common Core aligned rubric traits.

Holistic Scores

Blue and orange highlighting shows students their stronger and weaker sentences for each trait.

Sentence Level Evaluation

Comments associated with each highlighted sentence explain the strength or weakness and offer steps to building a better essay.

Revision Advice

Emphasize revision and reflection as a process by capturing previous drafts.

Teachers Gain Support in the Classroom

With Revision Assistant

See every draft and gain insight into each student’s process, effort, and progress.

“I feel like I’m neglecting them. With this I can say, did you get your signal check? What did it say?” —High School English Teacher

Drive deeper, more meaningful conversations, structured around feedback and revision.

supports the whole writing process.

provides Common Core prompts

supports class management.

‣ Revision Assistant provides prompts that are already aligned to Common Core Standards.

‣ The Library includes persuasive, narrative, and expository prompt.

‣ Students submit assignments to teachers through Revision Assistant.

‣ Teachers may review final submissions, drafts, and related signal checks in the application.

‣ Teachers may send comments through Revision Assistant.

Focus on guiding student learning and spend less time on administrative tasks.

Teachers and Students are Changing the Conversation

With Revision Assistant

“I loved being able to get help revising before submitting it.” —Student

What Students are Saying

“It did not give me answers. It made me think for myself.” —Student

What Students are Saying

“It gives me constant feedback on my essay.” —Student

What Students are Saying

“It was able to point out some weak points that you had, but also encourages you by showing what you did right.” —Student

What Students are Saying

What Teachers are Saying

“They tend to see me as the adversary. When they started working on Revision Assistant, that dynamic changed….

What Teachers are Saying

…They were more open to suggestions…it really changed the conversation.” —High School Teacher

What Teachers are Saying

“With a Signal Check, it’s the student initiating a really targeted conversation, which really didn’t happen much before with some of the weaker students…”—High School Teacher

What Teachers are Saying

“That weaker, more marginal student who might give up a lot easier is the one where, they’ll write a paragraph, click the signal check, and try to make it better.”—High School Teacher

Revision Assistant

Improving student writing through better automated, formative feedback.