How to use Brisk in your Classroom

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Today’s Presentation:

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1. Brisk Tools: Overview
2. Practice with each tool
3. See Brisk examples from a Helix Classroom
4. Apply and Practice with your own materials

ABOUT BRISK TEACHING

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About

Brisk Teaching

ABOUT BRISK TEACHING

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ABOUT BRISK TEACHING

Brisk works within your everyday tools

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Summon Brisk on any web resource to automate your routine tasks

Google Docs

Google Slides

YouTube Videos

PDFs

Web Articles

Student Assignments

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AI Best Practices

• Use the 80/20 rule: Brisk will get you 80% of the way there. We encourage you to review for accuracy and to add your personalization to make the material relevant to your students. “Own the thinking, outsource the doing.”

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• Check for bias and accuracy: AI may occasionally produce incorrect content. Always double-check before sharing with students.

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• Be as specific as possible when typing into Brisk’s textbox.

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What Brisk

can do for you

WHAT BRISK CAN DO FOR YOU

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WHAT BRISK CAN DO FOR YOU

Give immediate feedback

• Glow & Grow Feedback

Highlight strengths and areas for improvement.

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• Targeted Feedback �Generate feedback as Google comments. Feedback focuses on specific areas of student writing.

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• Rubric Criteria Feedback �Upload a rubric and generate clear criteria to guide student understanding.

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• Next Steps Feedback �Offer actionable steps to help students progress.

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WHAT BRISK CAN DO FOR YOU

Inspect student writing

Watch a video playback of how students created their work. Spot any copy-pasted sections, providing an opportunity to discuss the importance of originality.

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WHAT BRISK CAN DO FOR YOU

Create instructional materials

Start with any article, webpage, YouTube video, document, slide deck, or PDF (even blank docs and slides), and instantly generate instructional materials in over 30 languages - like presentations, quizzes, lesson plans, and even administrative documents.

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Everything you create with Brisk is automatically saved to your Google Drive—no copy-pasting or exporting required!

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WHAT BRISK CAN DO FOR YOU

Translate & level any text

Easily take any text from the internet and adapt it to your students' level, with translation available in over 30 languages.

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WHAT BRISK CAN DO FOR YOU

Boost student activities

Boost any internet resource into a safe, interactive student activity. Choose from options like Character Chats, Debate Partners, and Brainstorm Sessions to help students engage deeply with the content.

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Get Brisk!

LET’S GET STARTED

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GETTING STARTED

1. Go to the Chrome Web Store and click ‘Add to Chrome’.

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• Confirm by clicking ‘Add Extension’ in the pop-up.

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Note: The security pop-up is not specific to Brisk and appears when installing any Chrome extension. Brisk is safe and secure.

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• Personalize Brisk by answering a few quick questions.

First, add Brisk to your Chrome browser

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GETTING STARTED

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• Click the puzzle piece icon at the top right of Chrome.

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• Find Brisk in the list and click the pin icon to add it to your toolbar.

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• Refresh any open tabs to make sure Brisk appears.

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• If Brisk still doesn’t show, click the pinned Brisk icon in your toolbar to activate it.

Next, pin Brisk to your Chrome toolbar

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GETTING STARTED

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Now, Brisk will show up where you need it!

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Tip! You can always move and hide Brisk

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GETTING STARTED

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1. Click the Brisk icon in your toolbar to open or close Brisk.

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• Drag the Brisk window to any spot on your screen that’s convenient for you.

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Let’s Try it!

HOW TO SAVE 10+ HRS/WEEK

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Try ‘Create’

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SAVE 10+ HOURS EACH WEEK

Step 1:

Open any Google Doc, PDF, YouTube video, article, or website

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Click ‘📝Create’

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Create instructional materials, administrative tasks, and interventions… in seconds

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Try ‘Inspect Writing’

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Step 2:

Click ‘🔍Inspect Writing’

Step 3:

View a step-by-step playback of your students' edits and revisions

Step 1:

Open any Google Doc of student work

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Try ‘Change Level’ & Translate

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Step 2:

Click ‘📖Change Level’

Step 3:

Change the reading difficulty or select a language to translate the text

Step 1:

Open any article, webpage, or Google Doc

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Try ‘Boost Student Activity’

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Step 2:

Click ‘🎒Boost Student Activity’

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Set the interactive activity, confirm learning objectives, and choose the role of Brisk Boost

Step 1:

Open any article, webpage, or Google Doc

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Share link with students!

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As students begin the activity, you can track their engagement in real time through your activities dashboard

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Video: ‘Brisk Boost’

Try ‘Give Feedback’

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Step 2:

Click ‘💬Give Feedback’

Step 3:

Choose from four Feedback styles

Step 1:

Open any Google Doc or student created YouTube video

Step 4: (Optional)

Choose standards, upload a rubric, set a focus, or simply ✨Brisk It!

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Customize Feedback

Customize Feedback (optional - but SO helpful!)

1. “Try out” the rubric

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• Test it on a piece of student work using the different feedback functions.

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Customize Feedback

Customize Feedback:

“Glow and Grow” Example

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TIP: teach students how you want them to use this feedback

STEP 1

Add the rubric and specific goals

STEP 2 edit the feedback if needed

STEP 3

All done! This is still editable

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Customize Feedback

Getting Fancy: Rubrics and Feedback “voice”

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• Put your Rubric into ChatGPT to modify it until the feedback sounds more like “you”
• Prompt ChatGPT to “sound more natural” or “simplify” it to match the key aspects you want to focus on

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• Make a custom rubric to use with Brisk for specific assignments

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Customize Feedback

Rubrics and Feedback “voice”

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Sample Custom Rubric

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I went back and forth with ChatGPT and my own edits on this rubric until the output from Brisk sounded more “like me”

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A few things to consider when using Brisk tools…

HOW TO SAVE 10+ HRS/WEEK

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The ONE Google Doc Rule

For both “Inspect Writing” and “Give Feedback”

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• ONE doc for each writing assignment
• Doc tabs are also an option
• This helps you use AI tools as well as noticing when students are using them.
• Discuss this with students in both your syllabus and (repeatedly) throughout the term.
• Make a plan for how you will do this (Canvas Google Integration, Google Classroom, etc.)

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WHAT BRISK CAN DO FOR YOU

Transparency when Giving Feedback with AI

Pair Share:

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How would you feel if you were a parent of a Helix student and the teacher gave your child feedback with AI?

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Why do you think it would be important for a teacher to be transparent with students when using AI to give them feedback?

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Transparency: Classroom Example

1. What it is:
1. Ex: I show students their “Glow and Grow” feedback the day after a draft. I explain how I set it up and show them a live example.

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• Your “Why”:
• Ex: I make it clear that I am grading their papers, and this is a faster tool I use so they can make changes in the meantime.

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• How you want them to use Brisk feedback:
• Ex: Students highlight parts of the feedback that they think will help, engage in reflective partner discussions, and use it to make changes.
• Ex: I use the Targeted Feedback in real time for writer’s conferences, and we choose the accurate feedback together.

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Takeaways - Your checklist

• Do I want to use Brisk?

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• How do I want to use Brisk?

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• ONE Doc: How will I teach my students to use ONE Google Doc only? What method will I use to push out Google Docs/Slides, etc.?

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• Transparency: If I choose to use Brisk/AI to give feedback, How will I communicate this to students? Here’s an article to start the conversation

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Know before you go

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

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KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Brisk is Safe & Secure

Quick note: When installing Brisk, you’ll see a pop-up requesting permissions - this is standard for all Chrome extensions and not specific to Brisk. Brisk is secure, and protecting student and educator privacy is central to our mission and business. Explore Brisk’s privacy center here.

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Get to Know Every Tool with the Brisk Bites Video Series

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KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

+Additional PD here

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KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

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Find More Resources on Brisk’s Website

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Questions?

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Practice Time / Live Demos upon request

Q&A

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