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Kristi Punches

Client Success Manager

CircleInApp.com

Kristi@CircleInApp.com

Equipping Students to Succeed

National Science

Foundation Grantee

Award #1951222 (SBIR Phase I, II and IIB)

Roane State Community College

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Roane State CC Goals for CircleIn

Increase academic success in online courses by closing the gap between students
Build a student community

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Post CircleIn

Pre CircleIn

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88% of CircleIn Users Passed vs. 60% of Non-Users

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General Chemistry I

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Anatomy and Physiology Course

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Users in every GPA range were positively impacted by using CircleIn, success was not limited to the best students.

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Good Instruction + Good Study Habits �=

Good Learning Outcomes

50% of the equation

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Equipping Students to Succeed:

Using Gamification to Build Essential Learning Skills…

Weekly Study Quests

Rewarded by Points Boosts

*Trigger Peer Learning

Earn Micro-Rewards

Students’ Intrinsic Desire: Do well in class

*Communities of students by major, course, section. Upperclassmen or students who have passed the course can help.

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Equipping Students to Succeed:

Essential Learning Skills…Critical Thinking, Study Habits, and Help Seeking Behavior

Planning/Task Management

Note Taking

Test Prep

Study Groups

+15,000 Points:

When uploading notes

+20,000 Points:

When creating 20 flashcards

+500 Points:

Adding and completing tasks

+5,000 Points:

Host a Study Room

Helping prepare students to be successful, on any device, and accessible through the LMS.

Reflections

+10,000 Points:

Completing lesson reflections

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Non-Sanctioned Apps

School Can’t Check, CHEATING

School Has Access, NO CHEATING

CircleIn Peer Led Learning

Integrity Guardrails:

Turn on Transparency with CircleIn

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“35 of 270 of my students had posted pictures of my exam on Groupme. I felt like I lost control of my class.”

-Professor M. Golding

“Former students were being invited to my class group and were advertising cheating services to my students.

-Professor O. Shand

Real Examples

“My colleague's entire exam was posted to Quizlet without her consent, and we had no way to remove it.”

-Professor R. Manduca

“My students are using Discord because they can have fake names which makes it easier to get away with cheating.”

-Professor V. Thompson

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83.8% of students reported CircleIn having a positive impact on their sense of belonging
91.2% of students reported CircleIn having a positive impact on their productivity
90.9% of students reported CircleIn having a positive impact on improving their academic performance

The Impact on Students

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Improving Critical Thinking Skills:

Student Reflections

Students Reflect after each lecture

How are you feeling about the course this week�(Overwhelmed, Anxious, On-Track, Confident)
What did you learn in the lecture?
What are you struggling with?
What questions do you have about topics in this class?

+10,000 Points:

Completing a lesson reflection

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Innovation:

Virtual Embedded Tutors

New Learning Center Scale:

Eleanor goes from supporting 40 students a year,

to 40 students an hour on CircleIn.

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Link to CircleIn in LMS, �No Extra Passwords…

CircleIn

Course Policies

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Student Adoption of CircleIn

Professors are the most effective at encouraging students to adopt and use CircleIn.

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A new challenge stands in the way.

AI models giving answers, shrinks learning

AI Tutor Experience

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CircleIn AI Tutor

Give Every Student Their Own Tutor

AI Tutor with integrity, no cheating
Meet student students where they are with personalized learning support
Scale academic support to shrink failure rates
Learn critical thinking skills when solving problems

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Why We Are Different (for Students)

AI tutor designed to be helpful, patient & understanding.
Students can copy and paste questions with screenshots.
The tutor will answer questions about definitions and terminology.
The tutor will not give answers, it provides guidance.
When validating an answer, the tutor doesn’t simply confirm, it requires the student to show their work. This prevents the student from guessing from multiple choice answers.
Once the student has shown enough comprehension, it will validate an answer.
You can’t use prompts to override rules.
Students don’t run out of tokens, they have unlimited use. No cost to them.
Students are better prepared for exams because our AI is helping them generate answers, not simply providing them the answers.

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Why We Are Different (for Professors)

Professor can read student interactions.
Professor can track activity.
Professors can customize/train the tutor (optional).

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Tips for engaging

Talk to it in Spanish or Creole
Behave like a student:

Say “I don’t know”
Make mistakes (typos or miscalculations)

Ask it to explain a concept
For Math problems, after you ask an initial question, click the “generate examples” button.
Click the audio button to hear it speak your answers.
Ask for advice for managing stress in this class

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Thank you!