Draft Coach
Support students during the writing process
Draft Coach provides students with feedback as they write, helping them identify potential citation issues, similarity concerns, and writing errors before submitting their work. Integrated with Turnitin, the tool encourages revision and reflection during the writing process rather than after an assignment has been completed.
Teaching applications:
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Support draft-based writing assignments
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Reinforce citation and source-use practices
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Encourage revision before submission
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Provide formative feedback during the writing process
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Gradescope
Streamline grading and increase feedback
Gradescope helps faculty grade assignments, exams, and other assessments more efficiently while providing students with timely, consistent feedback. Features such as reusable comment banks, rubric-based grading, and answer grouping can reduce grading time, improve consistency across sections, and make detailed feedback easier to provide.
Teaching applications:
- Provide richer feedback without increasing grading time
- Improve grading consistency across sections or graders
- Grade paper-based, online, and handwritten assessments
- Support large-enrollment courses and frequent low-stakes assessments
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Kahoot!
Promote active learning and participation
Kahoot! supports live and asynchronous polling, quizzing, and game-based activities that encourage participation and provide opportunities for formative assessment. It is especially useful in large lectures, HyFlex courses, and other learning environments where increasing engagement can be challenging.
Teaching applications:
- Check understanding during class
- Facilitate review sessions and exam preparation
- Gather student opinions and feedback
- Support team-based learning activities
- Engage students across in-person, online, and HyFlex formats
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With 100 licenses, we’re looking for faculty who will commit to using it in their courses this year. Interested? Email Ana Quiring (ana.quiring@umsl.edu).
MathPix
Improve accessibility for STEM content
Mathpix helps faculty convert mathematical notation, scientific content, tables, and chemistry diagrams into editable, searchable, and more accessible digital formats. The tool can simplify the process of creating accessible course materials while making technical content easier to revise, share, and reuse across learning environments.
Teaching applications:
- Create more accessible STEM course materials
- Convert handwritten or printed equations into digital formats
- Prepare mathematical and scientific content for online courses
- Improve the usability of technical documents for students
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Mathpix is currently available through a pilot program at UMSL. Interested? Email Keeta Holmes (keetaholmes@umsl.edu).