Ascend Features: A Deeper Look
Discover how Ascend’s next-generation tools empower educators to create truly interactive and pedagogically rich learning experiences that prepare students for real-world challenges.
Immersive & Interactive Learning Environments
Students step into realistic scenarios, engaging in life-like conversations with AI characters. This next-generation interactivity allows them to practice critical communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills in a safe, responsive environment. Educators can design diverse simulations, from customer service role-plays to complex ethical dilemmas, with AI providing nuanced interaction based on educator-defined personas and goals.
Transform conventional question-and-answer formats into rich learning opportunities. Students articulate complex thoughts, tackle challenging problems, and receive detailed, rubric-aligned feedback that goes far beyond simple right/wrong, promoting critical thinking and articulate expression.
Personalized Feedback Loops for Accelerated Growth & Mastery
Students receive immediate, personalized feedback on their performance, pinpointing strengths and areas for development. This rapid feedback cycle accelerates learning, allowing students to reflect and self-correct in the moment, rather than waiting for traditional grading. By optionally showing detailed rubrics during activities, students gain clarity on expectations. Learning from educator-provided exemplars post-submission further enhances understanding.
Pedagogically Sound Design, Driven by Educator Expertise
Ascend places educators at the helm. You design the entire learning experience, ensuring every activity is pedagogically sound and aligned with your curriculum.
For critical assessments, enable two AI evaluators to provide independent feedback, offering a more comprehensive and potentially nuanced evaluation, with the option to show a consolidated mark.
Create nuanced, multi-level rubrics that precisely define learning outcomes and performance expectations for both standard activities and simulations.
Fine-tune the AI's evaluation approach by adjusting its strictness (lenient, moderate, strict) and guiding whether it prioritizes your custom rubric or a sample answer for its assessment.
Choose to provide AI feedback immediately after each question for iterative learning, or at the end of the activity for a more summative review, adapting to diverse pedagogical strategies.
Seamless Integration & Actionable Insights
Easily share activities via direct links or embed them into existing Learning Management Systems (LMS) or websites, meeting students where they are.
Track student progress, review individual responses and AI feedback in detail. Crucially, educators can always add their own manual grades and personalized feedback, ensuring the human touch and expert judgment remain central to the learning process. Data export (CSV) supports broader analysis and record-keeping.
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