Grade Papers Instantly with Brisk's Targeted Feedback

The Tip: Brisk Teaching's "Targeted Feedback" feature, which works directly inside Google Docs, can provide personalized, standards-aligned feedback on student work in seconds.

Why It Matters: Providing meaningful, specific feedback is crucial for student growth but can be incredibly time-consuming. This feature automates the process, allowing you to give high-quality comments that guide student revision and free up your time for more impactful tasks like one-on-one conferences.

Example in Action: General Classroom: A 9th-grade English teacher uses Brisk to generate feedback on a literary analysis essay. The teacher inputs the rubric criteria, and Brisk adds comments to the student's Google Doc, highlighting areas where they excelled ("Glows") and areas for improvement ("Grows").

• Elementary vs. Secondary: A 3rd-grade teacher can use this feature on a short paragraph for a simple "Glow & Grow" on sentence structure. A high school teacher can apply it to a multi-page research paper, specifying which academic standards to focus on.

• Specialist Areas:

  • CTE: A welding instructor can provide feedback on a student's safety report, ensuring they've included all the required steps and terminology.

  • Music: A music theory teacher can give feedback on a student's compositional work, focusing on specific elements like harmony or rhythm.

  • SPED: Use the feature to provide simplified, bulleted feedback that focuses on one or two key skills at a time, promoting a clear path for revision.

  • PE/Health: A health teacher could use it to give feedback on a student's wellness plan, ensuring all components are addressed.

How-To Instructions:

1. Install Brisk: First, make sure you have the Brisk Teaching Chrome or Edge extension installed and pinned to your browser.

2. Open Student Work: Navigate to a student's Google Doc in Google Classroom or your Google Drive.

3. Activate Brisk: Click the Brisk icon in the bottom right corner of the document.

4. Select Targeted Feedback: From the Brisk menu, select the "Give Feedback" option, then choose "Targeted."

5. Customize: You can input a rubric or specific standards to guide the feedback. Brisk will then analyze the student's work.

6. Review and Post: Brisk will generate a list of comments, glows, and grows. You can review and edit each one before "brisk-ing" it, which adds the comments directly into the student's document.