On August 26th, 2025 Cursive and Brain Station 23 sponsored a panel webinar.

The event was introduced by Max Espley, APAC and Canada Channel Manager, Moodle HQ.

Our panelists included:

RJ Amador is formerly master instructor at the US Naval Academy and has taught dozens of courses from English Composition to Business Law

Rollin Guyden is Director, instructional design and technology at Columbia Theological Seminary (a current Cursive client) working with faculty and staff to support students. 

Mizanur Rahman is an AWS Ambassador and CTO of Brain Station 23 which supports educational institutions through hosting and custom development of tools used in the classroom.

The following is a Google Gemini Summary of the audio transcript highlighting the insights and recommendations of our panelists:

• Utilize Moodle Partners and Certified Integrations: Working with Moodle partners provides access to a vast ecosystem, ensures quality and compatibility of third-party integrations, and contributes back to the Moodle project. Certified integrations, like BrainStation 23’s proctoring tool and Cursive’s authorship verification, offer thoroughly vetted and supported solutions.
• Embrace Technology for Assessment: Leverage tools like Moodle’s proctoring plugin and Cursive’s authorship verification to secure assessments and validate knowledge. These tools can capture random images during quizzes, track student activities, and verify the authenticity of written work through typing biometrics.
• Focus on Trust and Accountability: Implement simple tactics like student-signed codes of ethics to foster mutual trust and accountability in the classroom. Regular check-ins on these codes can reinforce their importance, especially in online asynchronous environments.
• Redefine Assessment in the AI Era:
  • Shift from Information Gatekeeping to Guidance: Educators should transition from being sole providers of information to guides who help students synthesize and appropriately use readily available information.
  • Incorporate In-Class Writing Assignments: Bring writing assignments back into the physical classroom, or utilize features in online platforms that allow for real-time, in-class completion, to ensure authenticity and reduce reliance on AI.
  • Design Collaborative and Authentic Assessments: Create assignments that are inherently collaborative, allowing for peer cross-checking of mastery. Explore alternative assessment methods like video presentations where students must demonstrate synthesis and application of knowledge, rather than just regurgitation of facts.
  • Use AI as a Tool, Not a Crutch: Acknowledge the prevalence of AI in everyday tools (e.g., Grammarly, Microsoft Copilot) and guide students on proper usage. The goal is to assess what a student knows, not what they can access through AI.
• Be Adaptable and Open to New Approaches: Faculty and institutions should be open to accommodating new ways of doing things, recognizing that instruction and assessment must evolve with changing technology and student needs.