Author: Joseph Thibault
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AI Agents in the LMS Webinar Recording on Demand
Last week, over 1,300 registrations from 141 countries signed up for my discussion with Amy Tessitore, Moodle’s Global Head of Services, about AI Agents in the LMS. 100s attended live and the recording is available to everyone: The discussion and webinar focused on a wide range of how we’re all thinking about AI usage and…
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Cursive on the Higher Ed Geek Podcast
“…how essays are not dead in the age of AI and how [Cursive] is enabling increased integrity and transparency in students’ writing.” At ASU+GSV this past April we had the pleasure of chatting with Dustin Ramsdell AKA The Higher Ed Geek which was recorded and recently published as a podcast. “I think there’s a big…
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Moodle.com Webinar: AI Agents and Learning
Moodle, the largest Learning Management System by users and sites, is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, May 5 at 12:00 PM EST focused on AI Agents. Agents and cheating tools in the LMS have been a hot topic here, on our Substack, and elsewhere. I’m excited to join the Moodle HQ team to for a webinar about…
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Cursive TypeID 1.2.1 – Release Notes
Hoo boy. We’ve been at work day and night and are releasing our best version of Cursive TypeID yet. This release has something for everyone: improvements for teachers, improvements for students, improvements for writers, and improvements for email security. No matter why or how you’re using Cursive TypeID, upgrade today to support, protect, and showcase…
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Cursive 2.1.5 for Moodle LMS – Release Notes
Cursive 2.1.5 – Release Notes I’m so excited to announce the release of Cursive 2.1.5 for Moodle LMS. This release is almost 100% based on requested features from our community members, a testament to their goals, use cases, and vision/commitment to transparency in writing. Our team had a lot of fun designing, building, testing, and…
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Cursive is a 2026 Shore Hatchery Competitor
We’re excited to having been named a Shore Hatchery Competition competitor for Spring 2026. We hope to see you April 24th in Salisbury, MD for the pitch and demo day. For more information, visit https://www.salisbury.edu/academic-offices/business/entrepreneurship/shore-hatchery/
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A Digital Blue Book for Assessing Students through Writing
Students sit in rows, pencils sharpened, erasers at the ready, desktops and tables cleared. A volunteer student hands stacks of paper notebooks to each student sitting at one end. The student dutifully takes one, and passes the rest down the row, each student repeating the exercise until it reaches the other end of the room…
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Cursive Writing Analysis
If you’re curious what things look like in Moodle or our Chrome browser extension without having to login or type, the above is a good demonstration. To create valid assessment, there are three things that help to verify authenticity of work: 1 What? – the static text and product that a writer created 2 How?…
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Detecting OpenClaw / Einstein-like Agents
Meet Einstein, the most recent ragebait driven tool to “auto-complete” your learning. Something so salacious the creators already took it down amid significant backlash/pubicity across the web. Here’s how it was advertised before the page was taken down / served a 404… This is essentially OpenClaw (of “moltbook” fame), with a new name, a wrapper, a $40/mo price tag,…
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Yes, You Can Detect AI Agents in Your LMS.
How do I know? Because I’ve done it. Blackboard published a post late in 2025 which concluded (emphasis is mine): AI Agents don’t show up as separate apps or users—they look identical to normal student activity in the LMS. Because they operate at the web interaction and automation layers—filling in forms, clicking buttons, making API…