Category: Posts
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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 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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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…
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Cursive in NBC News Report
I (Joseph Thibault, CEO of Cursive) recently provided background and information to Tyler Kingkade of NBC News for his article published in January 2026. The article, which dives into the rapidly changing environment for teachers and students in the classroom, especially at the college-level, helps to shine a light on the deteriorating trust between colleges,…
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Recording: Oral Assessments and Activities in the Age of AI
Justin Hunt and I had a great conversation last week–with attendees from around the world in the audience–about oral activities and how they could compliment your assessment schedule. For more information about Poodll, an amazing suite of tools for Moodle visit https://poodll.com/. A few highlights: History of Oral Assessment The foundations for AI-based oral assessment…
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Generative AI in Assessment Series #2: Oral Assessment & Activities in the Age of AI
This January 21st at 8am EST, good friend of Cursive, Justin Hunt, the founder and owner of Poodll, and I will host a webinar focused on oral exercises, activities, and assessment. Justin is a long time developer and champion of language learning with a focus on multimedia (video, audio, recordings) to engage students throughout the…