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Certified Integration Partnership
I’ve been using Moodle since 2007, nearly 20 years. This open source project, which underpins education and learning for 500 million students world wide, is more than a piece of software, but a real community. We’re proud to partner with Moodle to support responsible AI use while keeping authentic student learning at the centre of… Read more
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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,… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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Essential Moodle Settings & Plugins for Valid and Secure Assessment
It used to be that writing in Moodle, Canvas, D2L, and Blackboard sucked. For most, it still does: the text editors feel like afterthoughts and are best used to “paste” text written elsewhere. Recently, a Canvas exec at a conference told me he “would never recommend students write in our editor.” Not a good look… Read more
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Generative AI In Assessment Webinar: AI Feedback Question Type
On Wednesday November 19th, Marcus Green of Catalyst IT Europe joined me (and 100+ registered from around the world) to discuss the AI Feedback Question Type for Moodle LMS. This plugin connects student writing (short and long answer) collected through the Moodle quizzes directly to an LLM of your choice. It’s capable of providing students… Read more
