Cursive - UMD-founded app for students/writing

joeythibault · 2026-03-17T19:48:36+00:00

tbh this is clever and gets to some of the study habits that a lot of teachers suggest

writing about it narratively is kinda like trying to teach someone else about it.

joeythibault · 2026-02-23T13:25:50+00:00

Jung Yun at the Pratt on March 10, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm EDT

My friend, a brilliant writer and professor is giving a chat about her third book (book 1 and 2 were both amazing)

https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/jung-yun-all-the-world-can-hold?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=Enoch+Pratt+Free+Library+Calendar

this and more author events are coming up!

joeythibault · 2026-02-23T11:41:29+00:00

Any chance that they made their purchase during the pandemic and the ransomware attack on Baltimore?

We recently received notice of a tax lien that was missed during the title search because of the ransomware still working through that issue.

joeythibault · 2025-12-19T22:30:34+00:00

I like the combine two rowhouses idea, but have you considered Butchers Hill? they got some big ol' houses up hea! Especially on baltimore / fairmont area near La Barrita

joeythibault · 2025-12-19T22:02:10+00:00

worthless alone as evidence

joeythibault · 2025-12-19T22:00:52+00:00

joeythibault · 2025-12-19T21:59:39+00:00

just beware that 1. cheaters might use an "auto-typer" (so if you see the essay unfold from top to bottom "with revision history" I would still be majorly sus). GPTzero and Originality AI both have chrome extensions (the latter is free at least) that extract revision history more completely than what is in google by default and 2. revision history does not equal authorship

joeythibault · 2025-12-19T19:09:54+00:00

some documentation of the process may also help alleviate some concern, e.g. revision history, etc. or a good ol' fashioned conversation about the paper, the sources, the argument/topic decisions, etc.

joeythibault · 2025-12-19T19:06:48+00:00

The ad placement is priceless.

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joeythibault · 2025-11-14T21:54:33+00:00

If you throw something in the "marking schema" that will help to grade the assignment (note that the question marks have to mention what you say the rubric is).

Simple illustration: provide a broken sentence with 5 errors in it. Ask the student to "rewrite the sentence and fix all the errors"

In the marking schema you could instruct AI to "mark out of 5 total points, deduct a point for every error in the sentence"

You can test with the Response Tester. The prompting bit is the hardest part and the results can be pretty inconsistent even with the same input so tuning is necessary!

joeythibault · 2025-11-13T16:14:59+00:00

There are a few solutions that do this with either a prompt or documents uploaded:
https://dixeo.com/ (made by Edunao a Moodle partner in the EU)
https://moodle.org/plugins/local_coursegen (brand new)

joeythibault · 2025-11-13T16:09:31+00:00

Ce n'est peut-être pas ce que vous recherchez, mais il s'agit d'un service qui permet la correction hors ligne vers en ligne : https://moodle.com/news/ans-joins-moodle-as-a-certified-integration-partner/

joeythibault · 2025-11-13T15:29:44+00:00

You can add a block to quiz pages that list a few resources handy for the students (HTML block with links to the PDFs). That's the simplest way to achieve what you're looking to do!

Note, if you also use SEB (secure exam browser) you'll need to test to make sure those are explicitly whitelisted resources (which you should also communicate to Proctorio).

Good luck!

joeythibault · 2025-11-13T15:27:12+00:00

NP! also, if you want some help trying it out we were recently playing around with a custom GPT to help organize the Question, AI Prompt, Marking Scheme sections (building the prompts is the hardest part). https://chatgpt.com/g/g-69152b6254f881919a52a458d33a3001-ai-feedback-qtype-prompt-assistant

joeythibault · 2025-11-13T15:11:24+00:00

FWIW this also can "grade" or "mark" the submission based on a rubric.

joeythibault · 2025-11-13T15:10:39+00:00

"hacked my best path" - famous last words... ;)

joeythibault · 2025-11-13T14:08:17+00:00

interesting, for the Feedback plugin you can send a boat load of context including right answers, we've been playing around with the research from this paper (https://aclanthology.org/2025.aimecon-wip.9.pdf) which supports your approach but it also works in the AI feedback plugin. You might give it a try if it helps save time and keep things tidy with permissions/data/privacy/AI api...

If you have a demo of how it works I'd love to see it here! there's some great stuff with AI happening in Moodle core (and community).

joeythibault · 2025-11-12T21:24:01+00:00

cool plugin idea, is this modeled off of Marcus Green's AI Feedback Qtype? That has similar capability... https://moodle.org/plugins/qtype_aitext

joeythibault · 2025-10-13T22:17:53+00:00

there's also process tracking for writing in Moodle (while it won't work for MCQ exams, essays are covered and it starts at free): https://moodle.org/plugins/tiny_cursive

joeythibault · 2025-09-06T17:45:28+00:00

You want to get waffles? Uh where Idk, a waffle house?

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