It's been a little while, but I talked about the Brisk Teaching Google Chrome extension a few times last year and provided some suggestions on how you could use it to help create content and provide feedback. This week, I wanted to come back and take a look at some more things Brisk can do to help save you time that you may not have thought about!
If you haven't yet installed the Brisk Teaching Google Chrome extension, you will need to do that first before trying out anything below.
Converting Word/Google Doc Quizzes/Tests into Google Forms
Last week, a teacher asked me if there was a quick way to take an old quiz she had as a Word/Google Doc and convert it into a Google Form quiz. I thought to myself...I wonder if Brisk could do this. And the answer is...YES! 🤯
Simply open the document in Google Docs (if it's a Word Document, you will need to upload it to Drive and then open it from there) and then click the Brisk icon. Click "Create" and then choose "Quiz".
Once you are there, my strategy was to type "Create a Google Form quiz using the exact questions and responses from this document." I then chose my grade level and selected Multiple Choice and 15 questions because that is what the quiz was. (Note, if yours is more than 20 questions or is a mix of multiple choice/short answer, you could do this process multiple times and then import the questions from one form into the other.)
Then I clicked "Next" and asked it to create a new Google Form. Finally, I clicked the "Brisk It!" button to start the process. About 30 seconds later, the Form was done. Not only did it create all of the questions and responses...it even put in an answer key! Of course...like everything with AI, you will want to double check everything to ensure that the questions and answers are accurate, but...30 seconds along with a couple minutes of review is WAY better than copying and pasting everything manually!
As a side note to this one...you could also ask Brisk to adapt the document quiz to a different reading level or to create short answer questions out of a multiple choice document or vice versa. Be creative with what you ask Brisk to do.
Using "What Not To Do" Exemplars
When teachers give a project or an assignment, we often provide examples of the type of work we are looking for from the students. It's usually pretty easy to find past student work that we can highlight. BUT...it's a lot harder to provide examples that need improvement because we don't want to highlight a real student's work as "not good enough". What if you could give students a "what not to do" example and then ask them to reflect on WHY it needs improvement and HOW it could be changed to make it better? Brisk can do it!
I took an assignment that had 4 parts, each with its own rubric. Inside that document, I clicked the Brisk button and "Create". Then I chose "Exemplar". In the prompt, I wrote the following:
Using this strategy helps students get into the mindset of a teacher - they can start to recognize where to make improvements so they don't make the same mistakes when they complete the work themselves!
Guided Notes From a YouTube Video
This one is actually a brand new feature from Brisk! In some cases, students may need help taking notes to determine what pieces of information are important. You may have used guided notes as part of your lectures, but Brisk can help you create a notes document based on a YouTube Video! (Or a presentation or a document or a website...but I'll focus on video.) Navigate to any YouTube video and click the Brisk icon. Again click "Create" and this time, click "Guided Notes". Here's what I used for a prompt:
Here's the video I used and here are the guided notes with an answer key! As with all content from AI, you would want to review it to ensure that it is pulling out the most relevant content from the video and that the answers are accurate, but it at least gives you a starting point to help support your students who struggle with note-taking.
Spend some time exploring all the things you can create from Brisk and remember...
You can use Brisk on any document, presentation, website, video, or any other place that you see the little Brisk icon in the corner.
ALWAYS review the results from AI and make adjustments as needed.
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