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Brisk Math Editor

April 29, 2026

The Math Editor lets teachers and students insert properly formatted equations directly into Brisk. Type the expression once, and it displays the way it would on paper or in a textbook, keeping the focus on the math itself.

How the Math Editor works

The Math Editor is a built-in equation editor accessible via the √x button. It works across every Boost activity type, in both the setup prompt and the student chat, and styled math renders throughout.

Where to find it

Teachers: Open a Boost activity, then click the √x button in the prompt box. The equation editor opens, ready for you to build and insert your expression.

Students: In the Boost chat and in Whiteboard text inputs, click the √x button to insert math notation in your response.

Device support

The Math Editor uses a virtual keyboard for equation input, so it works on Chromebooks, iPads, and other touch devices. On devices with physical keyboards, students can also type equations directly.

The Site Dashboard Got a Major Upgrade

April 27, 2026

School and district administrators now have a centralized, data-rich view of how teachers across their organization are using Brisk, updated every night.

What you can do in the dashboard

Start at the district level and filter by school or date range to narrow your view. Total teacher count and estimated hours saved appear at a glance, and a feature-by-feature breakdown covers Create, Give Feedback, Batch Feedback, Change Level, Inspect, Boost Activities, and Boost Feedback. Toggle the usage-over-time graph weekly or monthly to see how adoption is trending, then drill into the teacher table to see tool-by-tool usage counts for every teacher on your roster. Search by name, email, or school, and export to CSV to bring the data into a board presentation, department review, or curriculum conversation.

Introducing Instructional Moments

Instructional Moments is a new metric that helps you identify where AI is being used in ways that directly impact students, like feedback, differentiation, and student-facing activities.

A middle school math teacher creates an interactive activity where students practice fraction operations with real-time AI feedback, instead of a static worksheet. That's an Instructional Moment. It doesn't show up in a typical usage report, but it shows up in Brisk's, giving you a clearer signal of where high-impact practices are happening across your schools — not just how often tools are used.

Drill down into tool usage

Clicking into any feature takes you deeper. Select Create and the view filters to show exactly how teachers are using it, from presentations and quizzes to podcasts and lesson plans, with Teachers, Hours Saved, and Instructional Moments updating at the top and a filtered teacher table below. The same view is available for every Brisk feature, so whether you want to understand how teachers are using Give Feedback, Inspect, or Boost Activities, the data is one click away.

Available to School & District plan users with rostered teachers.

Learn how to access the Site Dashboard, or watch a walkthrough of the feature.

Generate Quizzes Directly in Nearpod 

April 2, 2026

Teachers can now create curriculum-aligned quizzes in Brisk and have them land directly in their Nearpod account — ready to assign.

How it works:

  1. Open the Create menu in the Brisk Extension.

  1. Select Quiz.

  1. Choose Nearpod from the options dropdown.

  1. Generate your quiz — it appears in your Nearpod account automatically.

Requirements: You must be logged into Nearpod for this feature to work. If you're not, Brisk will prompt you to connect your account.

Create Library UI Update

April 2, 2026

The Create Library now asks you to select your provider — Google or Microsoft — before choosing a tool. Icons and options update automatically based on your selection.

Student Safety Admin Notifications — Real-Time Alerts in Brisk Boost

March 31, 2026

Org admins can now opt in to receive email notifications when student messages are flagged in Brisk Boost activities.

When a flag is detected, admins receive a direct link to review the full conversation in context — including the activity name, teacher name, and learning objectives. No student PII is included in the notification email.

Admins choose which alerts to receive:

  • Escalated — self-harm, violence, harassment, hate speech
  • Inappropriate — profanity, sexual content, off-topic interactions

Configure notification preferences from Student Safety in the Site Dashboard. Settings are per admin, per org. Notifications are off by default.

Available for School & District plan users.

Microsoft Forms — Now a Quiz Output in Brisk

March 31, 2026

Microsoft Forms is now available as a quiz output type in Brisk.

Teachers in Microsoft environments can generate a quiz in Brisk and send it directly to Forms — no reformatting, no copy-paste. Just select Microsoft Forms from the output dropdown, generate, and go.

Available for all Brisk users. 

Export Quizzes Directly to Canvas

March 13, 2026

Brisk now exports quizzes as Canvas QTI files — a standard format Canvas can import directly into your course.

To generate a Canvas QTI quiz, open the Brisk Chrome Extension, go to Create → Quiz, and switch the output format to Canvas QTI using the document type icon next to the language dropdown. Fill in your quiz details, generate, review your questions, and click Download for Canvas.

Before you download, keep these in mind:

  • Keep all questions in multiple choice format.
  • Each correct answer must have an asterisk (*) at the very start of the line — no space between the asterisk and the answer text. Canvas uses these to identify correct answers.
  • Do not unzip the downloaded file. Canvas requires it to stay as a .zip.

To import, go to your Canvas course Settings → Import Course Content, select QTI .zip file as the content type, upload your file, and click Import. If you see a "New Quizzes" checkbox during import, leave it unchecked unless your school specifically uses New Quizzes.

For full instructions and troubleshooting tips, see How do I create a QTI quiz?

What's New in Brisk Boost Student Extension

March 9, 2026

We've been listening — and building. This update brings meaningful improvements to Brisk Boost and your content organization tools, making Brisk more powerful for teachers and more seamless for students.

Assignments in Brisk Boost: Teachers can now create Assignments in Brisk on the web for their classes. Once set up, assignments are instantly accessible to students in the Brisk Chrome Extension. Each assignment has its own title, optional rubric (PDF or DOCX), and visibility settings — so teachers are no longer limited to a single rubric per class.

How Assignments work:

Step 1: Create an Assignment. In Brisk on the web, navigate to your class and open the student roster. Click Create Assignment, give it a title, set visibility, and optionally upload a rubric.

Step 2: Manage your Assignments. All assignments for a class live in one place. See which rubric is attached, whether an assignment is visible to students, and when it was last updated — with the option to add more at any time.

Step 3: Review submissions and class-wide insights. Teachers get an assignment-level view of all submissions, with an AI-generated Insights Summary that surfaces common themes and struggles across the class — without having to open every student's document.

Step 4: See feedback in action. Clicking into a student's submission opens their Google Doc with the Brisk Boost feedback sidebar. Inline comments are organized by feedback category, and students can mark each one as Agreed, Disagreed, or Unresolved — making engagement with feedback visible at a glance.

Step 5: Verify the writing process. Teachers can access a version-history replay of any student's document — tracking edits, paste events, and active composition time. Step through changes at up to 60x speed to better understand student writing processes and verify academic integrity.

Step 6: Students request Targeted Feedback. When students open the Brisk Chrome Extension, they select their class and assignment. If a rubric is attached, it loads automatically — no extra steps needed. Students click "Give me feedback" and receive AI-generated comments grounded in the exact criteria being used for grading.

Bundles in Brisk — Now Easier to Manage

March 5, 2026

Organizing your content just got more flexible. You can now:

  • Create an empty bundle directly from Quick Create
  • Reorder items within a bundle
  • Rename a bundle
  • Move an item to a different bundle
  • Remove items from a bundle

Your content, organized exactly the way you want it.

Learn more: How to Create and Share Bundles in Brisk

Kahoot! Quiz Generation — Turn Brisk Quizzes into Interactive Games

February 13, 2026

Kahoot! Quiz Generation lets you take a Brisk-generated quiz and instantly turn it into a live, game-based Kahoot!.

Create once in Brisk, then launch directly into Kahoot to boost engagement and make assessment feel like play.

How Kahoot! Quiz Generation works

Step 1: Open Create in Brisk

Open the Brisk extension and select Create.

Step 2: Choose Quiz

Select Quiz as your content type.

Step 3: Select Kahoot!

From the options dropdown, choose Kahoot! as your output.

Step 4: Customize your quiz

Adjust grade level, standards, language, and question count. Then, Brisk It!

Step 5: Generate your quiz

Brisk creates your quiz and sends it directly into your Kahoot! account.

Step 6: Edit and play in Kahoot!

Make any adjustments in Kahoot!, then play with students like any other Kahoot! activity.

See it in action here.


What you’ll need

To use Kahoot! Quiz Generation, you must be logged into your Kahoot! account. If you’re not connected, Brisk will prompt you to sign in before creating the quiz.

Important notes

  • Kahoot! quiz generation works from the Brisk browser extension (not on Brisk on the web)
  • With Kahoot! quizzes, only one grade level and one language can be selected. 
  • After the generation of content, the quiz can be edited directly in Kahoot!

Inspect Writing & Targeted Feedback in Microsoft Word

June 29, 2026

Microsoft teachers now have access to two tools that enable them to deliver more (and more personalized) feedback to students in less time: Inspect Writing and Targeted Feedback.

Inspect Writing

(Note: This new feature will become available for back to school 2026.)

Watch a video-style replay of a student’s writing process from first draft through final version. See what they added and deleted at each step and how they responded to feedback. Use this to gain insight into how your students are thinking, spot learning gaps, and guide growth.

Targeted Feedback

Provide students with personalized feedback that appears directly in the Word docs they’re working in. Brisk drafts inline comments that are aligned with your standards and whatever rubric you want, but you remain in full control of what students see.

How it works:

  1. Open a student writing assignment in Word.
  2. Select the Targeted Feedback tool in the Brisk extension.
  3. Set the language and grade level for the feedback and specify whether you want the feedback to align with an attached rubric or your state standards.
  4. Review the feedback Brisk generates, make adjustments, and click Comment to post a piece of feedback to the student’s work.

Share Boost Activities with Other Educators

June 29, 2026

You can now share Boost Activities with the other educators in your classroom (SPED staff, MTSS coordinators, paraprofessionals, subs). These co-teachers will have read-only access to student progress and activity data so they’re able to observe and support student learning.

How it works:

  1. Open the Share menu: In My Library, go to Activities and click the Share button or the three-dot menu on any activity, then select Share with Co-Teachers. (You can revoke access at any time by removing a co-teacher from the activity’s Share menu.)
  2. Enter a colleague’s email: Type their email and send the invite. They’ll receive a link to accept. (To successfully accept an invite, their email must be rostered in your district.)
  3. Co-teacher accepts: Once they accept the invite, the activity appears in their My Library under Shared with Me.
  4. Co-teacher views the activity: They see the activity monitor — including student progress, messages, safety flags, and Mock Student — in a read-only view. No edit controls are shown.

You can also share your favorite Boost Activities with your fellow teachers, who can then make copies of the activities to use with their own students.

Shape Every Brisk Output with District-Level Priorities

June 29, 2026

District Guidance gives districts with the Intelligence plan a way to consistently translate instructional leadership investments (professional development, pedagogical frameworks, standards alignment) into actual classroom practice.

In the District Guidance tab of their Admin Portal, leaders provide instructions that automatically shape everything teachers generate with the Brisk extension, Brisk Boost, and Brisk Next. These instructions don’t change the way teachers use or experience Brisk — they simply ensure that every Brisk output reflects a district’s unique priorities.

Leaders can use District Guidance on its own or in tandem with Curriculum Intelligence. (Reminder: Curriculum Intelligence ensures that every Brisk output reflects a district’s adopted curriculum, scope, and pacing.) While Curriculum Intelligence informs what is being taught, District Guidance informs how it’s being taught.

Leaders have the option of providing instructions in four categories:

  • District Priorities: High-level goals, strategic priorities, focus areas (e.g., “The district is focusing on literacy across all content areas this year”)
  • Values & Frameworks: Cultural values, behavioral frameworks, ethical guidelines, community norms (e.g., “Emphasize the district’s four Cs: communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking”)
  • Pedagogical Approach: Teaching methods, instructional strategies, learning philosophies (e.g., “Use Workshop Model structure: mini-lesson, practice, debrief”)
  • Standards Emphasis: Academic standards, curriculum alignment requirements, assessment criteria (e.g., “Emphasize these power standards for 6th grade math”)

(Note: This new feature will become available in July 2026.)

Create District-Level Libraries of Curriculum-Aligned Resources

June 29, 2026

The District Library enables districts with the Intelligence plan to promote curriculum fidelity and help teachers spend less time looking for the right resource and more time delivering high-quality instruction.

Once a district leader has set their curriculum and instructional priorities using Curriculum Intelligence and District Guidance, they’re able to curate resource bundles for any course in their district. It’s like putting a perfectly organized library shelf at every teacher’s fingertips.

How District Libraries are organized:

  • One library per course: Leaders can create a resource library for each course that’s published in the Curriculum Courses tab of their Admin Portal.
  • One bundle per lesson: Leaders can put together a bundle for each lesson in a course (reminder: within a scope and sequence, lessons ladder up to units, which ladder up to modules, the largest components of a course).
  • One source of truth, easy access for teachers: Only leaders can edit or add to a District Library, but with just one click, teachers can create independent copies of a bundle in their personal resource libraries that they can customize and share with their students.

Building a resource bundle

There are several ways for leaders to add resources to a bundle. They can:

  • Choose from a pre-populated list of smart recommendations that are informed by the district’s curriculum and instructional priorities. These recommendations are organized into practical categories like “More ways to teach…” (for supporting diverse learning styles) and “For students who are ready for a challenge…”
  • Generate customized resources using the dozens of tools that are part of the Brisk extension.
  • Upload pre-existing, non-Brisk resources.

(Note: This new feature will become available in July 2026.)

Brisk x AI Platforms

May 18, 2026

You're already in ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, or Claude, typing a quick prompt to get something useful before tomorrow. Brisk is already there too, and one click turns that prompt into something you can hand out in class.

Prompt Booster

Start typing in any of these tools and a Brisk It button appears in the prompt field. Click it and your prompt becomes a detailed, instructionally rich version with grade-level framing, standards alignment, and scaffolding strategies built in — so what the AI gives back is classroom-ready from the start.

From there, choose what to do next:

  • Add to Prompt: drop the enhanced prompt back into your AI tool and run with it.
  • Create with Brisk: open Brisk Next with your enhanced prompt already loaded. Brisk surfaces aligned lesson plans, assessments, presentations, and more — all from that one prompt.

Take Action on Any AI Response

Already have a response you like? When the AI finishes generating, a Brisk button appears below it. Click to send it where you need it:

  • Send to Brisk on the web: push the response directly into Brisk on the web, with or without an additional prompt.
  • Send to extension: select Presentation, Quiz, Podcast, Tutor, or Create with Brisk to prefill the Brisk Extension. Customize, then create.

Wherever you're already prompting, Brisk works where you work. Learn more.