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Boost Whiteboard — A New Way to See Student Thinking

January 29, 2026

Boost Whiteboard gives students a visual space to work through ideas, explain reasoning, and demonstrate understanding. 

Teachers can see how students are thinking, and students can get support as they work.

How Boost Whiteboard works

Step 1: Create a Boost activity

Create a Boost activity using Quick Create at app.briskteaching.com or the Boost Activity button from the Brisk extension.

Step 2: Set up your Boost Whiteboard

Select Whiteboard as the activity type, then enter your prompt and choose standards, grade level, and language. Brisk handles the setup so your activity is ready to use right away.

Step 3: Review and customize your Whiteboard

Brisk generates questions designed specifically for whiteboard responses. These prompts encourage students to draw, label, organize ideas, and show their thinking visually.

Step 4: Edit Template if needed

Use Edit Template to adjust the whiteboard students will receive. Upload images, add visual elements, or refine the question so expectations are clear and aligned to your lesson.

Step 5: Share the activity with students

When you’re ready, share the activity with your class. Use Share Activity with Students to send the activity link, or copy the student link to post in your LMS or class workspace. Students can open the activity and begin working right away.

Step 6: Students show their work and get feedback

Students draw, label, and explain their thinking directly on the Whiteboard. When they’re ready, they use Check Work to submit their whiteboard for feedback from Brisk Boost. Feedback highlights what’s correct and helps students see where they may need to revise, so learning continues as they work.

Step 7: Students can get in the moment support

Students can use Get Help to clarify ideas or get help with next steps when questions come up.

Step 8: Review student work and see classwide insights

Teachers can review student whiteboards in one place. Brisk surfaces classwide patterns across student work — showing what students understand, where they may need more support, and what to teach next.

*Multi-questions are available for S&D only

Curriculum Intelligence — AI Grounded in Your Curriculum

January 22, 2026

Announcing Curriculum Intelligence, coming for Back to School 2026. This new offering will embed your adopted curriculum directly into Brisk. By grounding AI in your district’s materials, standards, and pacing, Brisk ensures ideas, supports, and next steps stay aligned to what you actually teach.

Learn more from Brisk's founder, Arman Jaffer, about why we built Curriculum Intelligence.

Coming with Curriculum Intelligence:

  • Curriculum-aware AI grounded in your materials, scope, and sequence
  • Aligned support by default, not one-off prompts or disconnected tools
  • District-ready guardrails for visibility, alignment, and privacy
  • Teacher flexibility preserved, with the ability to adjust and keep their voice

Leaders, book a demo to see Curriculum Intelligence in action. Teachers, join the waitlist to stay in the loop.

Batch Feedback Insights: See Classwide Patterns at a Glance

January 15, 2026

Batch Feedback Insights adds a new way for teachers to understand patterns across student work.

After feedback is generated, Brisk summarizes classwide strengths, growth areas, and — when rubric scoring is used — performance trends, so teachers can decide what to do next without opening every document.

How it works

  1. Run Batch Feedback on a set of student submissions.
  2. Reopen the assignment after Batch Feedback has been run.
  1. View the Insights Summary panel on the right to see class-level patterns based on the feedback.

What teachers can see

Class-wide insights from feedback

When no rubric is attached, Brisk analyzes the feedback generated and surfaces general feedback themes across the class. Teachers see high-level strengths and growth areas drawn directly from the feedback — without reviewing individual submissions.

Go deeper when needed

Select See More on any insight to open a detailed view with expanded strengths, growth areas, and options to generate next steps — all without leaving the assignment.

Teachers can click through each section of the expanded view to review patterns in more detail.

Rubric-aligned insights (when a rubric is used)

When a rubric is attached, insights are organized by rubric criteria, showing strengths and growth areas for each skill or standard.

Score distribution for rubric scoring

For assignments using rubric scoring, teachers also see a score distribution to quickly understand overall performance across the class.

Turn insights into action

From the Insights Summary or any detailed view, teachers can generate Next Recommendations tied directly to the patterns they’re seeing — making it easier to plan follow-up instruction, reteaching, or enrichment.

Once recommendations are generated, teachers can:

  • Refine materials using Brisk Next chat
  • Edit individual activities
  • Build a bundle of teaching materials to share with students from the Brisk Next page

Batch Feedback Insights transforms feedback into instructional insight. Teachers can see classwide strengths, growth areas, and rubric trends — then generate next steps to support learning, all from Brisk.

*Currently available for School and District Users

Boost School Hours: Manage When Students Can Engage with Boost

January 9, 2026

Manage when students can engage with Boost — based on your district’s expectations for safe, supervised AI use.

Boost School Hours gives district administrators control over when students can engage with Boost. Admins can navigate to the Admin Dashboard to set a timezone and enable or disable specific days and hours, ensuring Boost is available only during approved windows.

Outside of designated School Hours, Boost student activity is automatically paused.

What Admins Can Do

  • Define when Boost is accessible for students
  • Set access by day and time, aligned to school schedules
  • Apply settings district-wide with consistent expectations
  • Align Boost use with times when adults are available or aware

For example, an admin can fully turn off weekend Boost usage by toggling Saturday and Sunday off.

*Available for School and District Users

Translate Existing Forms and Quizzes Created by Brisk

December 4, 2025

  1. Once your form or quiz is generated by Brisk, select Translate.

  1. Next, select the language you’d like to translate to. 

Batch Feedback with Microsoft OneDrive

December 4, 2025

1. Go to app.briskteaching.com/next 

  • Open Batch Feedback in Brisk.
  • Click Import Student Work

  • Select, Microsoft OneDrive.
  • Choose the folder and select your students’ files.

  • Then click Select

2. Set up Batch Feedback

  • Review the file list and click Select Class.
  • Choose your feedback style: Glows & Grows, Next Steps, or Rubric Criteria.
  • Add your feedback focus (rubric, grade level, standards, and prompt). Then click, Create Assignment.

3. Review and approve

  • Open each student’s file to view the AI-generated feedback.
  • Edit as needed and check Approve Feedback.

4. Share with students

  • Click Share Feedback and Copy Link. You can send the link through Teams, email, or your LMS.

Quick Create From Web — Now in Brisk Next

December 3, 2025

Brisk Next is built for generating multiple resources at once to bundle and share — but some teachers just want to create one specific resource quickly. 

The new Quick Create dropdown makes that easy.

How it works:

  1. Click Quick Create.

  1. Choose Document, Presentation, Form, Podcast, or Boost Activity.

  1. Enter your prompt, then select standards, language, and grade level

My Library: Everything You Create, All in One Place

December 3, 2025

The My Library page (formerly Recent) has been upgraded to make it easier to find and manage everything you create with Brisk.

What’s New

1. See all your Brisk-created content in one place: Resources now appear directly in My Library, including anything created through the Brisk Extension.

2. View all Brisk materials: All your Brisk-created content — Class Activities, Bundles, Podcasts, Documents, Presentations, and Forms — now live together in one streamlined view.

3. Search and load content more quickly: Search for any of your Brisk Creations to easily access resources.

4. Manage content without leaving the page: Use the three-dots menu on any item to open, rename, move, or edit in just one click.

5. Prefer Activities by class? No problem: You can still access class-organized Activities under the Activities tab. Bookmark the direct link if helpful: https://app.briskteaching.com/my_library?tab=activities

Brisk Rewards Program

November 11, 2025

We launched our very first Brisk Rewards Program, a new way for teachers to earn swag just by sharing Brisk. When someone signs up through your link, you earn a point. At ten points, you unlock the Brisk Rewards Store filled with exclusive merch, classroom goodies, and fun surprises. Get started today!

Go from insight to instruction in one click with Next Ideas

November 7, 2025

You already know what students need from Boost Learning Insights — now you get the how.

Meet Next Ideas: classroom-ready activities generated from student strengths and areas to grow, right within Brisk Next.

Turn insights into tailored learning experiences you can launch instantly, designed for the students in front of you.

How to access Next Ideas:

  1. From the Brisk Extension, click the Home icon.

  1. Select My Library from the top navigation in Brisk Next or the dropdown menu.

  1. Open any Boost Activity and select Learning Insights.

  1. Click Next Ideas to reveal targeted activities Brisk created based on students’ strengths and growth areas.

  1. Explore ready-to-use instructional materials to Prepare, Engage, and Assess student learning.

Learn how:

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

(This feature is available upon request.)

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.