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# Platform highlights

## Scribo Platform Highlights

### What is Scribo?

For Educators, Scribo saves time supporting and developing student writing skills. Scribo gives key student feedback and discovering where instruction is needed through better information.  It is well acknowledged that to improve writing skills, students need to write more. More writing needs more educator feedback, more feedback means more time. No one has more time. Educators need more support from technology to invest more of their available time Teaching.

> "Scribo gives me more time to be a better teacher" G Suppiah - Dean - Score Campus

For students, Scribo is an AI driven, intelligent online writing assistant giving them personalised feedback and guidance on their writing, in seconds. Scribo works across multiple levels of analysis showing where and how students could improve their writing and lift overall quality.&#x20;

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### How does Scribo build stronger writing connections with students?

Scribo connects educators to students as they work. Educators can live monitor student progress with the ability to add feedback quickly and simply. This opens  'journey' based monitoring and mentoring for teachers adding value to student writing outcomes while saving time for teachers.

Scribo connects automatic student feedback with teacher visibility of the same feedback. This connection and gathering of data as students write helps teacher quickly see where students need more targeted teaching support.

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Importantly Scribo shows students where to IMPROVE their writing, alongside suggested revisions of their writing.
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### What is the main benefit of Scribo to students?

Without doubt, the two most loved features of Scribo are :

1. &#x20;**instant, personalised feedback** that helps students improve the quality of their writing. Scribo gives students  ement in which they feel supported and encouraged to improve and be more authentic writers.&#x20;
2. **students have more ownership in their writing development**. Educators and students see an increase in student submission quality simply through students having more ownership in their writing. Leaders love the supporting benchmark data and it’s value as evidence to support programs of development.

### Where does Scribo fit in the school "IT - Product" landscape?

Technology in schools is a busy and complex environment. There are student management systems, Learning Management Systems, plagiarism checks, grading systems and more. Many systems are based around the logistics of work product.&#x20;

Scribo does not have to be integrated into the conga line of technology logistics  to make an impact on supporting and improving student writing. Why?  Because writing is what students do alone, 99% of the time under the radar of academic oversight. Scribo works with students directly and improves the visibility of student progress for educators.

#### SOLO MODE is where Students create their text and receive feedback

Each student's Word or Google Docs environment is typically where they work, from when they are given a written task to when they hand the work in. The Student Writing Zone is where Scribo works, supporting them directly as they work alone using the platforms they always work in like Google and Office. It's logical that this environment can be supported by what we call SOLO mode. Students feel supported, and advice is consistent and free flowing.&#x20;

#### CONNECTED MODE

If educators want to be involved in the writing/creation journey of their students, Scribo has a Connected Mode. In connected mode, educators  'connect' to the live writing of students, contributing live feedback and watching over at-risk students. Scribo delivers live analytics to academic staff, tracking improvement and many other metrics that can be used for efficacy, proof of value and evidence.&#x20;

### How do students access Scribo?

Scribo is available for students either on the Web or in Google Docs or WORD O365 as an Add-On.

Scribo can be run in SOLO mode by students with no connected educator oversight. In SOLO mode students do not have to be connected to a class or teacher.

### How does Scribo support guidance for student writing?

Scribo lets educators link writing plans, scaffolds and support materials students access when writing with Scribo. Scribo also gives students scaffolding tools to help them plan their work. Scaffolds are used to differentiate support offered to various students as they write.&#x20;

### Can Students use Scribo for any type of writing task?

Scribo is suitable for question and text response. There is no limitation on course type or subject matter. When students enter the question prompt, Scribo automatically discovers the context of the question, isolating the keywords, task and limiting words for the essay. Scribo uses these parameters to guide students in the essay response analysis.

### Does Scribo analyse writing styles and voice?

Yes, Scribo analyses over 16 different writing styles, including three 'voices', to check if students have followed the question requirements and answered the question. Scribo tracks the efficiency of over 16 different writing styles like Compare, Contrast, Expand Ideas, Give Examples, Cause and Effect, Expand Ideas, Quote and more. Students can select the styles they want to check.

### Can Scribo do an analysis of all students in the course?

Scribo reads all students’ texts and creates a multi-layer analysis of cohort writing. With these insights, educators see across live examples of student work. Teachable moments are ready, examples from live text are extracted ready for lesson planning, and deep analysis and insights are created in minutes across all students.

### What types of grading does Scribo support?

Scribo supports very flexible Rubric marking – from your Rubric definitions, not ours. Letter grading and number based X/Y grading as a number or percentage is supported. Students can self grade against a Rubric. Rubric grading supports multiple revisions meaning Scibo can be used for marking drafts.

### How does Scribo support feedback on student work?

5 automated feedback capabilities of Scribo include:

1. Extensive feedback on writing is generated automatically, paragraph by paragraph. Students rate this feedback as sensational.
2. Educators can ‘drop’ text based feedback onto student work as they work.
3. Feedback can be spoken – full voice to text capability.
4. Feedback libraries can be used to shortcut common feedback points.
5. Feedback statistics are available to Educators instantly with one click.

### Can Scribo support Summative Writing tasks?

Summative writing tasks are used extensively in Scribo. Students are given a topic, possibly a supporting scaffold, and a neutral writing space to address the question. This writing space has no spell checking or grammar checking support. Educators finally see the levels of writing in a cohort as they really are. All data flows into analysis and feedback.

Scribo AI auto grades the summative writing tasks, further reducing the load on teachers. Simply get students writing and hand over the texts to AI grading. Seconds later, the grading and data analysis is complete.

### Can Scribo be used for any course and subject?

Yes. Scribo can be used across all faculty subjects at all levels of learning. Differences in feedback include the level of the feedback, the depth of the question answer and obviously the student response.
