Pilot
Run one practical assignment with us. Free.
We’re looking for instructors and institutions ready to replace a written assignment with a practical task, and to help shape EdSphere while we build it. It starts with a 30-minute conversation.
What a pilot is
One assignment. One course. Real students.
Pick one practical assignment in one course or cohort and let it replace a written deliverable. We set it up together. Students capture and defend on their own phones, the instructor validates, and together we measure the instructor’s time and hear from instructors and students.
- 1
Talk
A 30-minute conversation about the assignment you’d replace and what your assessment office would need to see.
- 2
Design
We set up the practical task with you from your course materials, and you edit it until it’s yours.
- 3
Run
Students do the task, document it on their phones, and defend it. You validate every result.
- 4
Review
We look at the time it took, what instructors and students said, and what we should change.
The exchange
What you get, and what we ask.
You get
- Free use of EdSphere for the whole pilot.
- Setup and support from the people building it, not a help desk.
- A say in what we build next. Your feedback goes straight into the product.
- A measured answer: how long assessing took, against your own baseline.
- A permanent, evidence-backed record for every student who takes part.
We ask
- One instructor willing to swap a written assignment for a practical task.
- Someone who can tell us what your assessment office or accreditor would need to see.
- Honest feedback, especially when something doesn’t work.
- A look at the consent and data model with us before students take part.
What we’ll learn together
Five questions a pilot answers.
We don’t know all the answers yet. A pilot finds out, and if the answer is no, we want to know.
- 01
Do instructors happily drop the written assignment, rather than add the practical task on top?
- 02
Does marking take at least 30% less time than the instructor’s current way, including setup?
- 03
Do instructors’ grades match an independent second marker closely enough for your quality office?
- 04
Can students capture every step on their own phones, without help?
- 05
Does recording students at work fit your institution’s consent and data rules?
Apply
Start the conversation.
Tell us a little about your course. We’ll reply by email to set up a first conversation. There’s no commitment until you decide to run it.
Pilots suit
- Instructors and program leads who teach practical skills
- Assessment officers, directors of assessment, and accreditation leads
- Teaching and learning center staff and learning designers
In colleges, universities, and vocational and workforce training programs.
Apply by email
Send us a few lines about your course. We read every application ourselves and reply to set up a first conversation.
Email your applicationOr write to info@edsphere.ai with:
- Your name, role, and institution
- The course or program, and roughly how many students
- The written assignment you would most like to replace with a practical task
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