Packback

Introducing Packback Deep Dives - A writing tutor for every student. A grading assistant for every educator.

 

The WSU Tech/Packback partnership provides you and your students with full access to the Packback Bundle, discussion, engagement, and writing platform, at no cost. The partnership goal is to improve student engagement and academic performance, all while saving you time.

 

 The Packback Bundle includes:

• Packback Questions: An award-winning inquiry-based student discussion platform.

• Packback Instruct: A suite of tools for engaging, supporting, and interacting with your class.

• Packback Deep Dives: A writing platform for essays and other writing-heavy assignments. 

 

Packback Deep Dives is Packback’s newest product and is currently in a pilot phase this fall. This tool was created in response to interviews with instructors who saw the value and need in writing assignments but felt overwhelmed by the amount of time needed to make these assignments meaningful for students. The goal of Deep Dives is to bring every student to a baseline level of writing skills so that they can be equitably instructed based on the quality of their ideas.

 

 For professors, Deep Dives does the “red pen” correcting, allowing instructors to focus on subject-specific feedback and pushing the student’s ideas and content, rather than correcting mechanics. For students, it is a research assistant and writing tutor providing instant feedback on their writing and source credibility.

 

If you have writing assignments in your curriculum or have removed writing assignments due to the amount of time they consume, we strongly recommend you take a look at this tool.

 

To figure out how Packback can work in your class, set up your community, or get answers to questions, schedule a 1:1 session with WSU Tech's Packback consultant, Evan Murphy!

 

In the meantime, watch this full demonstration of the Packback Bundle!

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