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Crit

A coach that asks. A student who thinks.

Keep briefs, references, submissions and critique together. A course coach helps students develop their thinking through questions.

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  • Web
  • In use, private
  • Set up around a course
Crit course setup asking six questions about the teacher’s own studio practice

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Why this exists

Help the thinking happen.

Studio teaching moves through questions, attempts and critique. Crit is built around that exchange. Its coach pushes a student’s reasoning rather than completing the assignment, and keeps the conversation available as part of the learning record.

  • Keep the course together

    Bring briefs, references, submissions and critique notes into one place.

  • Ask the next useful question

    A coach encourages the student’s own thinking instead of supplying the finished work.

  • Make AI use visible

    The conversation record becomes the student’s AI declaration at the end.

  • Adapt to the next course

    Edit course content in the app so the companion can move between courses without being rebuilt.

Where it startsA teacher creates the course, and students join it with the course code the teacher gives them.
Crit home screen: a teacher starts a course with a title, and a student joins with a course code
Coach CheckCoach Check runs four questions against the real provider. The coach cannot be published until the teacher has read how it answers.
Coach Check running four test questions against the saved course before publishing
Crit / Inside the course

Set up by the teacher, owned by the student.

Back to draftChanging the course returns the coach to draft and clears its previous check.
The last two questions, and a note that saving any course change returns the coach to draft
AssignmentsEach assignment carries its own brief, rubric and AI policy level, rather than one setting for the whole course.
Assignment setup with title, marks, sessions, AI policy level and the brief
The student’s recordThe student exports or deletes their own record. Their private exchange text is omitted from the submission record.
Student data screen offering a personal record export, a submission record and deletion
Context

Built around the course.

The unit is a running studio course. Content and critique belong close to the work, where teachers and students can use them.

Platform
Web
Context
Studio courses
Approach
Questions, attempts and reflection
Brief → Attempt → Question → Reflection

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Good to know.

Crit is a course companion. Its coaching supports the student’s work and the teacher’s judgement; it does not replace either.

Product support ↗

  • Its coaching supports the student’s work and the teacher’s judgement; it does not replace either.

  • Crit runs in the studio’s own courses and is not publicly available.

  • There is no sign-up, no public listing and no trial.

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