This tool is designed to maximize efficiency and enhance student learning by providing instructors with an easy way to share thoughtful, engaging feedback on open-ended and composition activities.

Grading will take less time and instructors can spend more time on other tasks. Instructors have the flexibility to use the AI suggestions or choose to ignore them, ultimately making the final decision themselves.

The new student video recording activities for presentational speaking and partner and group chats for interpersonal activities in Aventuras enhance student engagement in meaningful communication.

• Students can engage in online group activities with up to six members in the group.
• Video recordings help students document their progress in a low-stakes environment.
• Rubric grading offers transparency and structure for open-ended activities, providing flexibility for students and ensuring consistent, objective feedback for instructors.

Each lesson in Aventuras now includes:

• Integrated Performance Assessments, offering varied evaluation methods across interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational tasks. The interpersonal task often involves a partner chat, while the presentational task may feature a video recording or written composition.
• Innovative task-based activities in each grammar strand that are linked to the authentic source featured in Español en vivo section.
• Stepped-out Ampliación projects, now assignable online, are carefully structured, task-based activities that help develop communicative competence and challenge students to think critically.

Rubrics for all assessments provide clear expectations, helping instructors track progress and giving a holistic view of students' improving communication abilities.