How To: Inspect Writing

Use the Inspect Writing tool to watch a video playback of your students' writing processes, from copy/paste actions to their entire thought journey, to get a deeper understanding on how they work.

Note: We currently do not support other files types for Inspect Writing other than Google Docs and OneDrive Microsoft Word docs

• How To: Inspect Writing in Google Docs
• How To: Inspect Writing in OneDrive Microsoft Word

Take a look at our Brisk Bite to see Inspect Writing in action: 

How To: Inspect Writing in Google Docs

1. Start on the Google Doc your student worked on

2. Click on the Brisk Extension and choose Inspect Writing

   

    

3. Brisk will start replaying changes made in the document.
   • Green text shows where students created text
   • Yellow text shows where there were large copy/paste actions
   • Red text shows where students deleted text
      
4. You can adjust the playback speed, see when targeted feedback was left in the document, or when content was pasted into the document:
   
   
   • 📋The clipboard icon appears where content was pasted into the document.
   • 💬 The speech bubble icon appears where targeted feedback was given in the document.

   • ⏩ The fast forward icon appears on your screen to show when typing paused in the document. This may appear many times over the course of the Inspect Writing playback. 

      

How To: Inspect Writing in Microsoft Word

Inspect Writing for OneDrive Microsoft Word docs is still in beta—you may notice changes as we improve the feature, and occasionally you may encounter a bug. If you have questions, email hello@briskteaching.com

1. Start on the OneDrive Microsoft Word doc your student worked on

2. Click on the Brisk Extension and choose Inspect Writing

   
    

    

3. Brisk will start replaying changes made in the document.