Brisk runs in your phone or tablet's web browser — there's no separate app to install. Log in the way you do on a computer and you'll land on your Next home screen.
Mobile is best used for trying Brisk, creating resources, and sharing or testing activities when you're away from your computer. For deep editing and student writing work, switch to a computer.
This article also covers what your students experience on a phone or tablet, so you can plan what to assign for mobile use.
What you can do on mobile
- Sign up and log in, including through Google and your district portal.
- Create resources from Next — enter what you're teaching and generate a lesson plan, activity, or other resource.
- Browse resources you've already made in your library.
- Share a Boost activity and join it as a student to test the chat or whiteboard.
Best done on a computer
Mobile covers creating and sharing. A couple of things give you the full experience on a computer:
- Brisk's in-document tools — tools that open on top of a Google Doc, Slides, or webpage (like giving feedback) live in the desktop browser extension, so you'll use those on a computer with Chrome or Edge.
- Editing a Google Doc or Slides that Brisk created. On mobile you can manage a resource; edit the document itself on a computer.
How to create a resource from Next on mobile
- Open Brisk — In your mobile browser, go to your Brisk home and log in. You'll land on Next.
- Describe what you're teaching — Enter your topic, grade level, and what you need in the box on Next.
- Generate — Start the create action. Brisk builds the resource and saves it to your Google Drive automatically.
- Review the result — Open the resource to check it on your phone. For detailed editing of a Doc or Slides, open it on a computer later.
How to share and test a Boost activity on mobile
- Open the activity — From Next or your library, open the Boost activity you want to share.
- Tap Share — On mobile, Share is the main action.
- Send the link or class code — Give students the join link or code, or add the activity to a class.
- Join as a student — To test it yourself, choose Join as Student. This signs you in as a student so you can try the activity the way your students will.
How to manage a Boost activity on mobile
From an open activity, you can:
- Show or hide resources from students
- Reorder resources
- Adjust activity settings, such as the time limit, learning objectives, and AI guardrails
To edit a Google Doc or Slides, or change whiteboard questions, switch to a computer.
What your students experience on mobile
Students open the activities you share through a link or class code in their phone or tablet browser — no extension or app needed.
- Boost chat and tutor activities work well on any device. A Boost activity is a link to a Brisk page, so students can join and complete it on a phone or tablet.
- Whiteboard activities work on phones and tablets, with the best experience on a larger screen.
- Writing activities are best assigned for a computer. Writing Coach, Glows & Grows, Next Steps, and Goal Setting have students write in a Google Doc. Google Docs editing is not recommended in a tablet or phone browser, so assign these for a computer — or, on an iPad, have students work in the Google Docs app.
- On iPads, students should use the Google Docs app to see your Targeted Feedback comments.
Tip: On shared devices or phones, have students log in with their school account (rather than Name only login) where possible so their work is saved to them.