May I get IC training? YES!

Again this year, Barrington 220 has partnered with Infinite Campus to participate in the "largest offering of live professional development events in Infinite Campus history! YES [Yearly Event Series] includes timely instruction on a wide array of Infinite Campus topics that will easily save you and your staff hundreds of hours during the school year!"

In addition, we’re excited to announce that recordings of recent YES training sessions are now available for you to access at your convenience. Whether you missed a session or want to revisit key topics, these recordings are a valuable resource to enhance your learning and development. You can find the recordings in the YES Recordings Catalog. 

Happy learning in IC!

Infinite Campus Role-Specific Resources

Infinite Campus recently introduced Role-Specific Resources in the Campus Community. The page offers specific training based on the following roles:

• Counselors & Administrators: academic planning, behavior, and early warning
• Front Office Staff: online registration, messenger, and attendance
• Teachers & Curriculum Directors: teaching center, grade book, and progress monitor
• Technology Staff: reporting, user security, and auditing options

Access the resources here: https://kb.infinitecampus.com/help/role-specific-resources

Introducing Tim Woomert, Assistant Director of Student Information Integration

Tim Woomert recently joined Barrington 220 as the Assistant Director of Student Information Integration. He comes to us from CCSD15 (serving parts of Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Hoffman Estates, Inverness, South Barrington, Arlington Heights, and Schaumburg) where he was the Manager of Data Services for the past eight years. His main focus was implementing the Infinite Campus system and connecting to the growing list of external systems that require student data. 

Prior to his years in education, Tim was a director of internal product development at a hotel business intelligence and advertising company. He has even participated in a few startup technology companies.

Tim lives in Streamwood with his wife, Lori. They try to spend most of their free time with their two grandchildren or, in the fall, traveling around the country (thanks to Big Ten expansion) to watch their Iowa Hawkeyes play.

Infinite Campus Messenger 2.0 Coming Soon!

We’re excited to announce that this year, we will be rolling out Messenger 2.0 in Infinite Campus! This update promises to bring enhanced features and improvements to your messaging experience. 

More information will follow soon, so stay tuned!

Please note: If you have any templates or saved messages that you frequently use, you will need to save them to Google, as they will not be available in Messenger 2.0.

Thank you for your attention, and we look forward to sharing more details soon!

Make AI Your Teacher Superpower with Brisk

“With great power comes great responsibility.” 

Maybe you should sit down. Brisk might make you weak in the knees. 

Brisk can streamline content creation and feedback processes with the power of AI.

It has the power to transform how you engage with students and elevate their learning experiences.

What is Brisk?

Brisk is a Google Chrome Extension that leverages AI to assist teachers in creating dynamic content assets and delivering timely, meaningful feedback.

Getting Started with Brisk

To begin using Brisk, follow these steps:

1. Open the Google Chrome Web Store (in your Chrome browser).
2. Search for Brisk.
3. Click Add to Chrome and follow the installation prompts.

What can Brisk do for you?

• Build visually engaging presentations.
• Generate lightning-fast, timely, meaningful feedback suggestions for students.

Build Visually Engaging Presentations

Click on the Brisk icon in the lower right corner of any open Google Docs, Google Sheets, or Google Slides document. The Brisk menu opens with options to Create, Give Feedback, Impact Writing, Change Level, and Boost Student Activity. In the example above, I’m going to create a presentation about Plate Tectonics for middle school from the notes I’ve outlined in a Google Doc. I begin by clicking on Create.

When I select Presentation from the extensive list of options, Brisk offers additional parameters.

In this menu, I can select the language, design of the template, type of AI, grade level, number of slides, and options for including images. I can add additional notes to guide Brisk. I can also select standards!

I select the proper state, content area, grade level, and standards domain before clicking on the specific standards I want to include.

The presentation includes the correct number of slides, matches the information from my notes, and aligns information to the standards I selected. The presentation was created automatically in Google Slides in an additional tab in my Chrome browser window. 

Generate Lightning-fast, Timely, Meaningful Feedback Suggestions for Students

This time, we are aiming to provide timely, meaningful feedback for students on an essay. Clicking on the Brisk icon in the lower right corner opens our menu. Select Give Feedback to open more options.

For providing informal feedback, I recommend the Glow & Grow option. 

Like with the Create options, the Give Feedback option allows you to select the language, your voice, the standards, grade level, type of feedback, etc.

Brisk generates feedback connected to the standards and using your voice. The feedback is not immediately visible to students allowing you to edit, add your personal voice, or copy/paste specific statements. You may also select Insert.

Brisk inserts the Glow & Grow feedback directly into the student’s Google Doc!

Connecting AI to Our Vision

Brisk is more than just a tool—it’s part of our broader commitment to leveraging AI to support high-quality teaching and learning. The two examples shown here highlight how to create content and give feedback in ways that can be differentiated, individualized, or personalized for students efficiently and effectively. 

We can’t wait to see what else you do with Brisk and to share more ideas in future articles.