Assessing understanding in the age of AI
Why a short, structured conversation tells you more about student learning than another document ever could.
When students can generate a polished essay in seconds, the document stops being proof of understanding. The question every instructor is now asking is simple: did this student actually learn the material?
Rocketproof answers that with a short, structured oral defense. After a student submits their work, they talk through it: what they argued, which evidence carried the most weight, and where their own thinking ends. The conversation is built from their own submission, so an honest gap is easy to see and easy to talk about.
What this looks like in practice
An instructor sets up an assignment once. Students record a focused defense on their own schedule. Faculty review a single screen that brings together the transcript, the recording, the rubric, and a first-pass summary, then finalize the grade themselves. The instructor stays in control of every score.
Why we built it
We are teachers first. We wanted a way to value the thinking behind the work, not to police the tools students use. Oral defense has done this for centuries. Rocketproof makes it practical at the scale of a modern course.
Want to see it in action? Explore the interactive demo, or request pilot access for your department.
See Rocketproof in action
Explore the interactive demo as a student and an instructor, or request pilot access for your department.