# Solutions For Instructors

We know how challenging it can be to make the shift to student-centered active learning instruction. Visual Classrooms is designed to enhance your preferred teaching style, not replace it.

### How We Help Instructors

- Lead productive discussions
- Make lectures more interactive
- Assess student understanding in real time
- Promote collaboration and team-based learning
- Give ESL students a voice in discussion

“Millennials are asynchronous kids. They’ve been raised in a world of online interaction and communication and often feel more comfortable opening up virtually. Once they have, then they are more willing to take greater risks in face-to-face discussions. Shy students became more active and engaged because they could work at their own pace. This would not have been possible without Visual Classrooms.”  
Gary Garber - Boston University Academy

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STEM Labs](/content/images/about/cases/VC%20-%20Boston%20University%20Acadamy.pdf)

## It Just Works

Flip your classrooms to save time and make face-to-face or online discussions more engaging and productive.

### Rubric Based Analytics

Auto-grade based on participation (posts, replies, attachments) and multiple choice right/wrong.  
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### LMS Integration

Seamless integration with all Learning Management Systems - Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle. No second login, easily get students where they need to be.  
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### Virtual Sections

Divide large classes into online cohorts  
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### Grade With Points

For discussion prompts, easily give points to students/groups directly from the shared workspace.  
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## Free and Pre-Built Activities

Great products that you already use know that active learning is an integral part of their offering. Check out our [partners](/content/about/partners/index.html) to see how to get activities aligned with your textbook.

[Openstax](/content/about/openstax/index.html) provides free textbooks and we are creating homework, labs, and in-class discussions to accompany them.

[Simbio](/content/about/simbio/index.html) has curated active learning activities that supplement their amazing textbooks.