Speaking assignments

Speaking assignments give students a prompt to read or respond to aloud. They record audio, and Zense AI grades it against your rubric.

Speaking practice is ideal for language classes, oral assessments, and fluency drills. Students record directly in the browser with a live timer and retake option.

Create a speaking task

Start with a grade level and topic — AI can draft the reading material for you.

1. Go to Assignments → New assignment → Speaking practice.
2. Set a grade level and a topic or reading-material idea.
3. Choose Generate with AI to draft the reading material, or Start from empty.

Set up the task

The builder lets you control the passage, recording rules, and how the rubric is weighted.

In the builder you control:

• Read-aloud material — the passage students read. Ask Chat to draft or simplify it from the assistant panel.
• Recording rules — maximum (and optional minimum) length in seconds, and the language to grade against.
• Detect AI-generated voices — flag submissions that sound synthetic for your review.
• Rubric weights — how much Fluency, Pronunciation, Vocabulary, and Content & ideas each count.

How students respond

Students see the prompt, record their answer, preview it, and submit when ready.

Students open the task, record their response (with a live timer and retake option), preview it, and submit.

Feedback

After submission, AI produces a detailed report with transcript, rubric scores, and next steps.

After submission, Chat listens and produces an AI report with a transcript, rubric scores, strengths, and next steps — released according to your review mode.

Use the AI report as a starting point, then add your own teacher feedback before releasing results.