Conversation Types

Coral talks with students through roleplay scenarios, oral exams, vid tickets, and a 24/7 course-aware teaching assistant. There are four conversation types:

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Oral Exams

Oral exams measure understanding through conversation.
Students explain ideas out loud, answer follow-up questions, and show how they think — not just what they can memorize.

There are three types you can choose from:

Same questions for everyone.
✕ Student does not upload a written component
✓ Graded or participatory
✓ Included in all plan types
Students are asked completely unique questions. Great for reflection assignments.
✓ Student uploads a written component
✓ Graded or participatory
✓ Included in Professor and Enterprise Plans
Students are asked some of the same questions, plus personalized ones based on their written component.
✓ Student uploads a written component
✓ Graded or participatory
✓ Included in Professor and Enterprise Plans

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Roleplay

Practice real-world scenarios through conversation.

Coral plays a role and speaks with your students in realistic scenarios. You choose the setup — for example, a student pitches a startup while Coral plays a San Francisco–based investor.

Students practice in a low-pressure environment, receive instant feedback, and can be scored on how well they met the learning objectives you set.

✕ Student does not upload a written component

✓ Graded or participatory

✓ Included in all plan types

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Case Study

Turn any case into a live assessment.

Upload the case, article, dataset, or reading you already assign. Coral builds the assessment around it and runs it as either a proctored oral exam or a roleplay scenario. The case stays in context for the whole session, so every follow-up question comes from the material itself. If a student makes a claim the case does not support, Coral notices and probes.

Students are assessed on how they reason through the material, not on whether they can recall it. You set the learning objectives, Coral scores against them and returns instant feedback.

✓ Runs as a proctored assessment or a roleplay
✓ Graded or participatory
✓ Included in all plan types

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VidTickets

VidTickets turn learning into visible thinking through video conversation.n.
Teachers ask one focused question. Students record their response out loud. Once they submit, they unlock their classmates’ answers and can watch, compare perspectives, and leave thoughtful comments.

It’s like Flipgrid, but deeper.
Structured prompts. Immediate personalized AI feedback. Peer feedback built in.

Students don’t just post a video.
They engage in dialogue.
They see how others think.
They refine their own ideas.

Vid Tickets make participation active, social, and meaningful — not just another assignment.

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24/7 Assistant

A 24/7 teaching assistant that knows your course.

Students can ask questions anytime, in their preferred language. Teachers see where students are struggling and what needs review. With Pro-fessor plans and above, you can even record lectures so your assistant is always up to date on class material to answer student’s questions right away.

✓ Students can access anytime

✓ Multiple languages available

✓ Voice or text

✓ Full analytics and insights