CASE STUDY

Coraltalk for University Professors

Advancing Participation,

Assessment, and

Communication Skills

in MBA Education

Enhancing Participation With Authentic Dialogue

In emerging-technology courses, students are expected to analyze new concepts, form opinions, and articulate insights. Traditional written discussion posts made it difficult to understand how students arrived at their conclusions.

With Coraltalk:

• Students participate orally, mirroring real business communication
• Dialogues feel closer to in-class discussion, even outside class hours
• The platform scores and summarizes each submission automatically
• Instructors see high-level strengths and weaknesses at a glance

This shift reduces manual grading effort while increasing the quality of student engagement and depth of understanding demonstrated.

Moshe Mikanovsky, an MBA professor at a prestigious business school linked with York University, has partnered with Coraltalk to strengthen how emerging-technology students express their ideas, demonstrate comprehension, and participate outside the classroom. Through voice-native AI, the classroom brings a more authentic, scalable approach to evaluating how future business leaders think, not just what they write.

As an educator at one of Canada’s top MBA programs, Moshe is focused on preparing students to apply new technologies with confidence. Coraltalk enables him to capture and assess reasoning in real time, create richer participation opportunities, and support the diverse communication backgrounds found in global business cohorts.

A man wearing glasses and a light blue button-up shirt is speaking or presenting in front of a projection screen, holding a black marker in his right hand.

“In business education, I need to hear how students reason. Coraltalk allows me to assess their thinking at scale — not just their ability to produce polished writing.”

— Moshe Mikanovsky, MBA Professor at YorkU

Supporting Global

Communication Skills

MBA classrooms bring together learners with different native languages and professional backgrounds. Coraltalk offers a safe practice environment where students can build confidence in:

• Speaking clearly and persuasively
• Applying terminology from emerging-tech domains
• Preparing for interviews and presentations
• Strengthening active listening skills

Students report deeper understanding of course material and more confidence communicating complex ideas — skills that translate directly to industry.

Reducing Faculty Workload and Increasing Insight

Coraltalk automates:

• Participation collection and evaluation
• Transcript generation
• Rubric scoring
• Insight reporting

This frees instructors to focus on higher-value tasks such as feedback, mentorship, and helping students apply concepts to real-world scenarios — without the burden of reviewing dozens of written posts.

A Shared Commitment to Responsible AI Adoption

Schulich and Coraltalk are aligned in advancing ethical, practical uses of AI in business education. By integrating conversation-based assessment and modernizing participation, the program ensures students are not only learning about AI — they are experiencing its productive role in the future of work.

This collaboration demonstrates how business schools can use AI to unlock efficiency, improve communication skills, and strengthen learning outcomes.

Coraltalk is proud to support Schulich School of Business as they shape the next generation of technology-driven leaders.

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“I love it because I get to speak to Coraltalk in a deeper way.”

- Sarah Ajekwe
MBA student, York University

Young man with dark hair, beard, wearing a black T-shirt with white graphics, and a gold chain sitting in an empty lecture hall.

“I use Coraltalk to understand the material in class more.”

- Tushar Sroya
MBA student, York University

Coraltalk uses adaptive follow-up questions to uncover how students arrive at their responses. Instead of polished writing or multiple-choice guessing, you hear each student explain their thinking step-by-step. The platform automatically generates transcripts, highlights key insights, and surfaces gaps in understanding — making it easier to evaluate critical thinking at scale.
No — it significantly reduces it. Coraltalk automates participation tracking, rubric-aligned scoring, and summarizes the strengths and weaknesses of each submission. Instead of reading dozens of discussion posts, you simply review a short insight dashboard and provide higher-value feedback where it matters most.
Students can participate orally at their own pace, in their own language, and in a low-pressure environment. This helps multilingual and less confident speakers express what they truly understand. You get a more accurate view of comprehension — not just writing skills — allowing you to personalize support for every student.