Students write it. Then they defend it.
Unfold asks students short questions as they write, then has them defend their paper in a few minutes.
Unfold asks
How does this affect your recommendation, and why?
Writing assignments need to work in an AI world.
The finished paper is no longer enough.
- AI detectors ask
- Did AI write it?
- Keystroke trackers ask
- Did the student type it?
- Unfold asks
- Does the student understand it?
Detectors can flag a paper, but they can't prove who wrote it, and a wrong accusation is hard to defend. We see AI as a tool that students should learn to use the right way, so you set what each assignment allows.
Write. Answer. Defend.
Turn one assignment, launched from your LMS, into evidence of learning.
Write
Students plan and write their paper inside Unfold.
Answer
As students write, Unfold introduces new information and asks short questions.
Defend
After they submit, they answer 2 or 3 short questions about their own paper.
One paper.
The paper the student submitted.
Submitted paper SampleApproval should depend on the supplier documenting a backup plan. The pilot should cover one product line for two quarters.
The reasoning behind it.
What they said while writing and in their defense.
Paper defenseWhy should approval depend on a backup plan instead of the cost savings alone?
Because the savings only matter if deliveries keep coming.
Your call.
Unfold can suggest a score. You confirm or change it, and nothing reaches the student until you share results.
Unfold Score93/100
Paper rubric · 70% 90/100
Learning objectives · 30% 100/100
Clear AI rules. Careful with student data.
Set the AI policy. See what students report.
You set what each assignment allows, and students report their own AI use. Reports never change the score.
AI never gets names or emails from student accounts.
It sees the assignment and the student's work. A student's own words or voice may still identify them.
Student work is not used to train AI.
Neither Unfold nor OpenAI, our AI provider, trains models on it.
No keystroke logging.
Unfold keeps saved versions and basic activity, never raw keystrokes or clipboard contents.
How we handle student data and AI
Set a policy across nine kinds of AI use. Unfold suggests a review when a student reports a use it doesn't allow. Reports never go to AI or change the score.
AI sees the assignment and the student's work, including recordings to transcribe, but no names, emails, LMS IDs or writing activity.
Unfold keeps saved versions with their times, approximate editing time, and paste timing and word counts. It never stores raw keystrokes, clipboard contents or detailed typing cadence.
Runs inside Moodle, Canvas and Blackboard.
LTI 1.3, with no plugin and no separate accounts. Not yet supported: roster sync.
How your LMS team installs it
Moodle and Canvas admins get a one-time setup link from us. Blackboard admins add Unfold by client ID, and we approve it. Each comes with a setup guide.
Instructors use their LMS's usual steps to add Unfold. Students launch it from the course.
Tested with Moodle and Canvas. Blackboard Learn is tested through setup, launches, course copy and gradebook sending on its developer image. See the Canvas walkthrough
Options for students who need them.
Written answers instead of spoken ones, or double time on the defense.
Accessibility details
Written answers. Let a student type instead of speaking, for questions, the closing explanation and the defense. Set it for one assessment or the whole course. Answers already saved are kept.
Double time. 180 seconds per defense answer instead of 90, for one assessment or the whole course. A defense already started keeps its settings.
Unfold aims to meet WCAG 2.1 AA and is checked automatically. A full review with keyboard and screen reader users is still ahead, so we don't claim conformance yet.
To report an accessibility barrier, email hello@unfoldlearning.io.
Questions we hear.
Is Unfold an AI detector?
No. It never judges whether a student used AI or decides misconduct. It shows you the student's reasoning in their own words, and you decide.
Can a student use AI to answer the defense?
Nothing can fully rule that out. Questions can't be copied, an oral defense is recorded from the start, and leaving the page restarts it with new questions, up to twice. Switching tabs or a second device isn't detected, so you review the answers and decide.
Which assignments does it fit?
Papers where students argue, analyze or recommend.
How long does the paper defense take?
A few minutes: 2 or 3 questions, about 90 seconds each, right after the student submits. You choose oral or written, with nothing to schedule.
Who writes the questions?
You choose: you, Unfold's AI or both. Students respond in writing or out loud, as you choose.
How does scoring work?
Add your rubric and learning objectives, and choose how much each counts. The rubric scores the paper. Learning objectives score the plan, responses, closing explanation and defense. Unfold can suggest a level for each, with the evidence behind it, and you confirm or change every one.
Can I score without AI help?
Yes. Choose Score by hand when you set up an assessment, and you set every level yourself. Nothing changes for students.
Does it send scores to my LMS gradebook?
Yes, if your LMS administrator allows it. After you share results, you choose when to send the Unfold Score. Feedback and evidence stay in Unfold. Tested on Moodle, a local Canvas and Blackboard's developer site. Confirmed on your Canvas during setup.
What does it cost?
We set up pilots one school at a time. Talk with us about yours.
Start with one class.
Tell us about your class and your LMS, and we'll plan a pilot together. Work with real students starts once your school has signed an agreement with us.
Kyle Robichaux, CEO. 8 years in higher education. Kyle and CTO Chris Cook build Unfold in Lafayette, Louisiana.