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Toltec adopts Imagine Learning'Ingenuity online platform for middle grades; teacher highlights AI-detection and parent reporting features
Summary
An online teacher demonstrated the Ingenuity program within the Imagine Learning platform, describing live tutoring, customizable student templates, embedded AI/plagiarism detection for instructors, weekly progress reports for parents and a four-day schedule with live classes two days a week.
Toltec School District staff demonstrated the Ingenuity offering within the Imagine Learning curriculum and described how the online academy will be used at scale.
An online teacher told the board Ingenuity is an award-winning, standards-aligned curriculum that provides self-paced coursework with embedded live-teacher support and tutor access. "It allows students to be self-paced learning ... and it allows for teacher intervention," the online teacher said, describing a model that combines independent online work with scheduled live instruction.
The presenter walked the board through student and teacher views, noting features the district will use: customizable course templates, embedded projects for science, live tutoring links for real-time help, and weekly progress reports sent to parents that show time on task and course progress. The teacher said the district began using the platform in the third week of school for students entering the online academy and that typical local use targets grades 6'8 initially with expansion for grades 4 and 5 planned later.
The teacher also described an instructor tool within the platform that helps identify likely AI-generated or plagiarized work: "it can actually determine was it AI or was it the student ... it identifies if AI was used," the presenter said, and added instructors can export flagged work to share with parents for follow-up.
Operational details shared with the board included a four-day weekly schedule for online students (two days of core live classes, two days independent work), a recommended minimum engagement of about 10 hours over the four-day period, and use of intervention templates to structure 15-minute targeted sessions. The teacher said the online model can be particularly effective for students transitioning from disciplinary placements and for students who elect the online academy by choice.
Board members asked questions about enrollment growth and tracking; the presenter said participation typically rises after the start of the semester and that staff will continue to report progress metrics to the board.
