June 23, 2025

Create Standards-Aligned Activities in Minutes, Not Hours

Build and assign standards-based speaking and writing tasks in less time without sacrificing quality or consistency.
Austin Meusch
Co-founder & CEO
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Teachers wear more hats than ever. On any given day, you're leading instruction, managing logistics, supporting students emotionally, and doing it all while trying to keep learning engaging and effective. And on top of that, you’re expected to design thoughtful, standards-aligned lessons and assignments that drive real progress.

Speakable was built to support that work. We know you're the one making the difference in the classroom. Our job is to help you do it more efficiently.

That's why we created the Activity Builder, along with a suite of quick-creation tools like the AI Builder, AI Rubric Builder, and Bulk Page Creator. These tools are designed to help you turn your ideas into interactive, standards-aligned activities in a fraction of the time.

The Tools That Help You Build, Fast

You already know what your students need. Speakable gives you the tools to bring those lessons to life, fast and with structure.

AI Builder

Start with a prompt and let Speakable generate full activities for you. For example, type:
“Create a greetings and goodbyes activity for Spanish 1 focused on speaking practice”
Speakable will generate structured practice pages that align with your instructional goals.

Bulk Page Creator

Upload a vocab list, a set of writing prompts, or comprehension questions, and instantly convert them into a multi-page activity. This is perfect for turning worksheets or textbook content into digital practice.

AI Rubric Builder

Upload a PDF of your grading criteria or an existing rubric from your department. Add a short prompt like:
“Convert this into a 4-point rubric for Intermediate Mid ACTFL speaking tasks”
Speakable will extract the relevant language and turn it into a reusable rubric that can be applied to any student assignment.

Each of these tools is designed to save time without compromising quality. You stay in control, while the system does the busywork.

Core Student Actions: Choose the Right Format for Your Goals

The Activity Builder supports three main types of student tasks. Each gives students a different way to engage with your content.

Multiple Choice

Use for comprehension checks, exit tickets, or quick assessments. Students receive instant feedback, and you get immediate insight into what they’ve mastered.

Tip: Add images, videos, or audio to make your questions more dynamic and culturally rich.

Listen & Repeat (Speaking Practice)

Ideal for building pronunciation and fluency. Students listen to a prompt, repeat it, and get immediate, auto-scored feedback. This is especially effective in world language and ESL classrooms where students need to develop speaking confidence.

Open Response(Open-Ended Speaking or Writing)

Use for deeper responses, reflection, or analysis. Students record or write their answers, and Speakable provides feedback on grammar, structure, and clarity using your rubric. You can review, adjust scores, and give personalized comments.

Practice and Assessment Modes: Build Confidence, Then Evaluate

Not every assignment needs to be high-stakes. Speakable lets you assign in either:

  • Practice Mode: A no-pressure space for students to practice and retry responses, great for skill-building
  • Assessment Mode: Record, lock in, and auto-score responses when it's time to measure progress

This gives you flexibility to guide students from learning to mastery.

Use Media to Make Learning Stick

Students engage more deeply when they can listen, watch, and interact. The Activity Builder allows you to embed media throughout your lessons. Add videos, images, or audio clips to your prompts, or use AI Builder suggestions to enrich activities with relevant resources.

Whether students are responding to a short film, describing an image, or repeating audio, media helps them connect learning to real contexts.

Real Teachers, Real Use Cases

Here’s how educators are already putting these tools to work:

World Language Teachers
Use the AI Builder to create full speaking activities where students repeat phrases and get instant pronunciation feedback. Rubrics aligned to ACTFL proficiency levels help ensure consistency across classrooms.

ESL Instructors
Assign Respond tasks focused on writing prompts that build academic language. The system provides grammar and structure feedback, and teachers can quickly review and refine with rubric-based grading.

Content Area Teachers
Use Bulk Page Creator to turn a set of short-answer prompts into an essay-based assignment for social studies, then attach a rubric built with the AI Rubric Builder to assess clarity, argumentation, and evidence use.

How to Get Started

It only takes a few minutes to build your first activity:

  1. Log in to Speakable and click “Create Activity”
  2. Use one of the quick-creation tools:
    • AI Builder: Type a prompt to generate full activities
    • Bulk Page Creator: Upload a vocab or prompt list
    • AI Rubric Builder: Upload a rubric PDF and convert it into a grading tool
  3. Add media like images, video, or audio to bring the activity to life
  4. Assign to your students with one click
  5. Review results in your teacher dashboard and track progress over time

The Bottom Line: You Drive the Learning, We Help You Scale It

You don’t need more tools. You need tools that help you do what you’re already doing — faster, better, and with less manual work.

The Activity Builder, along with the AI Builder, AI Rubric Builder, and Bulk Page Creator, gives you everything you need to build structured, standards-aligned activities without the stress of doing it all by hand.

You're the one guiding students toward proficiency. Speakable just helps you get there with less friction.

Try it out today and spend less time building assignments — and more time doing what matters most.

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