Critsly
AI-powered critique infrastructure for design education. Students stay on the design board while Critsly turns feedback, reflection, peer review, and educator evidence into one repeatable workflow.
Critique does not have to disappear after studio.
Traditional critique is high value, but it is hard to scale, hard to document, and uneven across students. Critsly keeps critique attached to the actual artefact, then turns it into action.
Feedback stays with the work
Boards, sketches, notes, images, and AI critique live together so students can revisit decisions instead of losing verbal feedback.
AI critique is structured
Reflecture and Six Thinking Hats guide students through evidence, risks, alternatives, and next actions.
Peer review becomes safer
Anonymous and reveal modes make feedback less intimidating while retaining accountability for educators.
Educators get evidence
Analytics show participation, reflection depth, persona use, and board-level progress without turning Critsly into a full LMS.
Built for the studio loop.
Critsly is not a chatbot pasted beside a whiteboard. It is a critique workflow around visual artefacts, pedagogy, identity, and evidence.
Create board
Students organise visual work, intent, claims, references, and media.
Reflect
Reflecture prompts improve objectivity, specificity, and action readiness.
Switch lenses
Six Thinking Hats provide risks, facts, alternatives, optimism, emotion, and process checks.
Review safely
Anonymous peer or jury critique lets students receive direct feedback with guardrails.
Act
Critsly converts critique into prioritized next steps and educator-readable evidence.
Educators stay in control.
AI scaffolds critique frequency and quality. It does not replace studio judgment. The dashboard surfaces where students need evidence, closure, or intervention.
Board-aware critique
AI references actual sticky notes, sketches, images, and design intent instead of generic text prompts.
Exportable evidence
Reports can support assessment, portfolio review, pilot evaluation, and research-grade telemetry.
Boards that look like real studio work.
Critsly should feel useful before a user writes a single prompt. These board examples show how critique, evidence, planning, and reflection can live together in one workspace.
Design education depends on critique. Critsly makes critique repeatable, measurable, and loved.
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