By Jay ShahQuick answer:
- The Hill Levene School of Business at the University of Regina used TrackPoint so students could practice presentations with AI feedback before presenting for a grade.
- Students recorded or uploaded their talk with their slides, got feedback on both the content and the delivery, practiced an interactive Q&A, and practiced it again as many times as they wanted.
- The instructor kept the judgment calls. TrackPoint took on the repetition no single instructor has time for.
It’s 9 p.m. the night before a graded presentation. A second-year business student has her slides done and has never said the talk out loud. Her roommate is busy, and office hours closed at four. She opens TrackPoint on her laptop, uploads her deck and runs the presentation. The feedback tells her the middle section is confusing, that slide four makes a point she never says in her presentation, and that she rushes the ending. She fixes the structure and runs it again. The third time, it sounds like her.
What was the problem?
In most communication courses, students present once, for a grade, and the feedback arrives after the presentation.
Teaching the material is the easy part. One instructor can cover structure, delivery and reading an audience for a full section at once. Practice is the hard part, because getting better at speaking takes several tries in front of someone who can tell you what worked. In a class of dozens, one instructor can’t be that person for every student before every presentation.
So students rehearse in their heads, or to a friend who’s too polite to say the middle part was confusing.
What did students do with TrackPoint?
They practiced their presentation, on their own schedule, as many times as they needed.
Students recorded or uploaded a presentation and could attach their slide deck. TrackPoint gave feedback on the content first: how the talk was structured and flowed, how persuasive it was, whether the closing landed, and whether what they said matched their slides. Then on the delivery: pace, filler words, tone and body language. TrackPoint also followed-up with a mock Q&A, where an AI audience asks the questions a real one would. Then students could change something and go again that same evening. No booking a room, no gathering an audience, no waiting a week for comments.
It also helped the students who needed it most. Nervous presenters are usually the ones least likely to ask a classmate to watch them practice. A private run with honest feedback is easier to start than a rehearsal in front of a friend.
What did the instructor say?
Paul Sinclair, Associate Professor (Business Communications) at the Hill Levene School of Business, ran the course:
“TrackPoint worked very well for my teaching application.”
Paul Sinclair, Associate Professor (Business Communications), Hill Levene School of Business, University of Regina
What can other schools and training teams take from this?
Give people a safe place to practice before the moment that counts, and spend expert time on what only an expert can judge.
That applies well beyond a business school. New managers rehearsing their first team update, sales reps preparing a pitch, and support leads presenting a new policy all face the same gap: plenty of material, almost no practice. TrackPoint’s presentation practice gives each of them a place to run it out loud first, with feedback on what they said and how they said it. Universities can see more on our education page.
Frequently asked questions
What did the University of Regina use TrackPoint for?
Presentation practice at the Hill Levene School of Business. Students recorded or uploaded presentations and got AI feedback on their delivery before presenting for a grade.
What does AI presentation practice give feedback on?
Both what you say and how you say it. On content, TrackPoint looks at the structure and flow of the talk, how persuasive it is, how it closes, and whether what you say matches your slides when you attach a deck. On delivery, it covers pace, filler words, tone and body language. It can also run a mock Q&A with an AI questioner.
Does AI presentation practice replace instructor feedback?
No. It handles the repetition, so students show up to class having already fixed the obvious problems. The instructor’s time goes to the feedback only a person can give.
Can one course use TrackPoint without a campus-wide rollout?
Yes. A single course or department can start on its own, which is how the University of Regina began.
Is AI presentation practice only for students?
No. Companies use the same practice for new managers, sales pitches, customer presentations and onboarding. See presentation practice for how it works.
Talk to our team to see how your students or your team could practice their next presentation before the one that counts, or try a free roleplay and hear the feedback for yourself.
