Connecting voice AI with learning platforms to strengthen assessment quality and provide greater insight into learners' understanding.
The Challenge
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly accessible, organisations face a growing challenge: how can they be confident that assessments reflect what learners genuinely know and understand?
Written submissions alone may not always provide a complete picture of a learner’s capability. The ability to explain decisions, discuss ideas and demonstrate understanding through conversation can provide valuable additional evidence.
Synapsys partner Scarlatti had developed Vocina, an AI-powered voice platform that analyses submitted documents and engages learners in conversations about their work. The opportunity was to make this functionality accessible within the learning management systems organisations already use, creating a more seamless way to support assessment and verify understanding.
Our Partnership
Synapsys partnered with Scarlatti to integrate Vocina into Moodle and Totara, enabling organisations to use AI-powered voice conversations as part of their existing assessment processes.
We developed a custom plugin that connects Vocina directly with the assignment functionality in both learning platforms. Once a learner submits their assessment, the document is sent to Vocina for analysis. The platform then generates relevant follow-up questions based on the submitted work.
Learners can complete the voice conversation directly within their learning management system, without needing to navigate to a separate application.
Following the conversation, Vocina analyses the learner’s responses and returns the questions, transcript and assessment results to the learning platform. Assessors can then review these alongside the original submission, gaining additional insight into how well the learner understands their work.
Beyond the technical integration, Synapsys brought its learning technology expertise to the partnership, helping connect an emerging AI capability with practical assessment needs.
The Impact
The integration has made it possible to use Vocina’s conversational AI functionality within established Moodle and Totara assessment workflows.
By bringing together written submissions, spoken explanations and AI-generated assessment information, the solution gives assessors access to a richer picture of learner understanding.
This creates opportunities for organisations to strengthen assessment integrity, support more informed assessment decisions and build greater confidence that learning is translating into genuine capability.
With the integration developed and available in the market, the partnership demonstrates how emerging AI technologies can be connected with existing learning infrastructure to support more meaningful assessment.
Interested in exploring how AI could strengthen assessment in your organisation? Get in touch with Synapsys to find out more.