Anyone can get the answer now. We're here for the thinking that gets there.
StudioLoom is the home for self-directed student projects — PYP Exhibition, Personal Project, CAS, the Extended Essay, capstones. Students own the work, build a real portfolio as they go, and you can see exactly how every project came together.
Start from a library of classroom-tested units.
Hundreds of ready-to-go units built by real teachers for Design, Service, Capstone, Exhibition, and inquiry classrooms. Use one as-is, remix it for your context, or build your own from scratch — every unit structured to scaffold and extend students in project-based learning.
- Browse units by subject, framework, and grade level — each one structured with Workshop Model phases, scaffolding, and differentiation built in
- Customise any unit per class: fork the content, adjust timing, swap activities — your version, your students
- Or build from scratch: Express for speed, Guided for step-by-step, Architect for full control over every activity and phase
- Every unit knows when to scaffold, when to stretch, and when to get out of the way
Every unit comes with the materials students actually use.
Lessons arrive ready to present — multimedia content, multiple ways to respond, extensions for early finishers, and language scaffolding built in. Students work through rich, structured activities, and a live dashboard shows you pace and progress as it happens.
- Multimedia lessons with video, images, and interactive prompts — students respond via text, photo upload, voice, canvas, or embedded thinking tools
- Automatic extension activities for early finishers, matched to the current design phase
- 3-tier language scaffolding: sentence starters, guided prompts, and stretch challenges — every lesson, every student
- UDL checkpoints and inclusive learning practices baked into activities, not bolted on afterward
- A live teacher dashboard shows progress and pace as it happens
They own the process. You see it happen.
Students work through real challenges at their own pace — sketching, prototyping, testing, reflecting. When they're stuck, they get the next question, not the answer. They find their own direction. They earn independence. They build a real portfolio.
- Guidance asks questions instead of giving answers — and only after real effort, so the breakthrough is theirs
- 42 built-in thinking tools available inside lessons as embedded activities — no context-switching
- Discovery Engine: 8 interactive stations help students find their own project direction
- Open Studio: students earn a self-directed working mode with gentle check-ins
- The portfolio builds itself from daily work — nothing extra to submit
The whole story, captured as they work.
No spreadsheets, no manual entry. Open one screen and see who's flying, who's stuck, who needs you today — then scrub the full history behind any piece of work. Insights surface what matters: stuck students, stale unmarked work.
- A complete, tamper-proof record of how each project came together — for you, for a moderator, for a proud parent
- Pace and effort signals per activity, per student — surfaced as priorities, not raw tables
- Insights on your dashboard flag what matters first: stuck students, stale unmarked work
- Students tap one emoji after each lesson — and it tunes the timing for next time
From grading to gallery — the evidence is already there.
Grade with the evidence the platform already collected. Students showcase through structured peer review rounds, not just a submit button. The portfolio is already built — because it captured their work as they did it.
- Criterion-based grading for any framework — MYP 1-8, GCSE percentages, PLTW 1-4, and more
- The evidence panel shows student work alongside its full history
- Gallery: teacher-created peer review rounds with structured formats (PMI, Two Stars & a Wish)
- Effort-gated feedback — students only see peer reviews after completing their own first
The thinking is the point.
Students work through real challenges and get the next question when they're stuck — never the answer handed over. The tools structure how they think instead of doing it for them.
See the work, not the worker.
Every project keeps its own history — drafts, decisions, dead ends, breakthroughs. You see how it was genuinely made. Proof, not surveillance.
The work stays theirs.
Their process, their portfolio, their record to keep — and to take with them.
42 tools that structure thinking — no shortcuts, no answers handed over. The thinking is the point.
Works with your framework
Finally see what your students are actually doing.
Start with the free toolkit — no login needed. Or set up your first class and watch a project come to life, step by visible step.