One of our proudest accomplishments last year was completing a tool in partnership with the “Center for Suicide Prevention Research and Studies” at Lincoln University. Funded by The Fort Leonard Institute, the Peer Advising System (PAS) is a tool that helps military personnel recognize potential warning signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and suicidal ideation in their peers.

Designed to be used in the field, the program allows individuals to quickly describe their concerns about a friend or family member. Using an algorithm based on a meta analysis of existing literature of behavioral indicators of PTSD, the program returns an assessment summary suggesting actions steps to the user.

As the software development subcontractors for the project, our task was to develop an easy-to-use interface and workflow, then implement the expert system strategies necessary to provide accurate recommendations.

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Psychology professors rejoice! We’ve got a new set of psychology writing assignments ready to use in your class this fall!

Based on one of the most popular intro psych texts (Psychology by David G Myers), our assignments have already been tested in the classroom for quality. And we’ll let you use two of them at no cost.

Watch the video (below) for more information:

Over the years, SAGrader has been used a lot in Sociology courses. As a result we’ve gathered an impressive collection of classroom-tested essay assignments for Intro, Social Psychology, Social Deviance and Research Methods. Now we’re offering these ready-to-use assignments to your Sociology class!

It’s an easy way to inject some robust assignments into your curriculum. And since they’re already setup in SAGrader, you won’t have to grade them. We’ve got over 20 assignments to choose from. Use as many as you want for only $19 a student.

You can learn more about it and get access to all the assignments for free on our website.

We’re excited to launch our new bar exam study tool today! Based on the core technology of SAGrader, Bar Essay Prep gives students access to real bar exam essays and provides them with quick, helpful feedback.

While there are already some great bar exam study programs out there, we think we bring a few unique things to the field.

• First, it’s cheap! Students can enroll for only $100; many other programs are ten times as expensive.
• Next, our essay critiques are fast! Really fast. After submitting to an essay, you usually get feedback in a couple minutes.
• You get access to over 30 essays (real essays from the MEE).
• Last, everything is web-based so you can study when you want, at your own pace.

We’ve been working hard on this the past few weeks so we could get it out in time for students to use before the next bar exam in July. Check it out and let us know what you think!