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AI simulation courses that get better every term.

Students practice the hard conversations of their field out loud, with characters who react. Every session is scored on your rubric, and each term you publish the next version.Students make the sales call out loud, with buyers who brush them off, stall and object. Every call is scored on your rubric, and each term you publish the next version.Students hold the conversations that are hard to staff in a sim lab, out loud, with patients and families who react. Every session is scored on your rubric, and each term your faculty publish the next version.Candidates can rehearse the parent conference out loud, with a parent who reacts. Every session is scored on your rubric, and each term your faculty publish the next version.

Your program

Maya, the daughterI’ve been here since six. Nobody will tell me anything. Is my father okay or not?

Version 2 · published by you · Sample

Nursing · Family member

Scored on your rubric

A sample rubric. Bitta scores on yours.

  • Acknowledges the feelings
  • Recognizes the cues
  • Clear next steps

Bitta drafts. You publish. Nothing reaches students before that.Before your live role-plays, not instead of them. Nothing reaches students until you publish it.Alongside clinical and your sim lab. Nothing reaches students until your faculty publish it.Alongside field experience and student teaching, never instead. Nothing reaches candidates until your faculty publish it.

1,600+ practice sessions on Bitta so far, across our courses. Teacher education scenarios are built with the programs that start them.

Built the way simulation is taught.

Simulation educators run every session as a brief, a scenario and a debrief. A Bitta course keeps that shape for every student, then adds a fourth step.A role-play runs as a brief, a call and a debrief. A Bitta course keeps that shape for every student, then adds a fourth step.Your sim lab runs every session as a prebrief, a scenario and a debrief. A Bitta course keeps that shape for every student, then adds a fourth step.A rehearsal runs as a brief, a conference and a debrief. A Bitta course keeps that shape for every candidate, then adds a fourth step.

BriefBriefPrebrief

What students practice, on your rubric.Every student makes the call.The conversation clinical can’t promise.The parent conference, rehearsed.

You choose the scenario and set the rubric. Here is what students practice in each program.You choose the scenario and set the rubric.You choose the scenario and set the rubric. Run your prebrief as usual.You choose the scenario and set the rubric, inside a course you already teach.

Decisions about simulation hours belong to your program and your board.

  • Nursing education

    A conversation with a patient or family member who reacts.

  • Business education

    A call with a buyer who brushes off, stalls and objects.

  • Teacher education

    A hard conversation with a student’s parent.

  1. Reps before the role-play that counts.

    In a section of 30, each student gets one or two live role-plays a term, and a classmate makes a soft buyer.

    Buyers who brush off, stall and object, for as many calls as you set. Then run your lab role-play as usual.

  2. Scores you can check, in every section.

    You and your adjuncts score recorded role-plays by hand, and a row like “handles the objection” doesn’t always read the same way twice.

    Every call is scored on your rubric, with the reason for each row and the full transcript. A score doesn’t count toward a grade until you enter it.

  3. A course that changes because of your class.

    A simulation bought beside the book changes when the vendor releases a new edition, not because of how your class did.

    After the term, ask what your class missed: Bitta drafts the fix to the reading or the scenario, and you publish version 2.

  1. Every student holds the conversation themselves.

    On a sim day a few students take the nurse’s role while the others observe.

    Each student talks it through out loud with a patient or family member who reacts, as many times as your course sets. Your SPs and your lab keep the encounters that need a trained person.

  2. You review the scenario. You don’t write it from scratch.

    A scenario built to standard needs objectives, the patient’s story, a rubric and a pilot run, on top of a full teaching load.

    Our team drafts the scenario, the rubric rows and the reading from your material. Your faculty review it, change anything, then publish it.

  3. See the reasoning before the debrief.

    A checklist score doesn’t show how a student reasoned, and no one can watch every conversation.

    Every rubric row comes with its reason, and the full transcript sits beside it. The debrief stays with your facilitators.

  1. Every candidate rehearses the hard parent conversation.

    A hard family conversation can’t be scheduled into a placement, so it often waits until a candidate has a class of their own.

    Every candidate gets the same scenario, as often as you set, alongside coursework and field experience.

  2. Practice on demand, not by appointment.

    Mixed-reality rehearsal with a live interactor has to be booked, so each candidate gets a session or two a term.

    Candidates call from the browser on their own time and go again after feedback.

  3. Feedback on your rubric, before the supervisor’s visit.

    Supervisors can’t hear every conversation, and a written assignment can’t show how a candidate talks with a parent.

    Each session is scored on your rubric, with the reason for each row and the transcript. You decide whether a score counts.

Scenario

Now try it yourself.

Here, you pick a line. In your course, students say it out loud, in their own words.Here, you pick a line. In your course, students say it out loud, in their own words.Here, you pick a line. In your course, candidates say it out loud, in their own words.

Family member: You’re the nurse. Maya’s father had surgery yesterday. Find out what she’s worried about.

What would you say?

The rubric

MetPartlyNot yet

  • Acknowledges the feelingsMetYou’ve been here since six with no answers, and that sounds frightening. What have you been told so far?Named the wait and the fear before anything else.
  • Recognizes the cuesStill to come
  • Clear next stepsStill to come

  1. MayaI’ve been here since six. Nobody will tell me anything. Is my father okay or not?
  2. YouYou’ve been here since six with no answers, and that sounds frightening. What have you been told so far?
  3. MayaJust that it went well.
  4. MayaLast night he didn’t know my name, and no one said why.

Debrief

Practice that leaves evidence.

Bring every student’s transcript and rubric reasons to your debrief. The same record shows a department what each student can do, and what changed because of it.Bring every student’s transcript and rubric reasons to your debrief. The same record keeps what assurance of learning asks for: a direct measure of each goal, and how you closed the loop.Bring every student’s transcript and rubric reasons to your debrief. The same record keeps what your outcomes report asks for: direct evidence on each outcome, and the actions you took.Bring every candidate’s transcript and rubric reasons to your debrief. The same record keeps what your quality-assurance system asks for: evidence at each transition point, and what changed.

Program reportA sample class · Fall

Students who met each rubric row, by section
Section 1Section 2Section 3
Acknowledges the feelings8 of 106 of 84 of 6
Recognizes the cues3 of 104 of 81 of 6
Clear next steps6 of 104 of 83 of 6

Student 10 · Section 1

Recognizes the cuesPartly

You should mention that to the doctor. Heard it, then left it for later.

Full transcript

What changed

  1. Version 1 · FallRecognizes the cues: 8 of 24 met
  2. Version 2 · Jan 8Reading and scenario revised for that row. Published by you.
  3. SpringThe same row, measured again

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Program reportA sample class · Fall

Students who met each rubric row, by section
Section 1Section 2Section 3
A relevant reason8 of 106 of 84 of 6
Handles the brush-off3 of 104 of 81 of 6
A specific next step6 of 104 of 83 of 6

Student 10 · Section 1

Handles the brush-offPartly

Sure, I’ll send it. Can I follow up on Friday? Stayed polite, but learned nothing about Jamie.

Full transcript

What changed

  1. Version 1 · FallHandles the brush-off: 8 of 24 met
  2. Version 2 · Jan 8Reading and scenario revised for that row. Published by you.
  3. SpringThe same row, measured again

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Program reportA sample class · Fall

Students who met each rubric row, by section
Section 1Section 2Section 3
Acknowledges the feelings8 of 106 of 84 of 6
Recognizes the cues3 of 104 of 81 of 6
Clear next steps6 of 104 of 83 of 6

Student 10 · Section 1

Recognizes the cuesPartly

You should mention that to the doctor. Heard it, then left it for later.

Full transcript

What changed

  1. Version 1 · FallRecognizes the cues: 8 of 24 met
  2. Version 2 · Jan 8Reading and scenario revised for that row. Published by your faculty.
  3. SpringThe same row, measured again

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Program reportA sample class · Fall

Candidates who met each rubric row, by section
Section 1Section 2Section 3
Acknowledges the concern8 of 106 of 84 of 6
Shares evidence, not blame3 of 104 of 81 of 6
Agrees on a plan together6 of 104 of 83 of 6

Candidate 10 · Section 1

Shares evidence, not blamePartly

He’s been missing a lot of homework. A real fact, but it landed as blame.

Full transcript

What changed

  1. Version 1 · FallShares evidence, not blame: 8 of 24 met
  2. Version 2 · Jan 8Reading and scenario revised for that row. Published by your faculty.
  3. SpringThe same row, measured again

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83% of 391 nursing schools named lack of faculty time as a barrier to putting the Essentials in place, up from 56% in 2022. AACN, 2024 Essentials survey

Almost 68% of business schools that needed a second year of continuous-improvement review were cited for assurance of learning. AACSB Insights, June 2023

Almost 68% of business schools that needed a second year of continuous-improvement review were cited for assurance of learning. AACSB Insights, June 2023

83% of 391 nursing schools named lack of faculty time as a barrier to putting the Essentials in place, up from 56% in 2022. AACN, 2024 Essentials survey

Next term

Next term’s course, from this term’s class.Next term’s course, from this term’s class.Next term’s scenario, from this term’s class.Next term’s conference, from this term’s candidates.

Programs are asked to close the loop: find what students missed, change the course, measure again. Follow one scenario through a term.Programs are asked to close the loop: find what students missed, change the course, measure again. Follow one call through a term.Sim programs revise a scenario after it runs. Here the revision starts from every student’s session. Follow one scenario through a term.Programs are asked to track results over time and document every change. Follow one conference through a term.

Family member · A sample scenario we wrote

Scored on your rubric

  • Acknowledges the feelingsMetNamed the wait and the fear before anything else.
  • Recognizes the cuesPartlyYou should mention that to the doctor.Heard it, then left it for later.
  • Clear next steps

Week 4 lecture notes.pdf

Name the fear before any update.

New confusion after surgery can be delirium. Ask what she noticed.

Family conversations.pptx

Your rubric

  • Acknowledges the feelings
  • Recognizes the cues
  • Clear next steps
Talking with families after surgeryDraftVersion 1
  • The scenarioMaya, the daughterShe’s afraid he won’t come back the same.Draft
  • ReadingTalking with families after surgeryDraft
  • PodcastThe scenario and the reading, talked throughDraft
  • QuizQuestions on the readingDraft

UndoPublish

Sessions per student13
Section 110 studentsCopy link
Section 28 studentsCopy link
Section 36 studentsCopy link

Link copied for Section 1.

Who needs help, at the top

A sample class

StudentAcknowledges the feelingsRecognizes the cuesClear next steps
Student 2PartlyNot yetPartly
Student 3MetNot yetPartly
Your studentMetMetPartly
Student 4MetMetPartly
  1. Before the term

    YouYour program

    It starts from what you teach.

    Bring a scenario you teach, and your rubric if you have one. Bitta’s editors draft Maya and the reading around her. Change anything, then publish it.Bring a role-play you run, and your rubric if you have one. Bitta’s editors draft Jamie and the reading around him. Change anything, then publish it.Bring a scenario you teach, and your rubric if you have one. Bitta’s editors draft Maya and the reading around her. Your faculty change anything, then publish it.Bring a scenario you teach, and your rubric if you have one. Bitta’s editors draft Casey and the reading around him. Your faculty change anything, then publish it.

  2. During the term

    Your studentsYour studentsYour candidatesYou

    Try 1 takes the brush-off. Try 2 opens him up.Try 1 misses a cue. Try 2 catches it.Try 1 lands as blame. Try 2 brings evidence.

    Jamie says to just send an email, and your student agrees. The rubric marks it Partly, with the reason. Students can go again.Maya says her father didn’t know her name last night, and your student moves on. The rubric marks it Partly, with the reason. Students can go again.Casey says Eli won’t come to school, and your candidate brings up missed homework. The rubric marks it Partly, with the reason. Candidates can go again.

  3. After the term

    YouYour program

    Bitta drafts the fix. You publish version 2.Bitta drafts the fix. You publish version 2.Bitta drafts the fix. Your faculty publish version 2.Bitta drafts the fix. Your faculty publish version 2.

    Ask what the class missed. Bitta reads the sessions and finds where students fell short. Edit or undo any of the fix. Next term, the same rubric rows measure again.Ask what the class missed. Bitta reads the sessions and finds where students fell short. Edit or undo any of the fix. Next term, the same rubric rows measure again.Ask what your candidates missed. Bitta reads the sessions and finds where they fell short. Edit or undo any of the fix. Next term, the same rubric rows measure again.

Who does what

Bitta
Drafts when asked. Scores every session on your rubric.
YouYouYour facultyYour faculty
Edit, undo and publish. Nothing reaches students before that.Nothing reaches students before that.Nothing reaches candidates before that.
Your studentsYour studentsYour candidates
Practice, and can go again.

A whole course, built around the simulation.

Jamie’s call is one chapter of a whole course.Maya’s conversation is one chapter of a whole course.Casey’s conference is one chapter of a whole course.

Business educationChapter 2: The opening minute of a cold call
A drawing of a clinic operations manager on a desk phone at a busy front desk.

01Read

Busy buyers decide in seconds whether to give you a minute.

02Listen

Earning the next minute

Read the transcript

03Quiz

Jamie says, “Just send me an email.” What’s your next move?

“Hello? Sorry, who is this? I’ve got patients checking in.”

04Practice out loud

Call Jamie, a busy buyer

Try this scenario

05Play

The market stall

Play it
Nursing educationChapter 4: Talking with families after surgery
A drawing of a nurse in scrubs listening to a worried woman in a hospital family room.

01Read

A frightened family member needs to hear their fear named before any update.

02Listen

Name the fear

Read the transcript

03Quiz

Maya says her father didn’t know her name last night. What do you do?

“I’ve been here since six. Nobody will tell me anything.”

04Practice out loud

Talk with Maya, a worried daughter

Try this scenario

05Play

The night shift

Play it
Teacher educationChapter 3: Parent conferences that start with listening
A drawing of a teacher listening to a father across a classroom table at a parent conference.

01Read

An upset parent can’t hear evidence until they feel heard.

02Listen

Before the evidence

Read the transcript

03Quiz

Casey says Eli thinks you pick on him. What do you say?

“I’ll be honest, I’m not happy.”

04Practice out loud

Meet with Casey, Eli’s dad

Try this scenario

Five ways to practice

  • Talk it throughWith a character who reacts
  • Read the roomSeveral people on one call
  • Work the sceneThe buyer’s screen, full of numbersRead the monitor, check the pumpThe classroom after schoolIn demosFrom next termIn private testing
  • Run the numbersGames with limits, every move loggedA price set against a costFour patients, one nurse’s timeGames. None for teacher education yet.
  • Hold a roomPresent to a hall that reactsIn demos

Play it here

Every move is logged and scored on the rubric beside it.

What you use today, and where Bitta fits.

Your placements, your lab and your live rehearsals stay.

ComparedWhat you use todayBittaWhere today’s tools are ahead
Who writes the scenarioThe vendor’s authors, or your faculty in an authoring toolBitta’s editors draft it from your material; you review and publish itLarger libraries, ready to assign today
What it’s scored onOften the vendor’s framework, or your own hand scoringYour rubric, with the reason for each rowVendor frameworks come with published studies
How students practiceClassmates, a booked actor, or a separate practice toolOut loud with a character who reacts, inside the course, on your rubricA trained person reads the room and adapts in the moment
When the scenario changesWhen the vendor releases a new editionWhen you ask, from what this class missed; you publish version 2A public, dated changelog
GradebookSync with your LMS, in many toolsA link in your LMS and a spreadsheet exportThey’re ahead. Bitta has no LMS connection yet

We draft it. You make it yours.

  • Make your ownWe draft a course from a role-play you run, and you review it.We draft a course from a scenario you teach, and you review it.We draft a course from a scenario you teach, and you review it.
  • Start from one of our scenariosOur team fits it to your rubric and your details.Our team fits a sales call scenario to your rubric and your details.Our team fits a nursing scenario to your rubric and your details.Our team fits our parent conference scenario to your rubric and your details.
  • Run an expert’s courseTeach a course an expert in your field wrote, as it is.On the way

How pricing works

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Common questions

Before you book

So what happens next?Jamie“So what are you asking me for?”Maya“So what happens now?”Casey“So what do we do now?”

Bring one scenario you teach.Bring the call your students struggle with.Bring the conversation your students rarely get to practice.Bring the conversation your candidates rarely get to rehearse.

We’ll build it into a simulation for one class next term.Send us a role-play you teach. We’ll build it into a simulation for one class next term.Start with one scenario, in one course, for one term. We’ll build it with you.One scenario, inside a course you already teach, next term. We’ll build it with you.

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