Research resources

How Loom works, what each piece is for, and what's changed lately.

How Loom works

Five short films, about 8 minutes in all, narrated and captioned, recorded on the live site.

Meet Loom · 1:17A research canvas with a real library underneath: pin the sources, connect them with your reasons, and hand in the proof.

Your first investigation, start to finish · 2:12Start from a question, pin a book and a passage, and put each piece where it belongs.

Evidence that cites itself · 1:44Quote cards that carry their page, the sentence cut from the scan, the quote check, the concordance and the bibliography.

Reasoning on every line · 1:26The six kinds of yarn, a reason on every line, claims that count what is for and against them, and yarn of your own.

Hand it in, and prove it · 1:35Freeze a version, open its receipt, read the history, ask for a peer review, and set work for a class.

Loom for schools

Three short films for teachers and administrators, about 5 minutes in all, narrated and captioned, recorded on the live site. The school in them is a made-up one.

How a class works · 1:46Make a class, post an assignment from a starter investigation, open exactly what each student handed in, and return it with the rubric.

Audit the AI · 1:17The research assistant answers once, citing a page for every claim. Plant errors on purpose, and students check each citation against the scan.

For administrators · 1:27One license, one console: seats and invitations, what students under 18 see, the handling policy, the audit log and LMS setup.