Metacognitive Moves by B Optimal · Institutional Pricing — 2025–2026

Metacognitive Moves. Transparent pricing.

Metacognitive Moves is a coordinated suite of five academic capability tools that builds Learning Practice Infrastructure at your institution. Two adoption pathways. Per-student tiered pricing. Everything included from day one.

What it builds Metacognitive Moves builds Learning Practice Infrastructure — the structured layer that shapes how students plan, monitor, reflect, and adjust their academic work.
$3–$7 Per student / per year
à la carte tools
$14–$17 Per student / per year
full system · Pathway 2
5 Coordinated tools in the
Metacognitive Moves system
Adoption Pathways

Two pathways to implementation

Pathway 1 is individual tool adoption — à la carte, with everything needed to deploy and use each tool well. Every tool license includes access to both the Student Hub and the Staff Hub. Pathway 2 builds on that foundation by coordinating all five tools into a unified system with structured implementation support.

Adoption Pathway 1 · À La Carte

Individual Tool Adoption

Institutions adopt one or more Metacognitive Moves tools independently. Each tool comes with everything needed to deploy it immediately and use it well — without requiring full-system commitment.
$3–$7
per student / per year
per tool · à la carte
The Metacognitive Moves System · Five Tools

Pathway 1 is the place to begin when you want a targeted entry point. Institutions can adopt one or more tools based on the academic work challenge they want to address first.

Semester
Plan the Term
Semester OS
Projects
Execute Work
Project Roadmap
Assessments
Prepare Strategically
Exam PrepSmart
Reflection
Integrate & Articulate
STARR Lite
Goals
Build & Commit
Goal Builder
Tool 01
Semester OS
Semester-Level Planning & Organization
Helps students organize coursework, manage deadlines, leverage support resources, and structure the semester.
$3
per student / per year
Builds semester-level task architecture

Tool onboarding workshop included
Tool 02
Project Roadmap
Project Execution Architecture
Guides students through complex assignments by breaking projects into manageable phases.
$7
per student / per year
Strong standalone — execution is fundamental

Tool onboarding workshop included
Tool 03
Exam PrepSmart
Strategic Preparation Architecture
Supports strategic exam preparation and readiness checks.
$7
per student / per year
High leverage — exam performance drives retention

Tool onboarding workshop included
Tool 04
STARR Lite
Structured Reflection & Articulation
Helps students reflect on experiences and identify insights that inform future learning.
$5
per student / per year
Strong in capstone, FYE, advising, and career contexts

Tool onboarding workshop included
Tool 05
Goal Builder
Interactive Goal-Setting & Actionable Planning
Supports meaningful goal setting and helps students determine next steps.
$3
per student / per year
Aligns daily work to long-term outcomes

Tool onboarding workshop included.
Each Pathway 1 tool includes: Student-facing framework Digital implementation files Staff implementation guide Deployment guidance 45-minute onboarding workshop Staff resource hub Student resource hub Institutional usage rights VPAT & HECVAT available
What Pathway 1 Produces
  • Targeted deployment of one or more Metacognitive Moves tools within specific academic contexts
  • Staff equipped and onboarded quickly for immediate implementation
  • Dedicated resource hubs for both staff and students
  • A clear, low-commitment entry point to the full Metacognitive Moves system
Optional Add-On · Tool Activation Workshop

Pathway 1 institutions can add the Tool Activation Workshop to align staff language and strengthen cross-tool reinforcement. This workshop is optional in Pathway 1 and included in Pathway 2.

$3,500
Add-On — Pathway 1 Only
Available as a standalone purchase for institutions that begin with one or more tools and want stronger alignment before moving to a full-system adoption.
Adoption Pathway 2 · Full System

Coordinated Learning Practice Infrastructure

Pathway 2 provides the full Metacognitive Moves System — five coordinated student tools, a dedicated Student Hub, a dedicated Staff Hub, system activation, and implementation support that help institutions structure learning practice across classrooms, tutoring, advising, coaching, and student success initiatives.
$14–$17
per student / per year
annual full-system license
What Pathway 2 Includes

Pathway 2 is built as a four-part institutional implementation pathway. It combines student-facing tools, practitioner-facing resources, a shared activation experience, and ongoing support so the system functions as a coordinated infrastructure layer rather than as a loose collection of resources.

1. The Five Learning Practice Tools
Students receive access to the full Metacognitive Moves toolset through the password-protected Student Hub, giving them one coordinated place to use the complete system during real academic work.
2. Staff Hub & Practitioner Resources
TheB Optimal Staff Hub provides the facilitation resources practitioners use to integrate the tools into advising, tutoring, coaching, classrooms, and student success environments.
3. System Activation Workshop
A half-day facilitated workshop introduces the framework, demonstrates how the tools function together, and helps cross-functional teams identify practical integration points across campus.
4. Implementation Support
Post-workshop follow-up and ongoing support help institutions answer early questions, clarify integration strategies, and begin using the system confidently across learning environments.
Component 1 · Student Tools + Student Hub

Students receive access to the full Metacognitive Moves toolset through the dedicated password-protected Student Hub. The hub gives learners one coordinated place to access the tools, while the tools themselves structure the core practices students use to manage real academic work across the semester.

  • Semester OS — organizes coursework, deadlines, support resources, and semester structure
  • Project Roadmap — guides students through complex assignments in manageable phases
  • Exam PrepSmart — supports strategic exam preparation and readiness checking
  • STARR Lite — structures reflection so students can identify learning and transfer insight forward
  • Goal Builder — supports meaningful goal setting and forward planning
Structured learning practices: Organize work Plan action Prepare for challenges Reflect on results Set direction
Component 2 · Staff Hub

Pathway 2 includes a dedicated Staff Hub, which provides the practitioner-facing resources used to integrate the system into advising, tutoring, coaching, classrooms, and student success work. The hub functions as the implementation home base for facilitation guidance, shared language, and practical integration support to helps staff use the tools consistently across roles and environments.

  • Metacognitive Foundations — establishes the conceptual grounding for the four metacognitive phases and a shared language across roles
  • The Metacognitive Wheel — surfaces student thinking during real academic work through 21 metacognitive moves across four phases
  • Facilitator Guides — built-in implementation guidance for tutors, educators, advisors, and coaches
  • The Metacognitive Crosswalk — provides coaching prompts, facilitation strategies, and observable signals for integrating metacognitive practice
  • The Student Journey Matrix — shows how the system aligns with major student success initiatives and stages of the academic journey
  • Recognizing Metacognitive Growth — makes metacognitive development visible through observable signals across awareness, learning, behavior, and academic outcomes
  • Skills in Action — helps learners and educators identify transferable skills embedded in academic work and connect them to career readiness

These resources help institutions build coherence across roles by giving faculty, tutors, advisors, and coaches a shared way to recognize and reinforce the same learning practices.

Component 3 · System Activation Workshop

Every institutional license includes a half-day Metacognitive Moves System Activation Workshop.

This facilitated workshop introduces the framework, demonstrates how the tools function together, and helps teams identify practical integration points across campus.

What Participants Experience
Understanding the Learning Practice Gap
Why students struggle with planning, monitoring, evaluating, and reflecting — and why traditional support alone does not address it
The Metacognitive Moves Framework
The metacognitive phases guiding the system and how they show up across academic work
Learning Practice Labs
Short, guided activities that demonstrate how the tools structure real academic work
Cross-Role Integration
Faculty, tutors, advisors, and success staff identify where learning practice already occurs and how the system strengthens those moments
Growth Recognition
Clarify what staff will start to recognize in learning practices resulting from tool usage
Activation Planning
Institutional teams identify practical starting points across classrooms, tutoring, advising, and student support environments
Typical participants
Cross-functional campus teams
  • Faculty and instructors
  • Tutors and tutoring center staff
  • Academic advisors and success coaches
  • First-year experience program staff
  • Learning center professionals
  • Student success and retention leaders
  • Teaching and learning center staff
  • Career services staff
  • Athletics academic support staff
Workshop format
Delivery structure
4.5–5 hrs
  • 4.5–5 hour facilitated workshop
  • Designed for cross-functional teams supporting student learning
  • Participants work with real assignments, projects, and assessments from their own courses and programs
  • Tools are experienced as learners first, then explored as facilitation resources
  • Discussion and planning focus on real academic contexts students are already navigating
  • Institutional teams identify practical integration points that can be implemented immediately
Component 4 · Implementation Support

Following the workshop, institutions receive structured support to help activate the system and begin integration across learning environments.

Post-Workshop Follow-Up
We reconnect with your team after activation to answer early questions, clarify integration strategies, and support first-stage use of the system.
Ongoing Support
As institutions begin using the system, teams can reach out with questions about tool use, facilitation strategies, and integration within advising, tutoring, courses, and coaching. Support requests receive responses within 1–2 business days.
Pathway 2 includes: All 5 student tools Student Hub Staff Hub Facilitator Guides Metacognitive Crosswalk Recognizing Metacognitive Growth Skills in Action System Activation Workshop Post-workshop follow-up Ongoing implementation support
Designed for Institutional Integration

Institutions commonly implement Pathway 2 across first-year courses, tutoring and learning centers, advising and success coaching, gateway courses, and broader student success initiatives. The value of Pathway 2 is not only that students gain access to five coordinated tools. It is that the institution gains a shared framework for supporting learning practice across environments.

  • Shared language across faculty, tutors, advisors, and coaches
  • Coordinated reinforcement of the same learning practices in different contexts
  • A clearer institutional structure for how academic work is supported
  • A stronger implementation layer than isolated tool adoption can provide
Pricing & Investment

How the investment works

Pathway 1 is priced at the tool level annual license based on enrollment. Pathway 2 is priced as an annual system license based on enrollment. The full-system pathway lowers the per-student cost compared with purchasing all five tools individually and adds the implementation layer that makes the tools work together.

Pathway 1 À La Carte vs. Pathway 2 Full System
Pathway 1 — All Five Tools Purchased Individually
Semester OS$3/student
Project Roadmap$7/student
Exam PrepSmart$7/student
STARR Lite$5/student
Goal Builder$3/student
All five tools coordinated as one systemnot included
System Activation Workshop+$3,500 add-on
Tools only / per student $25

A strong route for targeted adoption or piloting. Lower commitment. Less system-level coherence unless added intentionally.

Pathway 2 — Full Metacognitive Moves System
All five toolsincluded
Dedicated Student Hubincluded
Dedicated Staff Hubincluded
System Activation Workshopincluded in Year 1
Implementation resource layerincluded
Per student · small tier $17
$8+
saved per student versus buying all five tools separately — while also adding the system layer and Year 1 workshop support.

Annual license pricing is tiered by student enrollment. The per-student rate for Pathway 2 decreases by $1 at each tier, which rewards scale while keeping the system accessible across institution sizes.

Tier Enrollment Range Annual Cost · example Per-Student Rate · Pathway 2
Small Up to 5,000Example: 2,500 students $42,5002,500 × $17/student $17 / student
Medium 5,001–10,000Example: 6,000 students $96,0006,000 × $16/student $16 / student
Large 10,001–20,000Example: 13,000 students $195,00013,000 × $15/student $15 / student
Very Large 20,001+Example: 22,000 students $308,00022,000 × $14/student $14 / student
Year 1 includes the System Activation Workshop  ·  5% renewal discount at Year 2+  ·  Multi-year and consortium agreements available  ·  Additional workshop sessions or expanded attendance available at additional fee

Year 1 is all-in: all five tools, the Student Hub, the Staff Hub, the implementation resource layer, and the System Activation Workshop are bundled into one annual Pathway 2 license. Year 2 and beyond renew at the same per-student rate, less a 5% renewal discount. Additional workshop sessions can be added separately.

Metacognitive Moves is priced to be genuinely accessible to 2-year and 4-year colleges while reflecting the real value of a coordinated, five-tool, staff-aligned capability system that builds Learning Practice Infrastructure.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions

Can we start with one tool and expand to the full system later?

Yes. Pathway 1 is designed exactly for that. You can adopt any single tool at its standalone price and move to Pathway 2 when you are ready for broader implementation coherence.

What does the enrollment count include?

Enrollment is based on your total institutional headcount for the academic year. We work with you to confirm the appropriate tier based on your actual enrolled student population.

Is the System Activation Workshop really included in Pathway 2?

Yes. In Pathway 2, the half-day System Activation Workshop is included in Year 1 of the annual license. Additional sessions or expanded attendance beyond the base format are available separately.

Do the tools require student accounts?

No. The tools are privacy-first by design. They can be deployed through simple links and support printable or exportable outputs. VPAT and HECVAT documentation are available upon request.

How does Metacognitive Moves complement existing advising and analytics platforms?

Metacognitive Moves does not replace advising systems, early-alert tools, or analytics platforms. It strengthens the layer those systems depend on by helping structure how students actually perform academic work.

Are multi-year or consortium agreements available?

Yes. Multi-year agreements and consortium pricing for systems or networks of institutions are available.

Where are the tools best used?

The tools are designed for use in academic coaching, advising, First-Year Experience, student success centers, tutoring, and classroom settings.

What is the practical difference between the two pathways?

Pathway 1 gives you targeted tool adoption. Pathway 2 gives you the full coordinated system: all five tools, a dedicated Student Hub, a dedicated Staff Hub, the activation workshop, and implementation support that help the system function coherently across roles and contexts.

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