Refreshing Your Courses for Fall? Try AI Teaching Assistant Pro’s Syllabus Tool
Getting ready for the new semester doesn’t have to mean starting from scratch. AI Teaching Assistant Pro’s syllabus tool can help you fine-tune your existing courses as well as design new ones.
Start by entering your course number and title, then walk through the steps as if you were creating a new course.
Review the learning outcomes – Do they align with your current goals? You may spot skills you hadn’t considered.
Examine the week-by-week syllabus – Are there new topics worth adding? If nothing stands out, try regenerating for fresh ideas.
Explore the teaching notes – Look for suggested resources and active learning strategies you could integrate.
Generate a slide deck – Identify slides you can adopt or adapt to enhance your current presentations.
The syllabus tool isn’t just for new course creation—it’s a practical way to update and enrich existing courses. Even small updates to your materials can spark renewed student engagement and bring your content in line with current developments in the field.
While you’re there, check out Learning Shorts, which lets you create concise videos to introduce weekly topics or embed in class presentations. These short clips are ideal for setting the tone before class or offering quick recaps after lectures.
And if you need fresh assessment ideas, explore the multiple-choice and essay question generators to expand your toolkit. They can help you quickly create practice questions, exam items, or discussion prompts tailored to your syllabus.
Start your fall updates today and see how these tools can make your course preparation faster, easier, and more engaging for your students.
Make Every Learning Short Credit Count: Edit Before You Generate
Make every Learning Short credit count! With our latest update, you can now edit your video script before finalizing your AI-generated video.
This new feature gives you complete control—revise the script as much as you like before proceeding. Or if you want AI to give you another version of the script, click Regenerate. See the screenshot below.
Once you're happy with your script, click Next at the bottom right and a Confirm menu will appear, giving you the option to proceed with generating your video. Even if you change your mind at this stage, you can easily return to the Options or Generate & Edit page to select a different topic or edit the script more.
Get creative and craft engaging videos that help your students learn. We’d love to hear your feedback—let us know what you think!
NEW! Course Mapping ensures your outcomes align with curriculum
We’ve just launched Course Mapping, a powerful new feature that ensures all your course outcomes align with your curriculum. Say goodbye to missed outcomes and plan your courses with confidence.
How it works: Once you generate your course outline with the Syllabus tool, select Course Mapping to identify how each topic supports your course outcomes. The tool automatically rates outcome coverage on a simple scale:
1 = Strong coverage
2 = Moderate coverage
3 = Weak coverage
Here’s an example of a course on global climate change with six learning outcomes: image.png27.41 KBYou can easily jump back to review each outcome or regenerate the mapping if needed.
Start using Course Mapping today to streamline your course planning process! Your feedback helps us improve—share your thoughts and ideas anytime.
Launch of Learning Shorts: AI-Generated Videos on Any Topic
We're pleased to announce the launch of Contact North | Contact Nord’s Learning Shorts feature.
Learning Shorts are short AI-generated videos (about 2 to 4 minutes) that can be used, for example, to:
Help explain concepts students find challenging
Introduce new weekly topics in an engaging way in a course LMS
Integrate them into slide presentations
Demonstrate lab procedures
These videos can be created on any topic you choose. We're launching with two templates featuring lifelike avatars as narrators. More templates and other features will be forthcoming.
How to access Learning Shorts Learning Shorts is part of AI Teaching Assistant Pro, and we’re offering limited free credits to help manage the costs of generating these professional-quality videos. If you’re interested in giving Learning Shorts a try, you can request credits directly through this link where you can also see some sample videos to get a sense of what’s possible.
Join us for a demo Dr. Ron Owston will demonstrate how to request credits and create Learning Shorts during a free AI Teaching Assistant Pro webinar next week.
When: Tuesday, December 10, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET
Sign up here. If you can’t attend, you’ll still get a recording if you register.
We think Learning Shorts have great potential to enhance teaching and learning, and would be interested to partner with a few institutions to make them more widely available on campus. Also, we'd love to hear what you think about them and welcome any feedback using the link at the bottom of the home page.
Faculty Assistant: Personalized Learning from Your Course Materials
We’re pleased to introduce Faculty Assistant, a new free tool designed to tailor AI Tutor Pro responses specifically to the needs of your course. By uploading your lecture notes, learning materials, and readings into AI Tutor Pro, you can ensure students learn directly from content you trust and use in your teaching.
Key Benefits for Students
Tutoring Sessions Grounded in Your Course Materials: AI Tutor Pro responds based on the actual content of your course, making tutoring sessions more relevant and effective.
Alignment with Your Learning Objectives and Terminology: Students receive guidance that aligns with your unique teaching goals and terminology.
Student Privacy Protected: Students access your materials through a confidential link—no ID or login required—ensuring privacy is fully maintained.
Key Advantages for Instructors
Full Control Over Content: You decide which materials are available to students.
Flexibility to Create Multiple Assistants: You can create multiple Assistants for different parts of your course or even for multiple courses.
Easily Manage Materials: You can delete uploaded materials at any time, giving you complete control.
Your Content Not Used for AI Training: Your materials are strictly used for your students’ learning and are not utilized to train AI models, ensuring your intellectual property remains protected.
Early Results and Feedback
Initial testing of the Faculty Assistant at several institutions has been highly promising. We encourage you to try out this new feature and see the positive impact it can have on your courses. Please send us your feedback and share descriptions of how you’ve used this tool, so we can help others benefit from your experiences! Contact us at [email protected] if you would like to discuss licensing partnerships for Faculty Assistant at your college/university.
Introducing Slide Builder: Simplifying Slide Creation with AI Teaching Assistant Pro
We're pleased to announce a new feature on the home page of AI Teaching Assistant Pro: Slide Builder. Designed to save you time and streamline your teaching prep, Slide Builder enables you to create high-quality, professional slides in just a few clicks.
Simply input the number of slides you need and the topic, and Slide Builder will instantly generate a complete outline for your presentation. Need revisions? No problem—ask for adjustments until you’re satisfied. Once ready, click 'Download' and in just a few seconds, you’ll have a full slide deck ready to go.
To help enhance your presentations, we’ve included suggested graphics for each slide. You can use them or let PowerPoint’s Designer feature provide additional design options.
Currently, access to Slide Builder requires a free ChatGPT account, but we’re working on integrating it directly into AI Teaching Assistant Pro, so you won’t need this extra step in the future.
Enhanced Assessment Features Now Available for Instructors
We are pleased to announce that our platform now supports instructor-uploaded content, enabling you to create customized multiple-choice or essay questions with scoring rubrics. This update allows you to align assessments more closely with your course materials and better evaluate student understanding.
Take advantage of this new feature to create questions that reflect the specific learning objectives and readings in your course.
We value your feedback and look forward to hearing about your experience with this enhanced functionality.
Try it out today!
GPT-4o Powers Up Your Personal Digital Assistant
We’re delighted to announce a major milestone: your personal digital assistant now harnesses the cutting-edge capabilities of OpenAI’s latest GPT-4o model! This upgrade enhances your experience by delivering:
Faster responses: Get answers and insights with minimal delay.
Enhanced response quality: Enjoy more accurate and informative interactions.
And there's more to come with GPT-4o. Stay tuned for future updates that will add even more capabilities:
Interactive voice: Imagine seamless voice interactions, ideal for accessibility and hands-free control.
Image recognition features: Discover new ways to analyze and learn from visual data, opening up fresh possibilities for teaching and learning.
Join us on this exciting journey as we continue to push the boundaries of innovation in education!
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