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Ask a question about designing teaching, assessment or course work. The answer comes from the collections on this site, with a link to the page it came from.
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Solve my teaching problem
Puts a list of twenty common teaching and assessment problems to you, asks which you recognise, and then offers three directions, the most effective first.
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Interactive formats
Asks for number, subject, group size, room, preparation time and class time, then describes each format step by step, with the minutes and the pitfalls.
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Course manual
Asks for the type of teaching, subject, length, credits and rhythm, then writes a complete course manual: from objectives and reading to assessment, AI guidelines and a week-by-week plan.
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Test questions
Asks you to paste the material into the window, summarises it, and then writes test questions in the number, type and level you choose.
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Lesson or lecture
Designs one or more sessions on your subject, with objectives, key terms, activities and assessment, plus a study guide, ten flashcards and a quiz.
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Rubric or marking scheme
Asks for the type of rubric, the assignment, the level and the scale, and delivers a rubric as a table, with process criteria and a rationale to discuss with colleagues.
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Interview about the Companion (for students)
A conversation about the AI Literacy Companion, student edition. You pick a chapter or a subject, say from memory what you know about it, and only then does the interviewer put the book beside your answer. At the end you get a knowledge card with a reading list of what was new to you.
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Ask the Companion (for lecturers)
A reference desk for the AI Literacy Companion, teacher edition, which is about course design, assessment and feedback. Ask about whatever you are working on. You get the answer from the book, with the link to the section, and it always says how far the book goes on that point.
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Study coach (for students)
The only assistant here aimed at students rather than staff. Asks what is not working, what it concerns and what you already tried, then offers two or three things to try this week.
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Practise with OpenStax: psychology
Quizzes you on Introduction to Psychology 2e. Pick a chapter and a question type; with each answer it points at the place in the book. It genuinely reads the book on openstax.org, so an answer can take half a minute.
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Misconceptions from an OpenStax book
Pick a field, a book and a chapter, then work through common misconceptions about one topic. It does not state the misconception: you have to spot it. Looks the book up online, so a little slower.
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AI-readiness assessment (for students)
A short test of your AI literacy: fourteen questions, multiple choice and open, that adapt to your answers. You earn stars and end with a report of your strengths and next steps. Allow twenty to thirty minutes. The questions are in English; the conversation follows the language you pick.
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Environmental challenge: what does your AI use cost?
How much energy and water does your AI use cost? You say how much you prompt and stream in a day, and the challenge sets that beside a shower, a flight, a car journey and a hamburger. You play anonymously. Check the figures it gives you, because a language model does not always get its sums right.
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Do not type personal data or anything about an individual student. The answers come from a language model: read the page it points to before acting on it.