#371 – Custom Chatbots for Students

Custom Chatbots for Students

In today’s episode, we’ll explore how to create custom student chatbots with SchoolAI.

Features

SchoolAI, as you would expect from its name, is a tool with artificial intelligence that’s designed for teachers. In addition to its many teacher tools, it allows educators to create student-facing chatbots with the following functionality:

• Create a chatbot from scratch or remix one of the templates produced by SchoolAI or shared by other educators.
• Name your chatbot.
• Align it with standards and learning objectives.
• Create custom directions to guide chatbot behavior.
• Upload supporting documents.
• Share with students.
• Monitor student interactions.

Steps

The following is a general overview of steps involved in creating a custom student chatbot:

• Click the Spaces menu.
• Choose “Discover” to review pre-made Spaces.
• Choose “Create” to build your own custom chatbot.
• Add a title and enter your AI prompt.
• Add academic standards and upload related files.
• Click “Preview” to test your chatbot.
• Click “Save and Launch” when finished.

Integration Ideas

While there are nearly limitless options for how to use custom chatbots created with SchoolAI, here are a few to help with your brainstorming:

• Guide through the creation process.
• Prepare for a debate.
• Engage with a literary character or a historical figure.
• Experience a “choose your own adventure” story.
• Critique and analyze a science experiment.
• Design, create, and test a prototype.
• Be a reporter at a historic event.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert or tutor.
• Engage in a conversation to practice a language.
• Participate in a constitutional convention.