Lumi Idea for Assignments

Lumi Idea for Assignments develops assignment suggestions based on content in a module.

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Lumi Idea Supported Content Types

Lumi Ideas for assignments are generated from content that is in the same module as the assignment.

  • Web pages/HTML file in UB Learns (created using Upload/Create > Create a File)
  • Uploaded files in the following formats: doc, .docx, .odt, .pdf, .ppt, .pps, .pptx, .ppsx, .odp, .xls, .xlsx, .rtf and .txt
  • Assignments (from text in the Instructions field)
  • Discussions (from text in the Description field)
  • Quizzes (from text in the Description field)
  • Media Library items (audio and video are supported, but they must have transcripts in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese or Dutch)

Using Lumi Idea With an Assignment

The new assignment page showing the Generate Assignment Ideas button on the right-hand side.

The new assignment page showing the Generate Assignment Ideas button on the right-hand side.

  1. Create or edit an assignment.
  2. Click Generate Assignment Ideas.
  3. Select the number of ideas to generate from the Number of Ideas drop-down menu.
  4. Select a level from Bloom’s Taxonomy if desired.
  5. Select Course Activities from the Idea Source drop-down menu.
  6. Click Select Course Activities.
  7. Click the checkboxes next to the content to use to generate ideas.
  8. Click Apply.
  9. Click Generate.
  10. Select one of the generated ideas.
  11. Click Insert.
  12. Review and edit the Lumi Idea in the Instructions text box.
    • The This Assignment idea was AI-assisted message will be visible as long as any Lumi-Pro-generated content is in the Instructions text box. Students do not see this message.
  13. Complete the remaining settings for the assignment as desired.
  14. Click Save and Close.

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