Lumi Idea for Discussions

Lumi Idea for Discussions develops discussion ideas based on content in a module.

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Lumi Idea Supported Content Types

Lumi Ideas for discussions are generated from content that is in the same module as the discussion.

  • 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 a Discussion

The new discussion page showing the Generate Discussion Ideas button on the right-hand side.

The new discussion page showing the Generate Discussion Ideas button on the right-hand side.

  1. Create or edit a discussion topic.
  2. Click Generate Discussion 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 Description text box.
    • The This Discussion idea was AI-assisted message will be visible as long as any Lumi-Pro-generated content is in the Description text box. Students do not see this message.
  13. Complete the remaining settings for the discussion as desired.
  14. Click Save and Close.

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