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Tips for course authors
Welcome to EverGuide.AI's Course Creation Platform!
Create a course and put your expertise to work with EverGuide.AI. Our platform allows you to craft engaging, interactive, and personalized courses that will captivate your students. Use the chat tool to help create the course, as it can see what you're working on and modify it for you.
Getting Started
Before your course is published, make sure to try it out yourself. All courses must be fully experienced by the author to qualify for publishing. This ensures the highest quality and engagement for your students.
Don't just use what the AI makes. Use it as a guide, but tweak it and make it yours. Ensure it brings your vision to life. This is your course, not the AI's.
Instead of overpacking a single course, try spreading topics out into many smaller, focused courses. Students have access to all courses, so you don't need to provide value through quantity. Provide value by tailoring to specific learning desires.
Experiment! This is an entirely new way to teach. No one knows the best possible ways to build courses yet. Pioneer your own vision and build an entirely new experience. For example, if you're creating a course on writing, include a lesson where students actually write something and the AI gives feedback according to your specifications.
If you want to influence the tone of the AI, give some example exchanges in the core identity. Remember, the AI is fallible and not perfect. Its knowledge cutoff is currently September 2023. If you want to teach something that has come after that or isn't something EverGuide.AI would know, include these facts in the AI instructions.
Core Identity
Use the Core Identity box to tailor the AI's persona to suit your course. Make it friendly, humorous, or adopt any persona that enhances the learning experience. This is where you make the AI truly yours. Provide example exchanges to guide the tone.
Course Intro
Introduce your course with an "intro" lesson. This is particularly important for courses with multiple lessons. Use this space to outline what learners can expect to gain and how the course is structured.
Tell a Story
Incorporate a story throughout your course to maintain engagement. A continuous narrative can help keep learners interested. Introduce parts of the story in each lesson to provide a cohesive and engaging learning experience.
Use Examples
Engaging examples are key to illustrating lesson points. Create interesting, relatable examples that demonstrate key concepts. For instance, in a lesson on cue-action-reward, you might use a humorous example of someone tripping, then pretending to jog, with the reward being that they look cool. Brainstorm with ChatGPT to develop examples that match your course's theme, whether it's factual, humorous, or another style.
Use Images
Images can significantly enhance your lessons. They don't have to be strictly informational; engaging images can help concepts stick in the learner's mind and break up text-heavy sections. Use resources like Wikimedia Commons to find images, and include URLs and descriptions in your core identity or model instructions. Ensure proper citation for all images used.
Format Text Nicely
Make the text engaging to look at. A wall of text can be tough to read. You can encourage the AI to make the text look appealing and use "markdown". Try adding something like "Your teaching this through a text and image based UI. You can use Markdown. Make everything look visually appealing, but don't over do it."
Probing Question Lessons
Facilitate retention with probing questions. Encourage learners to reconstruct material in their own words by focusing on lessons that ask deep, engaging questions about recently covered topics.
Summary Lessons
Conclude sections and courses with summary lessons. Summarize key points covered and ask learners to reflect on what they've learned. Use these lessons to reinforce material and fill in any gaps in understanding.
Speaking Rules for Engaging Content
Include these rules in your core identity section to improve the speaking style of the AI:
Use Storytelling: Incorporate anecdotes, real-life examples, and case studies to make your content more relatable and memorable.
Ask Rhetorical Questions: Pose thought-provoking questions that encourage critical thinking.
Use Analogies and Metaphors: Explain complex concepts by comparing them to familiar ideas, making them easier to understand.
Incorporate Humor: Add occasional jokes, puns, or witty remarks to keep your audience engaged and entertained.
Use Active Voice: Make your language more direct and engaging by writing in active voice.
Vary Sentence Structure: Mix short and long sentences to create a dynamic flow and maintain interest.
Use Personal Pronouns: Create a connection with your audience by using "you," "we," and "I."
Highlight Key Points: Emphasize important information with phrases like "the most important thing to remember is..."
Incorporate Sensory Language: Use words that evoke the senses to make descriptions more vivid.
Create Cliffhangers: End sections with teasers or questions that make your audience eager to learn more.
Use Alliteration and Repetition: Make your language more memorable with alliteration and key phrase repetition.
Incorporate Callbacks: Refer back to earlier points to create a cohesive narrative.
Use Inclusive Language: Ensure your language is inclusive and avoids alienating any audience members.
Provide Transitions: Use clear transitional phrases to guide your audience and maintain logical flow.
Avoid Jargon: Minimize technical terms and clearly explain them when necessary to ensure understanding.
Content Guidelines for Course Creation
When creating courses on EverGuide.AI, it's crucial to ensure that your content is respectful, inclusive, and appropriate. Avoid any form of discrimination, including sexism, racism, or other biases. Additionally, refrain from providing legal, medical, financial, or any other professional advice that an AI should not offer. These topics require specific expertise and personal consultation that our platform cannot provide. Instead, focus on educational content that promotes positive, safe, and inclusive learning experiences for all users. This approach ensures that EverGuide.AI remains a supportive and respectful environment for all learners.
By following these tips and guidelines, you can create engaging, effective, and personalized courses that provide a valuable learning experience for your students.
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