Authoring from materials

Authoring turns indexed course materials into a draft outline: modules with lessons, quizzes, and Socratic discussions. Nothing is student-visible until you Release.

You stay in charge. SOL drafts. You edit, publish inactive, and release.

Prerequisites

1. Join a section for the course (faculty enrolment code)
2. Upload or link materials under Materials and wait until status is Ready (Course materials)

Flow

1. Open Authoring and pick a course
2. Optionally add a short brief, then Generate from materials
3. Select an item to preview. Use Refine in chat to edit (or edit via Agent Access MCP tools with authoring:write)
4. Publish (inactive) creates a hidden quiz, discussion, or lesson (with flashcards) assigned to your sections. Quiz questions keep concept tags from generation for Analytics
5. Release to students flips visibility on. Students see lessons under My Lessons and can study flashcards

Tips

• Prefer clear syllabi and notes over dense scanned PDFs
• Generate once, then refine; re-generating archives the previous current outline for that course
• Hand-built quizzes under Assignments still work; tag them if you want them in concept analytics. Authoring can also draft INTERACTIVE items (fill blanks, drag words, accordion).
• Short-answer grading may use indexed materials only to clarify terminology; the reference answer remains the scoring standard

Related guides

• Course materials
• Grading and Attention
• Course analytics
• Lessons and flashcards (what students see)