{"id":437,"date":"2026-08-26T09:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T06:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rowingfinn.competencex.fi\/instructions-for-using-course-tools\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T09:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T06:45:53","slug":"instructions-for-using-course-tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rowingfinn.competencex.fi\/en\/instructions-for-using-course-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructions for Using Course Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create a Course<\/h1>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">STEP 1: Start from the sidebar under \u201cCourse Builder\u201d<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enter your desired course title and let the AI generate an initial prompt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Begin building the course from source materials (sample high school curriculum courses have been uploaded as a source) and let the AI generate an initial prompt.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You may also upload your own materials (URL, PDF, PPT, Word, video) as sources if desired.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">STEP 2: Edit the settings if desired<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Language model<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Language<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Style<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Temperature coefficient (slider)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide additional instructions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Course scope (slider in the middle of the page)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">STEP 3: Press \u201cCreate course outline\u201d<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The AI will create a suggested course outline for you<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The AI generates prompts for course chapters and sections for you to review<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edit as needed using the pencil button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Try adding your own section to the course using the plus button and provide a title and description (prompt).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">STEP 4: Press \u201cCreate content text\u201d<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Let the AI generate content for the entire course.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The process takes approximately 5\u201310 minutes depending on the course scope <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FINAL STEP 5: Press \u201cCreate course\u201d<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Then go to the course editing mode via the link in the notification bar and publish the course. You can now view the course in the normal editing mode of the learning environment. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Note that you will no longer have access to the AI text generation tool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Review the text and edit as needed<\/strong> before proceeding to illustration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Illustrating the Course<\/h1>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Illustrate the course -&gt; Press \u201cCourse Illustrator\u201d in the sidebar.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select the course you wish to illustrate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the settings, you can:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Try different illustration styles (infographic, storybook, photography, etc.)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Allow text in images when using infographics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide illustration instructions (make the background blue, create smiling faces, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can change the language model<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Try different styles for illustrating a few sections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select images for the course sections and chapters. You can now switch to a different course to illustrate, but note that you may not illustrate another creator&#8217;s course without permission. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can now close the course illustrator tool<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you wish to edit images or add your own images to courses, you can do so using the course editing tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create Exercises for the Course<\/h1>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Create enrichment activities for the course. -&gt; Press \u201cAI H5P activities\u201d in the sidebar <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select the course for which you want to create exercises<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Try different exercise types for different sections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edit questions and answers in the quick editor as needed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add H5P exercises to a chapter or section.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can immediately check how the exercises function in the course, change the exercise&#8217;s position in the course, or edit the exercise itself in the H5P database.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create Podcasts for the Course<\/h1>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A preparatory task (not mandatory) is to export the course to source materials so that we can produce a podcast from the entire course content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Press \u201cSource materials\u201d and add the course to the source material database.<\/strong> This process takes a few minutes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From the sidebar, press <strong>Press \u201cAI Podcast\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the course introduction page text, for example, to the text field (the text field must always contain text)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete and modify other data fields in the podcast form if desired.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Name the podcast (the filename by which you will find the podcast file in the media gallery later)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the conversation style and give the speakers their own names<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the podcast length and language<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the speakers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next, press <strong>\u201dCreate Dialogue\u201d<\/strong>, after which the AI will create dialogue boxes for the speakers containing the scripts for the upcoming podcast.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review and edit the text if desired<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finally, press <strong>\u201dCreate Podcast\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creating the podcast takes 2\u20135 minutes and the system automatically saves it to the media library. After it is complete, you can listen to it and edit the text or change the language, speakers, and style in the settings if desired. The podcast can then be recreated with new settings and you will receive a new MP3 file in the media library for use.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The podcast file is now available from the media library on the training platform for various purposes, allowing it to be presented (embedded player) in courses, on websites, in publications, or sent as a URL via your preferred communication channel (email, WhatsApp, etc.).<\/p>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install an AI Bot for the Course<\/h1>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set the AI bot to operate within the course. <strong>Press \u201cAI bot\u201d <\/strong>in the left sidebar on the main page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add new course material by pressing the <strong>\u201dAdd new\u201d<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the course you want the AI bot to learn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The AI prepares the course for its knowledge base, which takes 1\u20132 minutes, after which the bot automatically activates for all course participants in the lower right corner of the course.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can provide additional materials (files, URLs) in the AI bot interface, which the AI bot adds to its knowledge base and uses as information sources when providing answers to learners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Review the course you have produced via the main page. <strong>Press \u201cCourses\u201d<\/strong> Save the URL so you can view it later, present it, and attach it to your report if you wish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create a Course STEP 1: Start from the sidebar under \u201cCourse Builder\u201d STEP 2: Edit the settings if desired STEP 3: Press \u201cCreate course outline\u201d&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-437","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rowingfinn.competencex.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rowingfinn.competencex.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rowingfinn.competencex.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rowingfinn.competencex.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rowingfinn.competencex.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rowingfinn.competencex.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"https:\/\/rowingfinn.competencex.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437\/revisions\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rowingfinn.competencex.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}