NotebookLM is an AI assistant that works with user-uploaded materials, such as readings, research papers, lecture notes, and audio recordings. It can help summarize content, organize key ideas, and generate outlines based on selected sources.
Possible teaching materials: lecture outlines, reading summaries, discussion questions, presentation structures, review notes, research briefings.
Tiangong(Chinese-language platform)
Tiangong Agent specializes in the intelligent generation of documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and web pages. It provides a seamless, all-in-one experience for content creation and formatting, helping users effortlessly produce clear, polished, and professional outputs while greatly improving efficiency.
Possible teaching materials: lecture slides, course handouts, structured documents, teaching plans, presentation drafts, classroom activity materials.
AI for Visual Teaching Materials
These tools can help instructors create images, diagrams, illustrations, and visual assets for lectures, case studies, and classroom activities.
Text-to-Image
MidJourney
MidJourney is an AI image generation tool that creates visuals from text prompts. It can be used to quickly produce images that support explanation, storytelling, or visual engagement in teaching materials.
Possible teaching materials: slide visuals, case study images, conceptual illustrations, scenario-based images, discussion-starter visuals.
ChatGPT Image2 allows instructors to generate, edit, and transform images through text instructions. It can support the quick revision of visual materials and help adapt images for instructional use.
Possible teaching materials: revised diagrams, edited lecture visuals, instructional graphics, visual examples, image-based classroom prompts.
Recraft Studio
Recraft Studio supports both standard image generation and editable vector graphics. It is useful for creating visuals that require clearer layout, typography, or structured design.
Possible teaching materials: infographics, diagrams, concept maps, visual handouts, poster-style teaching materials, editable SVG graphics.
Jimeng(Chinese-language platform)
Jimeng supports text-to-image generation and is especially useful for Chinese-language prompts and short-form content creation contexts. It can help instructors turn teaching ideas into visual materials.
Possible teaching materials: visual storytelling materials, Chinese-language teaching visuals, course illustrations, short-form media assets, classroom scenario images.
Text-to-Audio
These tools can help instructors create audio materials, convert speech into text, and prepare review resources from spoken content.
Kikivoice.ai
Kikivoice.ai provides text-to-speech and voice cloning capabilities. It can help instructors turn written content into spoken audio for teaching and learning support.
Possible teaching materials: narrated lecture segments, audio explanations, pronunciation examples, listening materials, voice-based review resources.
Tongyi Tingwu(Chinese-language platform)
Tongyi Tingwu focuses on speech-to-text transcription, content summarization, and audio-based information organization. It can help instructors convert spoken content into structured teaching resources.
Possible teaching materials: lecture transcripts, class discussion summaries, meeting notes, interview transcripts, review summaries, audio-based learning notes.
Text-to-Video
These tools can help instructors create short videos, visual explanations, and avatar-based teaching content.
Runway supports image-to-video generation, allowing users to turn static images into short dynamic videos. It can help instructors create more engaging visual explanations for teaching.
Possible teaching materials: short instructional videos, animated examples, visual explanations, course introduction videos, flipped classroom clips.
Jimeng(Chinese-language platform)
Jimeng also supports text-to-video generation, allowing users to create short videos from brief prompts. It can be useful for turning teaching ideas into simple video-based materials.
Possible teaching materials: short lecture clips, concept explanation videos, classroom activity videos, visual storytelling videos, flipped classroom materials.
HeyGen supports AI-generated avatar videos and text-to-video workflows. It can help instructors create presentation-style videos using digital avatars and multilingual speech.
Possible teaching materials: talking-head lecture videos, course introductions, multilingual explanations, explainer videos, simulated presentation videos.
Jimeng(Chinese-language platform)
Jimeng includes digital human capabilities that allow users to generate talking-head videos from text or audio. It can support quick production of avatar-based teaching content.
Possible teaching materials: AI avatar explanations, short instructional videos, course announcements, narrated teaching clips, digital human presentation videos.
As the workshop discussions reminded us, the value of AI tools lies not simply in what they can generate, but in how thoughtfully they are integrated into teaching preparation and course design. We hope this overview offers you a practical starting point for creating richer, more flexible, and more engaging learning materials with AI.
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