Blackboard AI Design Assistant Tools
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Creating a new course from nothing can be a time-consuming task that involves a lot of repetitive work. Your institution may have limited resources for instructional design, or you may want help outlining your course. The AI Design Assistant helps you build your course and saves you time.
The AI Design Assistant is available starting in August 2025.
Blackboard Support - AI Generated Features
Examples
Course structure suggestions: When you select Auto-Generate Modules, each generated module comes with a name, image, and description. You can turn off the generation of images or descriptions if you choose.
Discussion generation: Discussions are generated based on your course's title and description. Enter the desired criteria and select Generate to view the options.
Journal generation: Journals are generated based on your course's title and description. Enter the desired criteria and select Generate to view the options.
Rubric generation: Rubrics are generated based on the gradable item you are editing. Rubric generation is an option everywhere that you can create a rubric. Select Generate to start.
Assignment prompt generation: You can generate assignment prompts that encourage students to engage in critical thinking and recall course materials and information.
Test question generation: The AI Design Assistant is beneficial for both formative and summative assessments. Test questions are generated based on the course context that you select.
Question bank generation: Auto-generate question banks based o your course content. The following question types can be auto-generated: Essay, Fill in the blank, Matching, Multiple choice, True/False.
Image search and generation: You can directly insert AI-generated or stock images into the text editor by selecting the Image button.
When you use Unsplash, the search terms will be autopopulated from your text. You can select the X button and use your own search terms if you’d prefer.
Ultra document layout generation: You can use the AI Design Assistant to design attractive layouts for Documents that include images, knowledge checks, and helpful headings.