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Using the inline AI composer

Generate content, questions and explanations from inside the editor. Useful for drafts and brainstorms.

Written by Kat Morgan

The inline AI composer lives inside the new lesson experience. Tell it what you want, it drafts it for you on the page, and you decide whether to keep it.

Opening it

Three ways:

  • Type /ai and hit Enter

  • Type / and pick AI composer from the slash menu

  • Press Space on a new line

The slash menu showing AI composer at the top of the options

A small prompt box appears at the top of the page. Type what you want.

The inline AI composer with an Ask anything... prompt field above the lesson content

What to ask for

The composer can draft pretty much anything you'd put in a lesson:

  • Explanations: "Write a short explanation of photosynthesis for a Grade 7 class"

  • Questions: "Add 3 multiple choice questions on the French Revolution"

  • Worked examples: "Show a worked example of solving a quadratic by factoring"

  • Reflections: "Add a reflection prompt about teamwork"

  • Rewording: Highlight a paragraph first, then open the composer and ask "make this clearer for a Year 9 class"

A typed prompt in the AI composer asking it to write about plants storing glucose as starch

Be specific about the level, the topic and the type of content. The more context you give, the closer the first draft.

Reviewing the draft

When the composer finishes, you'll see the generated content inserted at your cursor. You have three options:

  • Keep leaves it in place.

  • Discard removes it.

  • Retry generates a different version with the same prompt.

If you keep it, the content becomes part of your lesson and you can edit it like anything else. Tweak the wording, change the question options, swap a value.

What it's good for

Treat the composer as a fast first draft, not a final answer. It's brilliant for getting past the blank page, generating variations of a question, or rewording for a different age group. It's not a replacement for your judgment on accuracy and pedagogy. Always read what it produced.

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