Last week, I talked about how you can use the Brisk Teaching Chrome extension to provide feedback on student work. This week, I am going to show you how you can use that same extension to create content for yourself based on just about any website or YouTube video! One important thing to remember - no matter what type of AI generated content we come across, it is ALWAYS going to be simply a starting point. You should always review everything that is produced by AI before sharing it with students. It is not meant to replace your expertise or creativity. It is meant to support it.
Let's say there is this great YouTube video that gives a brief and general overview of artificial intelligence. Assuming you have installed the Brisk extension, when you navigate to the video, you will see the Brisk icon somewhere on the page (it is usually in the bottom right of the screen):
If you click on the icon, you will see the Brisk menu with the following options:
You'll notice that the Give Feedback option is available to you - this will provide feedback on the TRANSCRIPT of the video, not any of the visuals. Since students are not able to upload videos to YouTube, I don't think you will ever need to use the Give Feedback tool on YouTube videos. Instead, today we will focus on the Create tool:
As you can see, Brisk has a ton of options for creating content from this video! I won't go over every single one, but I will tell you that anything that doesn't have a star next to it is free! Also, most of them will create a Google Doc for you, but if you select Presentation, it will actually build a Google Slides presentation. And if you select Quiz, you can choose to have it build the quiz right in Google Forms. Pretty awesome, right?!
Now, the Create feature isn't exclusive to YouTube videos - you can be on just about any webpage (including library database articles!) and click the Brisk icon. You can even be in your own Google Docs! So if you have an assignment written up and you want to have Brisk create a rubric for it, you simply open the Doc, click the Brisk icon, and choose Create > Rubric. Or you could create a quiz based on a notes/outline Doc. You could even be in a completely blank Doc and it would create something from scratch based on your prompt!
No matter which option you choose or where you are when you click the Create button, you will always get the option to customize details before Brisk actually creates anything. This is where you can select the grade level, add standards, and give any additional information you think would be important.
Let's do a couple examples. We'll start with creating a quiz from that YouTube video. Here is what I put in for settings:
Within 20 seconds, this quiz was produced. I did not edit it, but I will tell you that there is one question that does not have the correct answer - which is why we should always review before sharing! Feel free to take it if you'd like! This is just a Google Form, so you are still able to edit any part if it that you'd like. It also provides you with the option to add on more questions, so if you want a combination of multiple choice, short answer, and long answer, you just start with one and then add the rest later.
Now let's say I am teaching a Forensic Science class and I want to give a presentation about an article I found on the library databases from the Washington Post. I selected Create > Presentation, and then used these settings:
In 30 seconds, this presentation was produced.
Finally, let's say I am an administrator who has to inform teachers about the Marshall evaluation process and all of the rubrics. I have the rubrics in a Google Doc, but now I have to write an email that summarizes them. From that Google Doc, I just go to Create > Email and use the following settings:
Here is the email it produced for me. Not a bad start!
Don't be afraid to test out that Brisk icon and see what it can do. You might be surprised at some of the ways it can help you personally and professionally. I like to crochet in my free time (my what?) and I prefer to use written patterns instead of, or in addition to, YouTube videos. I discovered that I can go to a YouTube tutorial video, click the Brisk icon, select Create > Something Else, and tell it to make a written crochet pattern.
Go have fun and Create!
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