New generative AI tools are constantly being developed and many of the new tools have been designed specifically for creating instructional content. We have tested a few of these new tools and have listed the best of what we have seen below with a brief explanation and the limits of the free licenses.
Note: All of the tools listed below have free licenses with limited functionality. As of July 2024, we have reviewed the free versions of the products listed below and have found them to be helpful. As these new tools are developed and enhanced they will likely require paid subscriptions.
This collection of AI prompt suggestions, tips, and tricks, contains many innovative examples of how we can all use AI to assist with the more tedious aspects of teaching.
This free AI video generation tool can be used to create a custom avatar that looks and sounds just like you. Users with the free account can upload video of themselves speaking and the voice and image from the uploaded video will be used to create the avatar. The avatar can then be used to read a script that the user has created to create a short video. The free account can be used to create up to three videos each month. Videos created with the free account are also limited to three minutes in duration and will contain a watermark in the lower right-hand corner.
This free web based tool created by Arizona State University uses Chat GPT-4 to automatically generate alternative text descriptions and detailed descriptions of images that are uploaded. We tested it with a few images of the Kish campus and were impressed with the accuracy and level of detail included in the automatically generated descriptions.
Image Alternative Text and Description Creator
The CoPilot tool is included with the college’s Office 365 subscription and can be used to create instructional content. In June of 2024, we successfully used it to create summaries, quiz questions, and presentations as detailed in the following list.
This tool will combine PowerPoint presentations, text documents, content from websites, videos, and questions into an interactive web-hosted presentation. The quiz questions are automatically created based on your content and will be automatically added throughout the project into the different sections of content but may be edited or deleted as needed. The free license limits users to two shared presentations at a time.
Mindsmith - eLearning development with Generative AI
This free tool will create up to 5 presentations for sharing online, using a pdf outline you provide or by simply requesting a topic. The presentations can be modified and have some options for colors but cannot be downloaded with the free account. The free account can be used to create presentations with up to 15 slides.
This tool will create up to 5 PowerPoint presentations with the option to edit the content. Presentations may contain up to 14 slides with the free version. The presentation may be downloaded in PDF format or JPEG format. For an annual fee of $24, unlimited presentations may be created and downloaded in PDF and PPTX formats.
This AI tool will create editable presentations in a PowerPoint format with images to share with a web link. The link to the presentation is free but, there is a fee to download the file in PowerPoint, PDF, or Google format. The fee to download my test presentation was $2.50.
SlidesGPT- PowerPoint Presentations created by AI
This resource will generate worksheets, lesson plans, and customizable exercises for many common subjects. A library of pre-created exercises and lesson plans is available to customize, and new subjects may be created as needed. The free license is limited to 5 exercises, 3 worksheets, and 2 lessons.
This tool will create online supplemental content for a subject you provide as a prompt. The content will be in a web-based text format document divided into Modules. The content may be shared online but cannot be downloaded.
Yippity will quickly create questions based on the content you paste into their text box or a url you provide. Question formats are limited to multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and essay-style questions. The free account has a limit of 3 tests.