What is the AI Workbook Generator?
Whether you’re new to PebblePad or an experienced PebblePad user, our AI Workbook Generator makes resource creation faster and easier, helping you deliver engaging learning materials with less effort and greater impact.
The feature uses AI to generate a customisable workbook based on the input prompts you type in. It’s designed to embed learner-centred strategies, support authentic engagement and cater to a range of educational needs based on your context.
How do I enable the AI Workbook Generator?
Your organisation’s PebblePad Global Administrator can enable this feature. To activate it, they need to open the Administration section and navigate to the Settings page. The feature can be configured to enable access at the organisation, group or user level.
How do I access the AI Workbook Generator?
To get started, navigate to the Pebble+ Dashboard and open the main menu. Select ‘Get Creative’ and then choose ‘Create a workbook’. On the next screen, you’ll be given two options. Select the ‘Create with AI’ option. After selecting, you will be presented with the AI workbook wizard.
What is the AI Workbook Generator Wizard?
The wizard guides you through creating a workbook by breaking down the process into three key steps:
Step 1 (Workbook description, outcomes and objectives):
Enter information into the prompts. The generator will use this to create the structure of your workbook and tailor the content and blocks to your specified discipline, audience, outcomes and objectives.
Step 2 (Customise workbook):
Access a preview of your AI-generated workbook where you can rename your workbook, edit page names and order, and adjust blocks. You can also use AI prompts to make further changes. Once you are happy with the preview, you can create the workbook by clicking the ‘Create workbook’ button.
Step 3 (Generate a workbook):
Your workbook has been created, allowing you to make further edits using the Workbook Builder.
Important note: Your workbook is only saved to your resource store once you click the ‘Create workbook' button in the Customise step.
What information does the feature require to generate a workbook?
There are four important pieces of information needed to generate a workbook:
Subject or discipline:
Informs the AI on how to design the workbook and ensure the content is relevant to a discipline.
Define your audience:
Tailors the content to the target audience (under-graduate, post-graduate, etc.).
Workbook description:
By describing the type of workbook you want to create, such as for personal reflection, the AI will determine the structure, content and block types to include in the workbook.
Outcomes and objectives:
Defining the learning outcomes you want learners to achieve helps the AI refine the overall structure of the workbook and checks that the most appropriate block types are being used.
How accurate are the workbooks generated by AI?
The accuracy of the output improves when you include more detail to the workbook’s description, outcomes and objectives prompts. As with any AI feature, we recommend that you review the generated results to ensure they are accurate and meet your needs. This can be done during the Customise step of the AI Workbook Wizard, or in the Workbook Builder once the workbook has been created.
What are the feature’s current limitations?
- During the Open Beta, we will be collating user feedback to understand how we can best improve the capabilities and usability of the feature. The current limitation of the AI Workbook Generator are:
- The feature only generates workbooks. It does not support stand-alone template creation.
- Within the AI Workbook Wizard:
- Each workbook can contain up to 15 templates.
- Each template can include up to 20 blocks.
- You can make up to six prompt modifications to a workbook during the Customise step.
- Uploads and attachments to prompts are not supported. Instead, you can paste detailed information into the prompt fields directly.
- Manually adding blocks in the Customise step is not supported. Edits can be made using the edit prompt.
- Only English is currently supported during the Open Beta.
- Once a workbook has been created, any further changes must be made manually after the workbook is generated. The ability to revisit previous AI prompts is not yet available.
Workbook Builder features not yet supported by the AI Workbook Generator:
- Placeholder pages
- Nested workbooks
- Banner blocks
- Media blocks
- Selected block properties
Are there any restrictions to using the feature?
We’ll monitor usage at an organisational level to ensure fair access for everyone. PebblePad reserves the right to restrict access if usage consistently exceeds reasonable levels. This helps us manage platform resources responsibly.
Does the feature access user or organisation data?
The AI Workbook Generator does not access or use any other personal or organisational data, only processing the information you provide in your requests.
What data will be processed and what measures protect my information?
Inputs and outputs will be logged by PebblePad for 30 days, allowing us to measure the utilisation of the feature and support future updates. Importantly, this feature will remain opt-in only, ensuring that you retain full control over how, and by whom, your data is processed. This approach reflects our commitment to transparency and data protection. Generative AI provider OpenAI has been added to our list of sub-processors – no log data is stored by OpenAI.