Brightspace Lumi Idea: Generate assignment ideas

Summary

You can use Lumi Idea for Assignments to assist in creating a new assignment or to modify and uplift an existing assignment. The generated Assignment idea needs to be review for accuracy before saving. Learners will not know the assignment was generated using AI-assistance.

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Overview

You can use Lumi Idea for Assignments to assist in creating a new assignment or to modify and uplift an existing assignment. The generated Assignment idea needs to be review for accuracy before saving. Learners will not know the assignment was generated using AI-assistance.

Note: Ideas for assignments are generated from sibling topics within the same content module. The following content topics are supported:

  • Pages

  • Assignment topics (source drawn from instructions field)

  • Quiz topics (source drawn from description field)

  • Discussion topics (source drawn from description field)

  • Most file topics excluding PDF (.doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx, .xls, .xlsx, .rtf, .txt)

Instructions

  1. In your course, click on the Content tab.
  2. Select a module that contains existing course material like web pages, uploaded supported files, assignments, quizzes, and discussions.
  3. Click Upload / Create > New Assignment.
    Upload / create > new assignment menu image
  4. Click Generate Assignment Ideas.
    New assignment screen with the generate assignment ideas button highlighted
  5. Select the Number of Ideas to generate (between 3-5).
  6. Optionally, select a Bloom's Taxonomy level appropriate for your assessment goals. If you do not want to use Bloom's Taxonomy, level the field as Select Level.
  7. Select a Content Source from the following options:
    • Include all supported activities in the current module when generating an idea for a new assignment.
    • Select on certain activities when generating an idea for a new assignment.
      • Selecting this option allows you to choose which activities are included for the idea generation.
  8. Click Generate.
    generate assignment idea window showing the number of ideas and bloom taxonomy field filled with selecting to use all module content and with the generate button highlighted.
  9. In the Prompt Ideas dialog, a list of assignment ideas is generated. Select the idea you want to use.
  10. Click Insert.
    example of suggested ideas results image with the insert button highlighted
  11. Enter in a title in the Assignment Title field and complete the setting options as usual.
  12. Click Save and Close.
    completed new assignment image with the save and close button highlighted

Need Help?

Need additional information or assistance? Contact CTS.

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Article ID: 11094
Created
Thu 8/7/25 3:51 PM
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Fri 8/8/25 4:20 PM