AI-Driven Course Creation

Crafting Engaging Content in the Open edX LMS with LLM

Getting started

Creating a new course from scratch in the Open edX? It sounds exciting, right? But it can also feel like you’re at the foot of a mountain, looking up. That first page – a blank page waiting for your ideas – is both an opportunity and a challenge. Look at it: all clean and empty, ready to be filled with sections and interactive elements that will soon hold your course’s soul.

Creating high-quality educational content is often a time-consuming and complex task. By leveraging AI, we aim to simplify this process, allowing educators to focus on what they do best—teaching and inspiring students. This solution not only speeds up content creation but also ensures that the final product is engaging, accurate, and tailored to meet learning objectives.

AI, LLMs and RAG

In the heart of our content creator tool lies a blend of technologies that might sound complex but are quite straightforward. Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to machines designed to mimic human intelligence. Within AI, we have Large Language Models (LLMs), which are like vast, interactive libraries that understand and generate text in human-like ways. Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) combines the best of both worlds: it fetches accurate information (retrieval) and then creatively molds it into new content (generation). Think of it as a diligent researcher and a creative writer rolled into one. Our application uses these technologies to transform various content into structured educational experiences.