Our Technologies

Here’s a fairly comprehensive overview of each technology featured on the AIEdAssist website, highlighting their roles in enhancing educational experiences:

Canvas LMS

Canvas is a modern, open-source Learning Management System (LMS) developed by Instructure. It serves as a centralized platform for educators to create, manage, and deliver course content, assessments, and communications. With its intuitive interface and robust features, Canvas supports various instructional methods, including online, hybrid, and in-person learning environments. Our service model calls for us to import tests into the platform after using AI and QTI file conversion tools.ents.

At AIEdAssist, our service model streamlines the process of test development and deployment by using AI-driven prompt engineering and QTI (Question and Test Interoperability) file conversion tools to create assessments and import them directly into Canvas.

Why Automate Test Creation and Grading?
Creating and grading tests manually is often time-consuming and repetitive. By leveraging ChatGPT and advanced prompt engineering, professors can generate well-structured multiple-choice questions, match them to course objectives, and automatically load them into Canvas for seamless grading.

Time Savings for Professors
For a typical 50-question multiple-choice exam:

Manual process (writing, formatting, uploading, and grading):
➤ 6 to 10 hours

With AIEdAssist automation:
➤ 1 to 2 hours (including review and final adjustments)

This results in a net time savings of 5 to 9 hours per exam — time that can be reallocated to more strategic, student-centered activities.

Examples of Value-Added Activities with Saved Time:

Mentoring students one-on-one or in small groups
Updating or enhancing lecture content with current research
Attending interdisciplinary research seminars or conferences
Writing grant proposals or academic publications
Providing richer feedback on student projects or presentations
Collaborating with peers to develop interdisciplinary curriculum
Hosting office hours or Q&A sessions with more flexibility

By automating core assessment workflows, the use of Canvas / QTI file conversion technology empowers professors to shift their focus from routine tasks to high-impact educational experiences. This is a foundational part of our mission: helping educators become more productive, fulfilled, and forward-thinking in a rapidly evolving academic landscape.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, is an AI-powered chatbot capable of generating human-like text responses. Trained on extensive datasets, it can assist with a range of tasks such as answering questions, drafting essays, translating languages, and more. Its versatility makes it a valuable tool for both educational and professional applications.

Our service model calls for us to use this tool to generate test questions for import into Canvas and also to help professors with advanced features of ChatGPT such as these. This is because our core consulting goals is to “teach professors how to fish”—equipping educators not just with access to AI tools, but with the expertise and confidence to become the most informed and innovative AI resource in their department. Our approach goes beyond automation and task completion — whenever we can, we focus on upskilling faculty to design, lead, and evolve AI-enhanced instruction on their own terms.

1. Wake Words (Voice Activation)

What it is: Hands-free interaction using voice commands like “Hey ChatGPT.”
How it helps: Allows multitasking during lecture prep, grading, or even live teaching.
Use Case: A professor can walk around the classroom while asking ChatGPT for a definition, example, or clarification—without stopping to type.

2. Multimodal Prompting (Text + Images)

What it is: ChatGPT can process text alongside images, such as slides, charts, or diagrams.
How it helps: Enables visual content interpretation and generation of related educational material.
Use Case: Upload a diagram and ask ChatGPT to create quiz questions or translate it into student-friendly lecture notes.

3. Custom GPTs (Your Own AI Teaching Assistant)

What it is: A customizable version of ChatGPT tailored to your course, style, and materials.
Example: Here is a custom GPT (click here) created for an MBA Class. It is super cool. If you are an educator, we’d love to discuss with you how to create one for your class!
How to create one:
- Visit chat.openai.com and click Explore GPTs > Create
- Use the no-code builder to set tone, behavior, and upload syllabus or lecture content
- Deploy it as a virtual TA or personal assistant
Use Case: Professors can build a GPT that knows their curriculum and assists with writing lectures, answering student FAQs, or generating assessments.

4. Memory and Session Persistence (Pro Feature)

What it is: ChatGPT can remember your preferences, content structure, and past sessions.
How it helps: Supports long-term projects like semester planning, textbook writing, or lecture series development.
Use Case: GPT continues refining your course materials without needing repeated instructions, ensuring consistency and time savings.

Why How You Use ChapGTP Matters:

These advanced features aren’t just smart—they’re strategic tools for faculty empowerment. AIEdAssist enables professors to build long-term capacity, helping them lead in AI integration and pedagogy innovation within their academic departments.

Movavi

Movavi offers user-friendly video editing software designed for both beginners and professionals. Its suite includes tools for video editing, screen recording, and media conversion, enabling users to create high-quality content with ease. Movavi’s intuitive interface and diverse features make it suitable for educational content creation and beyond. Our service model calls for us to create videos for professors with this tool if needed.

Napkin.AI

Napkin AI is an innovative visual storytelling tool that converts text into compelling visuals, such as diagrams, flowcharts, and infographics. By simply pasting your text into the platform, Napkin AI generates relevant visuals that can be customized to fit your needs. This facilitates clearer communication of complex ideas, making it an invaluable resource for educators, marketers, and business professionals. The platform supports exporting visuals in various formats, including PNG, PDF, and SVG, ensuring compatibility with different applications. Our service model calls for us to use this technology to create beautiful graphics for lecture presentations.

We love Napkin, but it’s important to note there are other products in the space also. Here are three other products and use cases we have explored — we’d love to discuss your needs with you also and identify which storytelling and graphics tool might be best for your unique situation.

✅ 1. Tome.app
Strength: AI-powered narrative building for presentations
Academic Use Example:

A business professor teaching entrepreneurship could input a short prompt like “Startup funding stages for students” and Tome will generate a full slide deck with visuals and text.

It can illustrate concepts like seed rounds vs. Series A with a clean narrative flow and embedded charts — saving hours of slide prep.

✅ 2. Pictory.ai
Strength: Converts text into short, visually engaging videos
Academic Use Example:

A marketing instructor can take a case study blog or a lecture outline and have Pictory automatically convert it into a 2–3 minute video with AI-selected stock footage and captions.

Great for pre-class engagement, flipped classroom models, or summarizing key points visually at the end of a lesson.

✅ 3. Canva (Magic Design + Docs)
Strength: Combines story-based templates, visuals, and text suggestions
Academic Use Example:

A communications professor teaching storytelling techniques could use Canva’s Magic Design to have students build their own visual storyboards or brand stories from scratch using AI-suggested layouts and imagery.

Professors can also create handouts or infographics for complex models (e.g., the Shannon-Weaver communication model) with minimal effort.

QTI Files for Canvas

QTI (Question and Test Interoperability) files are standardized formats used to import quizzes and assessments into learning management systems like Canvas. By utilizing QTI files, educators can seamlessly transfer test content, including questions and answers, into Canvas, streamlining the assessment creation process. Our service model calls for us to use this technology to create tests in an automated manner and also to provide these services. Please see the area on Canvas above for information on the use cases and ROI to professors for this technology.

Murf AI

Murf AI is a text-to-speech platform that converts written content into realistic voiceovers. With a range of customizable voices and languages, it enables users to create professional-quality audio content for presentations, tutorials, and more. Murf AI’s capabilities are particularly beneficial for developing engaging educational materials. Our service model calls for us to use this tool to create text-to-speech lectures like the one featured on our website.

Storyblocks

Storyblocks is a subscription-based platform offering a vast library of royalty-free stock media, including videos, audio clips, and images. It provides creators with high-quality assets to enhance their projects, making it a valuable resource for educators and content developers seeking to enrich their materials. Our service model calls for us to use this media in conjunction with Movavi to create beautiful movies for potential use in the classroom.

Ethics / Governance Related Service

This is less a “technology” and more a “consulting service”, but as educational institutions adopt stricter AI usage policies, (such as Northeastern University’s recent guidelines requiring attribution and human review of AI-generated content for accuracy and appropriateness), it is clear that even those professors with AI skills will need assistance adhering to AI guardrails. In the longer-term, AIEdAssist plans to train consultants in this space and then offer specialized consulting to support compliance with these evolving standards. This forward-looking, ethics-focused service will assist faculty and administrators in developing clear attribution practices, evaluating AI-generated outputs for contextual relevance, and establishing review workflows aligned with institutional policies. Through training, documentation tools, and customizable review frameworks, AIEdAssist aims to help ensure that academic use of AI remains transparent, responsible, and fully aligned with future ethical expectations.