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As a Core Service for Google Workspace for Education users of all ages, you can deploy NotebookLM with confidence, knowing your data isn't reviewed or used to train AI models. Here is a breakdown of how this powerful tool can be used to deepen student understanding.
The Power of Multimodal Learning: Video Overviews
Visual and auditory learners will thrive with NotebookLM’s Video Overviews. This feature transforms your uploaded sources into an AI-narrated video in seconds, pulling key images, diagrams, quotes, and numbers directly from your documents.
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Customize the Focus: You can use the Customize feature to guide the video to highlight specific topics or tailor the content and tone to your students' audience and learning goals.
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Support Multilingual Students: To ensure all students feel included, you can create Video Overviews in over 50 different languages.
Boost Study with Interactive Tools: Quizzes and Flashcards
Take the manual work out of creating study guides. NotebookLM can instantly generate interactive quizzes and flashcards directly from your classroom materials, helping students prepare for tests and assignments.
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Customization is Key: For both quizzes and flashcards, you can customize the focus, the number of items, and the level of difficulty. This allows you to create multiple levels of practice so students can master topics gradually.
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Targeted Review: For a more focused study session, simply select the specific source or set of sources you want the quiz or flashcards to be based on.
Deepen Understanding with Guided Learning
NotebookLM moves beyond simple question-answering with the Learning Guide chat configuration.
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Probing Questions: Instead of just giving students the answer, the Learning Guide mode encourages deeper participation by responding with probing, open-ended questions.
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Step-by-Step Breakdown: It helps students break down complex problems step-by-step and adapts explanations to their needs, leading to a more robust understanding of the subject matter.
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Personalized Experience: You can also create Custom conversational personas to align the AI's interaction style with your specific teaching goals. You can share a notebook in 'view only' mode to let students interact with the AI without changing its core configurations.
Seamless Integration into Google Classroom
Attaching a NotebookLM experience to your course is simple:
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When creating an Assignment, Material, or Question in Google Classroom, look for the NotebookLM icon.
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Choose to create a new notebook and personalize it by selecting specific class content (like previous assignments or materials).
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Alternatively, select an existing notebook you've already created.
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Once attached, the AI companion is now a core resource for that assignment.
NotebookLM is an incredible new partner for K12 educators, turning your existing curriculum into dynamic, personalized learning experiences.
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