---
title: "Generating Assignment Prompts"
type: "article"
space: "Blackboard Ultra"
author: "Dani Bobak"
created: 2024-04-12T21:09:24Z
updated: 2024-11-12T15:56:19Z
tags: ["ai-design-assistant", "artificial-intelligence-design-assistant", "blackboard-ultra"]
url: "https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/266/blackboard-ultra/articles/artificial-intelligence-ai-design-assistant/20032/generating-assignment-prompts"
---

# Generating Assignment Prompts

The AI Design Assistant can generate assignment prompts based on your course content.

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## Generating Assignment Prompts

1. Select the **plus icon \(+\)** on the course content page.
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1. Select **Create** **** from the drop-down. The Create Item panel is displayed.
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=3l258cz36MzwfSUYeaWC9Q%3D%3D)

1. Select **Assignment**. The New Assignment panel is displayed.
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=PhhXghSLU7SN%2B0oBIVchFQ%3D%3D)

1. Select the stars icon to **Auto-generate assignment**. \(It might look like this ![A black square with white starsDescription automatically generated](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=ojCtp1OwePmWH7nL9KkeAw%3D%3D) or this ![A black rectangle with white textDescription automatically generated](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=opW7u3nLemtyuPje9cKNXQ%3D%3D).\)
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1. You can choose from one of the generated assignment prompts or you can add more information in the Define the assignment pane:

1. 1. Add a description
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=JL7lojiHisqGaDe%2FrvTRjA%3D%3D)
    2. Select items from your course
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=EYqq4RDxsno9I1itzEAJKQ%3D%3D)
    3. Choose a desired cognitive level
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=NdsM07NfgPrm7QjB6oiLqQ%3D%3D)
    4. Adjust the complexity
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=ex6w%2BrWF9mqlh1pP6XirTg%3D%3D)
    5. Specify whether the generated assignment prompt should include a title or not
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=F9M6o7uAvs3OcIG0ttO7Mg%3D%3D)

Select **Generate** **** to run the assignment prompt generation process again.
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**Tip**: Even if you don’t add any more information in the Define the assignment pane, you can select Generate to run the assignment prompt generation process again to generate a different set of assignment prompts.

1. If there is an assignment prompt you would like to add to your course, select the radio button next to the desired journal, then select **Add**.
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=gzfEhHvoCQXgLyfvw%2FoMdA%3D%3D)

1. Review the title and content of that generated assignment prompt and edit for accuracy and appropriateness, making all necessary edits before making it available to students.
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=N61ZCJBtT7sYHmE1Qz0R6g%3D%3D)

1. Be sure to set up the necessary Assignment Settings before making the Assignment available to your students. See the [Creating an Assignment article](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/266/blackboard-ultra/articles/assessing-learning/15664/creating-an-assignment) for more information about Assignment Settings.

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