Instructor Documentation (Higher Ed)

Generate ideas for discussions using D2L Lumi Idea

D2L Lumi Idea to generate discussion ideas to assist in creating a new discussion topic or to modify and uplift an existing topic.

This is the paper note and pencil icon used for notes.

Note: Ideas for discussions are generated from sibling topics within the same content module.

The following content topics are supported:

Pages
Assignments (via the instructions field)
Quizzes (via the description field)
Discussions (via the description field)
Media Library items (both audio and video are supported but must have existing transcripts in either English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, or Dutch)
Various file types, such as .doc, .docx, .odt, .pdf, .ppt, .pps, .pptx, .ppsx, .odp, .xls, .xlsx, .rtf, and .txt

To generate ideas for discussions

In your course navbar, click Content.
Select a module that contains existing materials (HTML files, assignments, quizzes, or discussions).
Click Create New
On the What would you like to create page, click Discussion.
On the New Topic page, click Generate Discussion Ideas.
In the Generate Discussion Ideas dialog:
- Number of Ideas – Select how many ideas to generate.
- Bloom's Taxonomy(optional) – Select if relevant.
  
  Tip: Leave the field as Select Level if Bloom’s Taxonomy is not relevant to your assignment.
Select your Content Source:
- Include all activities in the module: D2L Lumi Summary will use all supported activities nested within the selected module or unit as the source content to generate a summary.
- Select the activities you wish to include in your description summary: Select from activities nested within the module.
Click Generate.
Review the list of ideas in the Prompt Ideas dialog.
Select the idea you want to use and click Insert.
Note: If you are editing an existing discussion topic, click Proceed in the pop-up dialog.
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The New Topic page appears. The generated assignment is added to the Description field.
Complete your assignment details:
- Enter a title in the Topic Title field.
- Select a forum from the Choose a forum field or click Create forum to create a new forum.
- Add a Grade Out Of value.
- Set a Due Date.
- Click the Hidden toggle to make the topic visible.

(Optional) Click Outcomes.

Note: The name of this button depends on the language term set by your organization. Other names can include Standards, Competencies, Expectations, Objectives, or Learning Outcomes.

Select available outcomes to align to your assignment. Learning objectives must already exist in the course to align them to an assignment.
Click Save.
On the New Assignments page, click Save and Close.

Your topic appears in the selected forum. Learners do not see that the topic was AI generated.