A new AI tool called Khanmigo Teacher Tools now is available and enabled within Canvas.
The same non-profit that created Khan Academy has partnered with Microsoft to produce Khanmigo, which is built for educators. Khanmigo is an AI-powered tutor and teaching assistant designed to provide personalized, interactive learning experiences and support teachers with various tasks.
Training and tutorial are available online for faculty and staff via a self-paced Canvas course. Enrollment in the training is available at this link; the course is estimated to take 20 to 30 minutes to complete.
Khanmigo Teacher Tools is free for all U.S.-based K-12 and higher education educators as part of the med center’s Canvas subscription. This Canvas integration is meant to streamline and accelerate time-consuming tasks:
- Teaching assistant: Khanmigo can assist with generative AI tools to complete such tasks as lesson planning, creating rubrics and providing feedback.
- Streamlined workload: It can help teachers manage their workload more efficiently by automating routine tasks and providing instant help.
- Differentiated instruction: It offers help so teachers can personalize student assignments and generate fresh lesson ideas.
- Content creation: Khanmigo can generate closing or exit ticket questions, warm-up activities and more.
Khanmigo is designed with safety and learning as top priorities, and its integration into Khan Academy world-class content library making it easy to access and use. Khanmigo also was designed by leading learning experts to take AI-powered learning to a new level.