This guide will help you explore the different ways of utilizing AI when creating content in Sana. Discover how to streamline your content creation process with Sana's Edit Mode and tools available to quickly produce engaging, personalized content that enhances learning experiences and saves you time.
Sana's Edit Mode
Sana’s Edit Mode is your starting point for seamless co-creation. From transforming early ideas into structured outlines to enhancing content that’s already in progress, it makes creation feel natural and fluid. It also supports file uploads, so you can use existing material such as PDFs, SCORM packages, or images as the basis for your
courses.
Learn more about Sana's Edit Mode here.
Other ways to use AI in Create
1. AI Assistant
The AI assistant is always at your hand in text - You can see it either by simply creating a new text block on a card or highlighting any text.
Custom Edit Mode instructions Helps you prompt instructions to the Edit Mode and rewrite the text in the best possible way. It’s a flexible and powerful way to make sure you are in control and more satisfied with the outcome. Either write a prompt directly or highlight any text that you want to rewrite! |
Summarize Sometimes it can be hard to extract the key information from a large text, or simply time consuming. Why not let AI help you with that? |
Continue writing Do you have a subject, sentence or paragraph but not sure how to proceed? |
Add an image Edit Mode selects a stock image that is relevant to the content of the card, to help you ensure relevance to the course material. |
Generate an image Edit Mode generates an image relevant to the content of the card, saving time searching for appropriate images. |
2. Generate Content
Using Edit mode to generate from existing materials
Save time and maximize resources by letting Edit Mode transform your existing material into interactive Sana courses in a matter of minutes. It also allows for customization, where you can edit and tailor the courses post-generation to make sure the content is optimized for your learners.
Generate Images
Generating images provides visually appealing content, ensures relevance to the course material and saves time searching for appropriate images.
You can use it:
Directly in your content with the AI assistant button
orOpen any image modal (image blocks, cards, or course images) and select the “generate” option. Write your prompt and choose your preferred quality level:
Standard quality - Generates multiple variations quickly
High quality - Produces a single premium image using gpt-image-1 (allows more processing time for detailed results)
Generate Takeaway
To generate a takeaway in your content, follow these simple steps:
Type '/generate takeaways' or '/' and choose 'Generate takeaways' in a new paragraph within your content.
The AI will analyze the preceding text on the same card to generate a relevant and insightful takeaway
💡 The AI considers only the text that comes before the takeaway as context, excluding any text that follows it. This ensures that the generated takeaway is based on the correct information.
Generate Questions
Question Block within a Page Card
Similar to takeaways, the context for a question block encompasses all text on the same card that precedes the question. Any text following the question block is not considered part of the context.
Question Card
The context AI uses for a question card includes all preceding cards within the same module.
Generate Poll
There are three types of polls you can generate, depending on their placement within a module and the type of information you want to gather. For example, an introductory poll offers insight into how learners feel about something before engaging with the respective content.
Check-in Poll: The context Edit Mode uses includes all cards that precede and succeed the poll card within the same module.
Introductory Poll: The context Edit Mode uses includes all cards that succeed the poll card within the same module.
Reflective Poll: The context Edit Mode uses includes all cards that precede the poll card within the same module.
Generate Course description
Course description generation is a feature within Sana that helps you create concise and informative descriptions of your educational courses. This feature:
Utilizes AI to analyze your course content and extract key themes and topics
Offers suggestions for clear and appealing language that resonates with your target audience
3. Translations
The translation feature in Sana enables quick conversion of courses into different languages, broadening the accessibility and reach of the content.
You can read more about translations here.
FAQ
What does the AI generation use for context?
The AI generation features in create uses the following for context:
Input text data (including text blocks or text in other interactive features)
Uploaded videos (not embedded content). These videos are transcribed for the use of AI features. The transcriptions are not visible to learners or authors and are only used for AI generation.