AI Chat – Support Center

AI Chat activities build on what students normally experience when working on virtual chats, solo video recordings, and partner chats. These AI chat activities help students move from using scripted language to speaking more naturally, with help from our AI Personas (characters), Sara and Miguel.

AI Chat activity entitled, "Mucho Gusto!". With instructions, Start button to enable AI partner to partner up with to complete assignment and a Submit button.

Two VHL Central Partner Chat activity windows showing AI characters Sara and Miguel in a Spanish conversation with audio playback and record controls.

There are now Student Interaction Settings that apply to AI Chat: Audio Transcripts and Input Mode.

Enabling Audio Transcripts for a student - or all students enrolled in your course/section - will allow them to see the live transcription for both the AI and their own audio.

The Input Mode column allows the instructor to adjust how students interact with the AI Personas.

From the Input Mode drop-down menu allows you to adjust how your students will interact with the AI Personas. (go step 4 to see preview of each option)

VHL Central Student Interaction Settings page for Section 1 with callouts highlighting the Input Mode column (1), Input Mode dropdown (2 and 3) showing speech, text, speech-and-text, and text-no-audio options.

4. Here’s a glance at the Input Mode options you can select from the drop-down menu:

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Side-by-side comparison of two Partner Chat input modes — Speech Input Only with audio bubbles and a Record button, and Text Input with No Audio showing a typed conversation and text field.

For more detailed information about Student Interaction Settings, click here.

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