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Converting a Resource into a Mini Course (PDF to Course)

Create Mini Courses with AI directly from your PDF resources!

Eren Gunduz avatar
Written by Eren Gunduz
Updated over a month ago

Effortlessly transform your PDFs into engaging Mini Courses with our newest PDF to Course feature. It allows you to quickly upload resources and share your content.

Use AI, quizzes, and interactive elements to build a unique Mini Course, creating engaging and tailored learning experiences.

ℹ️ PDF to Course feature is only available on our Pro and Elite plans.

You can watch our step-by-step guide video if you prefer learning with videos.


Step 1: Creation

Click Create on the collection page.

Select Make AI use my resource option.

Upload your PDF(s) and write the Title of the Mini Course.

💡 Our AI utilizes Title to generate content tailored to your needs. For the best results from our PDF to Course feature, please ensure your Title reflects your expectations and is align with your PDF(s) content.

ℹ️ The maximum page count for PDF file upload is 100 page.

ℹ️ Uploading the PDF file may take one or two minutes depending on the file size.

Customization

All of the fields of Customization part except Specify focus and Audience have default options set by us.

However, we recommend that you fill in at least some of these fields so that our AI ​​can create the most appropriate Mini Course for your learners.

Language

Select the language you want the Mini Course content to be written in. The default language is English.

💡 We're supporting more than 30 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telegu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese.

Specify Focus

Write down the specific aspect of the source material you want your Mini Course to based on. (e.g. a key concept, a specific skill etc.).

Audience

Define the target demographic for your Mini Course (e.g. beginners, experts, students, professionals etc.).

Tone

Select the overall style and feeling you want your Mini Course to convey.

You are also free to write in your own style beyond our pre-defined tones. The default tone is Professional.

Quiz

Add a quiz at the end of the Mini Course to test knowledge retention with specifying the number of quiz questions. Default quiz question count is 5.

ℹ️ Quiz questions will be Multiple Choice type and includes one correct answer.

Feedback Questions

Add a feedback form at the end of the Mini Course to test learner satisfaction with specifying the number of feedback questions. Default feedback question count is 1.

ℹ️ Feedback questions will be Multiple Choice type with no correct answer.

AI Images

If you prefer our AI can generate images for your Mini Course. Also you can select the visual style that best suits your Mini Course's topic.

Moreover you can provide a detailed description of people, objects settings and actions depicted in the images, including demographic information, to ensure relevance and inclusivity.

Click Start building button to let our AI to generate your Mini Course's outline.

ℹ️ Generating Outline may take one or two minutes.

Step 2: Outline

On the outline page, you can customize the structure by editing section and page names, deleting them, and rearranging the order.

💡 You can also see the source PDF for each page on the right-hand side.

Add a page

To add a new page, click the + Add a Page button located at the end of each section.

Title

Enter the title for the page. The AI will use this title while generating the new page.

Content

You will see your PDF's content divided into sections by our AI.

AI will then use the content of the selected section to create the new page.

ℹ️ You can only select one part to create a new page. If you want to create pages for more parts, please create a separate new page for each.

Page type

If you select Info page type, you’ll get an info card which has AI-generated text in it.

If you select Quiz page type, you'll get a page consists a quiz question.

Add a section

At the bottom, you can add new sections in addition to the sections created by our AI.


Once you've reviewed the outline, click Generate Mini-Course to have the AI create the course based on your approved outline.

🎊 Congrats, you've successfully created Mini Course from your PDF.


❓ Please reach out us via Messenger on bottom right if you have any question about creating Mini Course from PDF.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I convert my Word (docx) documents to Mini Courses?

Currently, it's not possible to directly convert your Word documents into Mini Courses. However, there are two possible workarounds:

  1. You can copy and paste the content from your Word document into our Guide AI with My Descriptions feature. Learn more about our Guide AI with my descriptions feature.

  2. Alternatively, you can convert your Word file to a PDF using external tools. After that, you can seamlessly use our PDF to Course feature.


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