Learning with SlidesAI

Install SlidesAI onto Google Slides
Access SlidesAI via Extension on Google Slides
Input source material onto entry text box
Customize slide deck features and generate
Refer to source material in first slide
View the generated deck for accessible learning

Description

Use SlidesAI to understand learning materials in incomprehensible formats inaccessible to disabled students. Input text from the material and let the tool generate a slide deck that gives you a high-level overview of key concepts covered in a more engaging, accessible format.

Tutorial for Use

Gathering incomprehensible learning material from class
Inputting text from material into SlidesAI.io
Generating Google Slides deck
View slides for more accessible learning

Impacts on Learning

Removing Learning Barriers With Engagement

This use case of SlidesAI.io lowers entry barriers for accessing true learning by presenting more engaging materials to students who have neurodevelopmental and learning disabilities. Unlike other AI tools such as ChatGPT that can also present learning materials more understandably, SlidesAI.io holds the advantage of doing so in a way that is also visually engaging because it isn’t restrictively text-based, making it even easier for disabled students to learn from.

Learning Inaccessibly Without SlidesAI.io

Without this use case, these students will continue having difficulty comprehending lengthy and complex materials — such as papers, lectures, and articles — due to their conditions hindering them from absorbing large volumes of content. Whether this is caused by their inability to sustain concentration over long periods of times or their inability to process written language, these difficulties in digesting incomprehensible material render learning inaccessible to them even if they are as eager and as capable as their neurotypical peers.

Transforming Learning Accessibility with Entry Points

Having learning materials refashioned by this AI tool into a slide deck allows students with neurodevelopmental and learning disabilities the entry point of processing a condensed and engaging version of the content, enabling more conducive learning. Now equipped with context from the slide deck, these students can then view the source material with much less difficulty as they were able to understand its main concepts in a more accessible format — the SlidesAI.io generated deck.

Limitations & Ethical Considerations

Substitute of Source Material

It is a possibility for students to solely rely on SlidesAI.io decks, which, while more accessible due to its provision of high-level overviews, do not capture the depth and nuances of the source material. Students’ understanding of the material’s subject matter can be compromised if they form a dependency on this AI tool. This use case emphasizes SlidesAI.io as an entry point to learning, not a substitute.

Shortcut for Homework

There is also the risk of students misusing SlidesAI.io as a shortcut for accomplishing assignments that involve slide deck outputs. In this harmful case, the AI tool is used not to access learning but to bypass it, as students would not need to understand materials prior to doing their homework and can allow SlidesAI to simply do it for them. This use case highlights the tool as a learning enhancer, not an assignment doer.

Text Limit & Accessibility

As SlidesAI.io’s free version has a text capacity of 2500 characters, its functionality for more extensive learning materials can be limited. With students having to pay a certain amount to apply this use case on lengthier content, the AI tool becomes inaccessible to those who cannot afford the premium version. In order to fully transform learning with this use case, educational institutions and parents should consider providing their students and children access to the paid version.