Maximize class preparation time with Khanmigo for Teachers

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Microsoft and Khan Academy have partnered to provide free access to Khanmigo for Teachers in English in more than 40 countries. Khanmigo for Teachers is an AI-powered teaching assistant that's now powered by Azure AI. It streamlines class preparation tasks and gives educators more time and energy to spend with learners.

Khanmigo offers:

  • Standards-aligned lesson planning tied to Khan Academy's world-class content library
  • An on-demand summary of recent learner work so educators can quickly assess progress and identify areas where learners need more support
  • Khanmigo-crafted learning objectives, rubrics, and exit tickets

As a planning assistant and instructional collaborator, Khanmigo uses Khan Academy content to simplify AI for educators. No prompting is required. Khanmigo helps:

  • Create engaging lesson hooks
  • Provide insights on learner performance
  • Recommend assignments
  • Offer support for refreshing knowledge on a topic
  • And more

The Khanmigo tools page includes over 25 educator-focused Khanmigo activities in five categories:

  • Plan
  • Create
  • Differentiate
  • Support
  • Learn

Screenshot of the free AI-powered time-saving tools available to educators in Khanmigo for Teachers.

Within the Plan category, educators can:

  • Review learners' performance and trends with Khan academy lessons
  • Craft engaging prompts to stimulate meaningful class discussions
  • Create quick end-of-lesson assessments to check learner understanding
  • Develop clear, measurable learning objectives to guide instruction
  • Plan compelling lesson starters to engage learners
  • Create structured, detailed lesson plans tailored to curriculum and learners' needs
  • Receive recommendations on what learners need to work on next

Within the Create category, educators can:

  • Produce engaging newsletters to keep guardians informed about class activities
  • Generate concise, easy-to-follow instructions for assignments and activities
  • Transform memorable class moments into a creative poetic recap
  • Create informational text for a variety of topics
  • Create personalized letters of recommendation
  • Create multiple-choice quizzes on a variety of topics
  • Create questions for a specific piece of content
  • Generate personalized, constructive report card comments
  • Design clear, detailed grading rubrics to set expectations and simplify scoring

Within the Differentiate category, educators can:

  • Break complex texts into manageable sections for easier learner comprehension
  • Adjust the complexity of a given text
  • Link lesson content to learners' lives and interests to boost engagement
  • Connect lesson topics to engaging real-world examples and applications
  • Customize text to meet instructional needs

Within the Support category, educators can:

  • Streamline the creation of Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)
  • Create specific measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound goals

In the Learn category, educators can ask Khanmigo to refresh their knowledge in various subject areas.

In short, Khanmigo is designed to make an educator's role less about busy work. What normally takes hours can be done quickly with Khanmigo:

  • Differentiation
  • Lesson plans
  • Quiz questions
  • Learner groupings
  • Lesson hooks
  • Exit tickets
  • Rubrics
  • And more

Educators' prep time can be faster and better. Khanmigo helps get educators over writer’s block and also delivers quick first drafts for multilingual guardian emails and class newsletters.

Learn more about Khanmigo by completing the Khanmigo for Educators course. To gain access, sign up for free at the Khanmigo website.