Generate content module summaries using D2L Lumi Summary

You can leverage D2L Lumi to generate summaries of Content modules and activities in both the New Content Experience (Lessons) and Classic Content Experience.

When you generate a summary of a selected module or unit, D2L Lumi Summary provides you with three summary types to choose from:

  • A summary written from thelearner perspective (I will...).
  • A summary from the instructor perspective (We will...).
  • A summary written about the content module or unit (The module will...).

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Note: D2L Lumi Summary generates a summary from the first 5000 characters from each selected topic, up to 15 topics.

The following content topics are supported:

  • Pages
  • Assignment topics (source drawn from instruction field)
  • Quiz topics (source drawn from description field)
  • Discussion topics (source drawn from description field)
  • Media Library topics (both audio and video are supported but must have existing transcripts in either English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, or Dutch)
  • Most file types (.doc, .docx, .odt, .pdf, .ppt, .pps, .pptx, .ppsx, .xls, .xlsx, .rtf, and .txt)

To generate content module summaries

  1. In your course navbar, click Content.

    Brightspace navbar with Content selected in the top menu

  2. Click to select a top-level content module or unit.
  3. Click Options (...) and select Edit.

    Dropdown menu for a content topic with Edit option highlighted

  4. From the Edit page of the module or unit, click Generate Summary.
    The edit page of a course unit called Solar Interactions on Earth. The Generate Summary icon is highlighted.
  5. From the Generate Summary dialog choose one of the following:
    • Include all activities in the module: Lumi Summary uses all supported activities within the selected module or unit as source content for the summary. To preview and edit the source text before summarization, click Edit the source text.
      Generate Summary screen with Edit source text hightlighted.

    • Select the activities you wish to include in your description summary: Select from activities nested within the module.
      The Generate Summary dialog. The Select the activities you wish to include radio button is selected. Two content sources are selected.

  6. Click Generate Summary.
  7. From the Suggested Summaries dialog, select a summary and click Insert. The summaries are written from a student, module, or instructor perspective.
    The Suggested Summaries dialog. Under Select summary, the first summary which is written for a student is selected.
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    Important: If your module or unit has an existing Description, you are prompted to click Proceed before replacing that content.
  8. If you wish to review the AI status of your module or unit, click View AI Status: 
    • The AI Review Status dialog informs you that the summary content is reviewed by a human. AI Review Status is not visible to learners.
    • Click Close.
  9. Click Save and Close.

Your module or unit contains an AI-generated summary based on selected activity content.

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