Tips For Success

1. Keep Your Edna Session Open. Don't close your PlayLab Edna session. Your conversation is your workspace. Closing the session may cause you to lose your progress and require you to start the redesign again. Instead, leave the browser tab open, take the time you need, and return when you're ready to continue.

2. Edna is designed to move through six phase. If it feels like you're spending a long time on one phase, that's part of the design. If you're unsure how to move ahead, simply ask, "What should I be considering right now?" Edna will help guide you forward.

3. Pause if you need to. Keep the Playlab session open. Trust the process.

4. Trust the discomfort. If a question slows you down, that's part of the process. The strongest insights often come after a little reflection.

5. Bring a real assignment. Choose one you already use—especially one you know has room to grow. That's where Edna can help the most.

6. Do the thinking first. Edna will ask you to draft before generating recommendations. Your ideas come first, and they don't need to be perfect.

7. Design for learning, not AI-proofing. Focus on making student thinking visible rather than trying to eliminate AI. The learning should drive the design.

8. Plan for final edits. Edna provides a strong starting point, but you'll still want to add your course-specific details, review the accessibility features, and make the assignment your own before publishing.

9. Worth Repeating... Pause if you need to. Keep the Playlab session open. Trust the process.

The more we invest in the process, the more our students benefit from the results.