Free tool
Prompts students can't answer with a summary
A weak discussion prompt gets forty near-identical summaries. A good one makes students take a position. Give a topic, or paste the week's reading, and get prompts built to demand analysis at your course's level.
How it works
Step 1
Name the topic
Or paste an excerpt from the assigned reading, and the prompts will anchor to it.
Step 2
Set the level
Intro, upper-division, or graduate. Choose how many prompts you want.
Step 3
Copy into your LMS
Each prompt stands alone and is answerable in 150-300 words — sized for a discussion board.
Why instructors use it
- Position-taking prompts, not yes/no or recall questions
- Anchors to your actual reading when you paste it
- Calibrated to course level
Common questions
Can it use my assigned reading?
Yes — paste an excerpt and the prompts will reference it specifically rather than staying generic.
How many prompts can I generate?
One to ten per run, so you can generate a term's worth for a topic in a few passes.
Are these graded automatically?
Not by the free tool. Grading the resulting discussion posts against your rubric is what the full MyTA product does.
The tools are the free part. MyTA is the rest.
MyTA lives inside your LMS and handles the operational work around these documents: grading against your rubric, drafting replies, tracking engagement, keeping your course compliant.