AI Tutoring System Training Workshop

Date: 21 Oct 2026 (Wed)

Time: 10:30 – 12:00

Venue: M401

Target Audience: Instructors

Medium of Instruction: English

Summary:

The AI Tutoring System (AITU) is a web-based platform designed for PolyU students to support self-paced, AI-guided learning.

Through Study Mode (Guided Learning), the AI uses Socratic dialogue—asking guiding questions and offering hints—to help students think critically and understand core concepts step-by-step.

For instructors, AITU provides insights into student engagement and learning progress, helping identify common difficulties to guide classroom discussions. This makes it ideal for a flipped classroom approach.

This workshop introduces AITU’s key features, demonstrating how to:

• Create learning units and upload course materials
• Prepare exercise questions and configure the AI Tutor
• Review student engagement and leverage insights for flipped classroom activities

Objective: 
This workshop aims to familiarize participants with the AITU platform and demonstrate how it can support self-paced, AI-guided learning and flipped classroom teaching. Participants will learn how to access and navigate the platform, create and manage learning units, provide course materials and exercise questions, configure the AI Tutor’s behaviour, and review student engagement. They will also learn how to identify common questions and learning difficulties and use these insights to plan effective follow-up discussions and activities in class.

What You Will Learn:

• How to log in to and navigate the AITU platform
• How to create and manage learning units
• How to upload and organize course materials
• How to create and configure question sets
• How to configure the AI Tutor to guide students
• How students interact with the AI Tutor through Socratic dialogue
• How to review students’ engagement and learning progress
• How to access support and provide feedback
• How to use AITU to support a flipped classroom approach  

Agenda:

1. Introduction to AITU

• Overview of the platform
• How AITU supports self-paced, AI-guided learning
• The roles of instructors, students, and the AI Tutor

2. Login and Navigation

• How to access AITU
• Overview of the platform interface and navigation

3. Learning Units and Course Materials

• Creating and managing learning units
• Uploading and organizing course materials
• Making learning materials available to students

4. Managing Exercise Questions

• Creating and organizing question sets
• Preprocessing questions and answers during setup
• Configuring questions for self-paced learning activities

5. Configuring AI Tutor Behaviour

• Using instructor prompts
• Configuring how the AI Tutor guides students
• Aligning the AI Tutor’s guidance with the intended learning outcomes

6. Study Mode / Guided Learning

• How students undertake self-paced learning activities
• How the AI Tutor uses Socratic questioning, hints, and step-by-step guidance
• How guided learning promotes critical thinking and deeper understanding

7. Key System Features

• Chatbot for exploring related learning materials
• Question-and-answer preprocessing
• Mind maps
• Instructor prompts
• Handwriting input

8. Reviewing Student Engagement and Learning Insights

• Reviewing students’ participation, engagement, and learning progress

9. Support and Feedback

• How to access technical and user support
• How to provide feedback on the platform

10. Using AITU for a Flipped Classroom

• Preparing pre-class learning materials and exercise questions
• Assigning self-paced, AI-guided learning activities before class
• Reviewing student engagement and questions before the lesson
• Using class time to address misconceptions and discuss challenging concepts
• Designing follow-up discussions and activities based on students’ learning needs