The AI-Guided Dialogue question type lets you build more engaging assessments by introducing AI-powered follow-ups.
After learners submit their response, the system automatically generates follow-up prompts to deepen reflection, expand understanding, and guide higher-order thinking.
What Is an AI-Guided Dialogue?
AI-Guided Dialogue is an open-ended question format enhanced by AI that creates a mini-conversation. Once the learner responds to the question you have added, AI follows up with personalized questions to prompt elaboration. This allows:
- Learners are to reflect and expand their answers
- Instructors to gain deeper insights into learner thinking
- More diagnostic and developmental learning moments
Add an AI-Guided Dialogue Question
To add an AI-guided dialogue question:
1. Create a new exam or edit an existing one.
2. Click the “+” Add Question button.
3. Click on AI Enhanced Questions.
4. Select AI Guided Dialogue.
Configure Your AI Dialogue Question
Start by entering your open-ended question (e.g., “How can you practice photography using your phone camera?”).
Then, set the display and formatting preferences for the answer field.
Once the question is added, click on Edit question, where you will see three tabs: AI Guided Dialogue, Score, and Feedback.
Under the AI Guided Dialogue tab, you can configure how follow-up questions are generated:
Choose whether the question is required.
Optionally hide the question from learners.
Configure the question properties.
Guide the AI on how to shape its follow-up prompts by suggesting directions on the follow-up questions' focus such as:
Examples
Personal experiences
Reasons
Consequences
Number of Questions:
Choose how many follow-up questions the learner will receive.
Tone of Voice:
You can fine-tune how the AI sounds when prompting learners. Options include:
- Friendly
- Formal
- Playful
- Empowering
- Inspirational
- Professional
- Urgent
- Engaging, and more
Allow Learners to Edit Their Answers:
Toggle if learners can revise their original answer after responding to the follow-ups.
Score Tab – Optional AI Scoring
Assign points to the question, and optionally enable AI scoring for AI-Guided Dialogue questions by turning on Auto Score with AI. Then, select your scoring criteria, such as:
- Accuracy and completeness
- Examples and evidence
- Reasoning and argumentation
Feedback
When you activate AI Automatic Feedback, you can personalize how the system responds to learners by configuring several options, like the focus of the feedback criteria and the:
Feedback Type
Choose what kind of feedback the AI should provide:
- Generic – Standard, neutral feedback.
- Strengths & Weaknesses – Balanced view of what was done well and what could be improved.
- Positive Reinforcement – Focuses only on encouraging comments.
- Rubric – Feedback follows a rubric-style structure, tied to evaluation criteria.
Feedback Length
Control how much detail is included in the AI’s feedback:
- Concise – A short, to-the-point comment.
- Normal – A moderate-length response.
- Extensive – In-depth feedback with detailed explanation.
Strictness of the Feedback
Set the tone of critique:
- Supportive – Gentle and encouraging feedback.
- Balanced – Neutral tone with both praise and critique.
- Rigorous – More demanding and critical evaluation style.
Tone of Voice
Customize how the feedback “feels” to the learner. Choose from a wide range of tones:
- Funny
- Formal
- Informal
- Humorous
- Serious
- Optimistic
- Motivational
- Inspirational
- Persuasive
- Assertive
- Respectful
- Inclusive
- Accessible
- Friendly
- Professional
These tone settings allow you to align the feedback with the style of your course and the maturity of your audience.
You can also activate the AI Feedback Assistant, allowing learners to ask follow-up questions about their feedback and set the number of times they can interact with it. 
Best Practices
- Start with a thought-provoking but clear initial question.
- Use a specific focus prompt to steer AI follow-ups.
- Choose a tone that fits your audience (e.g., Professional for adult learners, Playful for younger ones).
- Consider combining it with AI scoring for streamlined assessment