You've tried using a generic AI to draft a quiz or a rubric, and the result felt… off. It was technically correct, but the tone was flat, the format wasn't quite right, and it lacked any sense of your students or your specific teaching style. You can train an AI on examples of your own writing, so every assessment it produces feels authentic and genuinely sounds like you. This guide will walk you through exactly how to personalize TeachersFlow's Assessment Generator with your past work, so you can spend less time rewriting and more time teaching.
When you use a general-purpose AI like ChatGPT to create classroom content, you’re working with a tool that has no context for who you are. It doesn’t know that you prefer bullet-point feedback over long paragraphs, that you always include a self-reflection question on your rubrics, or the specific vocabulary you use with your 9th-grade biology class. The result is often a usable but impersonal draft that needs significant editing to feel like something you would actually give to your students.
This "generic AI" effect means you end up spending valuable time reformatting, rephrasing, and injecting your own voice back into the document. The initial time saved is quickly lost in the revision process, defeating the purpose of using AI in the first place.
Writing a highly detailed prompt can certainly get you closer to the mark, but it's a temporary fix, not a systemic solution. True personalization goes a step further. Instead of just telling the AI what you want each time, you show it by training it on examples of your best work. This process allows the AI to learn the subtle patterns of your writing style and internalize your preferences. It’s the difference between giving a new assistant a list of instructions for one task versus letting them shadow you for a week to understand your entire workflow. Once trained, the AI can consistently replicate the key elements of your assessments.
This includes:
It learns whether you use tables, checklists, or narrative prose.
It adopts your professional yet encouraging tone or your direct, no-nonsense style.
It recognizes how you structure feedback—for example, always starting with a strength.
It matches the cognitive demand and phrasing of the questions you typically ask.
It creates over 12 types of assessments, from rubrics to exit tickets, all tailored to you.
Explore the Assessment GeneratorThe idea of "training an AI" might sound technically complex, but in TeachersFlow, it’s a straightforward process of providing source material. You aren't writing code or configuring algorithms. You are simply giving the system examples to learn from. When you add your past assessments as training data, our AI analyzes them to identify recurring patterns in structure, language, tone, and format. It creates a profile of your unique style based on these documents. Then, whenever you generate a new assessment, the AI uses the most relevant examples from your training data as a model. This ensures the output isn't just a generic template but a draft that is already aligned with how you communicate with your students.
Head to your Account Settings in TeachersFlow and click on the "Personalization" tab. This is your hub for tailoring the AI to your specific needs.
In the "Document training" section for the Assessment Generator, click to add sources. You can import files directly from your computer (DOCX), link to Google Docs, or pull in assessments you’ve already created and saved in your Teaching Materials or for a student group.
Once you have selected a few high-quality examples of your work, simply click the "Train AI on my data" button. The system will process your documents in the background to learn your style.
That's it. The next time you use the Assessment Generator, it will automatically reference your training data to create assessments that match your voice, saving you valuable editing time.
The quality of your training data directly impacts the quality of the AI's output. For the best results, provide clear, well-structured examples that represent the kind of work you want the AI to generate in the future. Think of it as creating a "greatest hits" collection of your own materials. The more varied and representative your examples are, the more versatile and accurate your personalized AI will be. A good mix of documents will give the AI a comprehensive understanding of your teaching style across different assessment types.
Here are a few ideas for what to include:
Provide examples of scoring guides you've built that have clear criteria and performance level descriptors.
Add documents with narrative feedback you've written for students that capture your typical tone and structure.
Upload quizzes or short formative assessments with questions that reflect your preferred format and complexity.
Include descriptions of assignments you've created that show how you frame tasks and expectations for students.
The same powerful personalization engine that refines your assessments can also be applied to your lesson planning. The process works in exactly the same way. By navigating to the Lesson Planner section within your Personalization settings, you can upload examples of your favorite past lesson plans. The AI will learn your preferred structure, the types of activities you favor (like "turn-and-talks" or hands-on labs), how you phrase learning objectives, and the level of detail you include in your procedures. This creates a cohesive and authentic workflow across the platform. Your AI-generated lesson plans will feel as familiar and thoughtfully structured as your assessments, making your planning process faster and more consistent.
TeachersFlow is designed for teachers who want to save time without losing their personal touch. The Assessment Generator, personalized with your own work, is just one part of a connected workflow that helps you plan, teach, and assess more effectively.
You've spent years developing your unique teaching voice. TeachersFlow helps you use it, faster. Train the AI on your past work and get assessments that sound like they came directly from you.
