If it wasn’t obvious that NotebookLM is shaping up to be the ultimate AI tool for school, it should be now. And Google has more to share for the fall season.
On Monday, Google announced its latest NotebookLM features, including the option to generate flashcards, quizzes, new reports and more. Brand-new audio formats for the popular Audio Overviews feature were also released just last week.
What sets NotebookLM apart from other AI tools is that it will only rely on the source material you provide it to answer questions or generate content. This makes it incredibly useful for school work. Just throw in your class notes or lesson plan, and let NotebookLM break everything down for you.
Here’s what’s rolling out to NotebookLM, starting today.
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Flashcards
If you like to study in short bursts rather than having a lengthy study guide, try NotebookLM’s flashcards. If you need to remember core concepts or specific times, dates, people or something of the sort, these quick hitters are here to help.
You can customize the number of flashcards (fewer, standard, more) and the difficulty of the questions (easy, medium, hard) with just a couple of clicks. And if you want to focus on just one part of the source material, you can specify the subject or the front of the cards to be shorter for memorization purposes.
Quizzes
You’ll receive a quiz overview after completion and can review the questions from there.
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Quizzes are just what they sound like and are perfect if you’re in the mood for testing your knowledge on a particular subject. Like Flashcards, you’ll have the option to customize the number of questions and the difficulty level. After finishing the quiz, you’ll receive your score and have the option of reviewing the quiz again.
Upgraded reports
NotebookLM users have long been able to generate study guides and briefing docs based on uploaded sources, but more options will soon be available. Once rolled out, you’ll be able to generate custom reports based on your own prompts, blog posts and more.
Clicking the Reports button in NotebookLM’s Studio tab will open a new view and a format section with four options to Create Your Own, Briefing Doc, Study Guide and Blog Post. Below that, four AI-generated formatting options will be available, specific to your sources.
Learning Guide
Chatting with Gemini within NotebookLM also received an upgrade. Users can change the conversation style responses to options like “Analyst” or “Guide,” and you can customize the length of the responses you receive, too.
Peer-reviewed Notebooks
Google has partnered with OpenStax, a publisher of open education resources, to offer six new public Notebooks based on peer-reviewed academic books.
These six titles are in addition to the other public Notebooks released in partnership with publications, researchers and nonprofits.
