NOLEJ is approved for academic use.

What is NOLEJ?

NOLEJ is an AI-powered tool that enables instructors to quickly create interactive online learning materials from content, such as text, video, audio, or web pages. NOLEJ uses OpenAI's large language model to analyze the content and generate various assessments and activities, such as quizzes, flashcards, games, and interactive videos. The learning materials created by NOLEJ can be brought into other learning platforms, such as Canvas.

Find the tool at https://nolej.io/. Personal account creation is required. There is a time-limited free trial. Beyond the free trial period, users need to pay for a license.

For more information on what GenAI is and how it can be used to support teaching and learning, see the GenAI overview.

What is the purpose of NOLEJ?

NOLEJ is a tool that helps faculty and instructors quickly generate learning activities and materials. It can create the following types of activities and materials:

  • Quizzes: Multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, matching, etc.
  • Games: Flashcards, crossword puzzles, word searches, hangman, etc.
  • Interactive videos: Videos with embedded questions, feedback, and branching

Not what you’re looking for?

Refer to the Approved Academic Tools, listed by function for other approved GenAI tools.
Refer to our GenAI overview for Teaching and Learning guidance for the use of GenAI tools.

Why use NOLEJ?

  • Save time and effort by automating the creation of interactive learning activities and materials from the content you have already created.
  • To more easily add opportunities to your class for students to practice and feedback.
  • More easily offer students a variety of assessments and activities that suit their learning preferences and goals.
  • It has been reviewed and approved by the University of Saskatchewan's ICT and the Privacy Office.

Learning Technology Ecosystem (LTE) Principles

NOLEJ most directly address these LTE goals:

Efficient and easy to use - Learners need to work in a system that is fluid and requires a minimum number of steps in systems that are intuitive and integrated. 

Best Practices

DO

DON'T

 Review and curate the materials generated for quality, accuracy, and alignment with your learning outcomes.

 Don't use the materials generated for summative and/or high-stakes assessments (e.g., midterm and final exams).

 Embed the generated materials within Canvas, WordPress, and/or Pressbooks.

 Don’t provide the generated materials to students without reviewing them.

 Provide guidance to students on how to effectively using the NOLEJ-generated activities in your course.

 Don't upload content to NOLEJ that you don't have the permission to.

 Use NOLEJ as a supplement to instructor-led activities.

 

Support for NOLEJ

Technical Support

(Why isn't this working?)

Vendor Supported
  • Contact NOLEJ directly for support using the Chat and Helpdesk available upon logging in. 

Training Support

 (How do I learn to use this tool?)

Vendor Supported

 
  • Contact NOLEJ directly for support using the Chat and Helpdesk available upon logging in.

Teaching Support

 (How do I teach with this tool?)

Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning Supported

Vendor Supported
  • Email the GMCTL for a consultation to help you determine how to make effective use of NOLEJ.
  • Contact NOLEJ directly for support using the Chat and Helpdesk available upon logging in. 

Tool Evaluation

Technologies are evaluated based on their alignment with the Learning Technologies Ecosystem Principles.  Since NOLEJ is not intended to be a learning tool for students, it has not been evaluated.