How to build courses with AI?
Building courses in Pluvo with AI: quick overview
With an AI tool of your choice, the Pluvo MCP connection and two skills, you can build a lesson module or an entire course in Pluvo. You work through a conversation: you tell it what you want, the AI asks follow-up questions and builds directly inside your academy.
What do you need?
- An AI tool that can work with MCP connections
- The Pluvo MCP connection set up with your academy (the helpdesk can assist with installation)
- The two skills: Pluvo course building] and Pluvo course design
Preparation
- Gather your source material, preferably a PowerPoint with speaker notes
- Have your target audience roughly in mind: role, prior knowledge, motivation
- Place visual material in a shareable folder (for example Google Drive)
- Access to your Pluvo academy
- An hour and a half in your calendar for the first session
How the conversation flows
The AI works through six phases and waits for your approval at each one.
- Analysis. Questions about goal, target audience, source material, length, tone.
- Learning objectives. Concrete objectives based on your material.
- Structure outline. A plan for chapters and blocks, on paper first.
- Building. The course is created in Pluvo while you watch along.
- Design. Visual formatting per chapter, based on your house style or a chosen style.
- Review. You read through the course and ask for changes where needed.
What the AI will ask you
Topics that come up: source material and whether to search online, target audience, type of course (onboarding, skills, knowledge, compliance, awareness, reference), learning objectives, length, language level, assessment, tone of voice, question strategy, how much imagery, tables or cards. For design you'll choose between your academy's house style, your own colours or a default palette, plus a style direction (warm minimalist, functional, editorial and five others).
Time estimate
What | Time |
|---|---|
First session (analysis, learning objectives, structure) | 1 to 1.5 hours |
Building one module | 1 to 2 hours |
Design per module | 30 to 60 minutes |
A four-module course completed | One to two days, spread out |
Work step by step, not all in one sitting. Save your module profile between sessions; that way the AI can pick up the thread the next time.
Tips
- Be specific: the more concrete your answers, the more targeted the result
- Give examples of brands or courses whose tone you like
- Not sure? Say so. The AI will make a reasoned suggestion
- Follow along in Pluvo through a second tab
- You can change things along the way. Just say what should be different
Important: Never open formatted blocks in Pluvo's WYSIWYG editor. The styling will be wiped and you'll be left with plain text. Want to change something in such a block? Ask the AI.
After the session
- Save your module profile for future courses
- Have a colleague read along
- Test it on mobile
- Collect feedback from learners and bring it into your next session
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Updated on: 06/05/2026
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