Quick Start Guide

Your first feedback request and quiz in under 10 minutes

Published

July 19, 2026

Welcome

This guide gets you from “just signed in” to sending your first student feedback request and generating your first AI quiz — in under 10 minutes. No configuration required, no setup menus to navigate.

TipNot installed yet?

If you haven’t set up the Kai Instructor app yet, start with the Getting Started guide first, then come back here.

The App at a Glance

The Kai Instructor app has five tabs along the bottom:

Tab What it does
Home Adaptive dashboard — upcoming sessions, analytics, tasks
Kai AI chat assistant
+ Create something (quiz, feedback, session, homework)
Activity Your event feed and notifications
Manage Courses, students, resources

You’ll use Manage to set things up and + to take action during or after class.

Step 1: Create Your First Course

Before you can do anything else, Kai needs to know about your course.

  1. Tap Manage (bottom right)
  2. Tap + New Course (or the create button on the courses screen)
  3. Give it a name — something like “STAT 101 Spring 2026”
  4. Fill in any additional details and save

The Add New Course form in the Manage tab
Note

You only do this once per course. Students join through their own Kai Student app using your course details.

Step 2: Create a Course Session

A session represents a single lecture or class meeting. Kai uses sessions to organize transcripts, quizzes, and feedback.

  1. Open your new course in the Manage tab
  2. Create a session for today’s (or your next) class
  3. Give it a descriptive name — “Week 3: Standard Error” works well

The Create Course Session form with title, time, duration, and course fields

That’s the setup done. Now for the interesting parts.

Your First Feedback Request

Collecting mid-class feedback lets you catch confusion before it becomes an exam problem. Here’s how:

  1. Tap + (the center tab)
  2. Select Feedback from the action sheet
  3. Choose the session you just created
  4. Kai generates a feedback form — review it and tap Send

The Create Action Sheet opened from the + tab, showing Quiz, Homework, Feedback, and Session options

Students receive a notification on their Kai Student app and can respond in under a minute. You see results in your Activity feed as they come in.

Tip

You can send a feedback request mid-lecture without stopping — it takes about 20 seconds on your end, and students respond while you keep talking.

Your First AI Quiz

If your session has a transcript (recorded lecture or uploaded audio), Kai can generate quiz questions automatically from the actual content.

  1. Tap +
  2. Select Quiz
  3. Choose a session that has a transcript
  4. Kai generates questions from the lecture — review them, edit if needed, then tap Send

Quiz creation screen — choose to Generate with Kai from the session transcript or build manually
Tip

No transcript yet? That’s fine — you can still create a manual quiz, or come back after your first recorded session.

Results appear in your Activity feed and on the session detail page once students submit.

What’s Next

You’ve done the core loop. Here’s where to go from here:

  • Feedback Workflow — timing tips, reading results, acting on confusion patterns
  • Quiz Workflow — question types, grading, sending targeted follow-up
  • Homework — assigning AI-generated or custom homework via the + menu
  • Activity Feed — understanding notifications and event history
NoteQuestions?

Reach out at support@chi2labs.com or use the Kai chat tab in the app — the AI assistant can answer most workflow questions directly.