Google OPAL: New Features Every Course Creator Should Know!

About this Video

• Video Title: Google OPAL: New Features Every Course Creator Should Know!
• Channel: AI Learning Communities
• Speakers: James
• Duration: 00:31:42

Introduction

This video demonstrates how to use Google's experimental Opal tool to create mini-apps for various tasks. The speaker, James, focuses on its application for course creators, showing how to build apps from scratch and leverage existing examples to automate processes like quiz creation, community post generation, and syllabus building. The video emphasizes Opal's user-friendliness for non-technical users.

Key Takeaways

• Opal is a mini-app creator: This Google tool allows non-technical users to create applications to automate tasks without needing extensive AI or coding knowledge.
• Opal leverages Gemini: The mini-apps utilize Google's Gemini AI models for processing inputs and generating outputs. Various Gemini models (e.g., Flash, Pro, Deep Research) are selectable depending on the task.
• Simple Interface: Opal features a user-friendly interface with drag-and-drop functionality to connect user inputs, Gemini processing steps, and output methods.
• Multiple Input/Output Options: Users can specify multiple input types (URLs, text, files, etc.) and output formats (web pages, Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, etc.).
• Remixing and Sharing: Existing Opal mini-apps can be remixed, customized, and shared publicly or privately.