Evaluating sources (Tradational and AI Content)
Regardless of the content being evaluated, the goal remains the same.
Start
Introduction and Review
Basics of Evaluation
Why Evaluate Sources?
Training Data and AI
Complications of AI Data
Content
Evaluating AI Resources
Navigate to the desired slide or hit next arrow.
Conclusion
Why should I evaluate information?
Introduction
There's a saying that your credibility is just as good as the sources that you use to construct your argument. This remains true, even in the age of AI? Library science emphasizes that creation of scholarship is also an act of ownership, an ideal that is reinforced constantly in writing in the age of AI (James & Figlo, 2023) The goal of this module is to refresh learners on finding sources and evaluating them, especially regarding AI content.
Rhetorical situation
Purpose.
Audience.
This is one of the foundational pieces in academic writing that goes into determining how to write and what to write about. It helps create parameteres when things maybe otherwise confusing.
Genre.
Stance.
Media and Design.
What are some basics of evaluating?
Things to consider:
There are three types of sources.It will depend on your field's expectations.
Back to basics.
Evidence you can point to. Not just for support. Think of something tangible you can give your audience for reference.
Be aware of the different ways and types of sources
Not all sources are used for support.
Timeliness. How relevant is it?
Other terms of note. Popular, academic, scholarly?
Knowledge check!
Knowledge check!
Knowledge check!
Why do we evaluate sources?
Things to consider:
Know the different biases.
Everything has a bias.
What's your evaluation checklist? Check for everything?
Be aware of everyone's bias and your own bias when interpreting sources.
Assessing electronic sources: What about online sources?
To avoid this, try to draw on as many sources as possible to avoid having a bias
C.R.A.A.P detection. Another way of measuring.
How does AI work?
There is no original thought with AI.
Microsoft describes generative AI as a technology that"analyzes large amounts of data and generates new content, including text, images, and code, that mirrors human expression—redefining our relationship to technology" ("How Does Generative Artificial Intelligence Work").
Info
Issues with data sets.
Food for thought.
Reliability issues.The quality of open-access information could be questionable.
The algorithm sells. Engagement beats content.
It's not perfection.
AI was trained on human-created content, and humans are far from perfect. It's gotten to the point that AI is now creating AI content to learn in some instances. What trouble do you think that could bring?
Issues with training data. Quantity over quality.
Bias. Bias. Bias. Perfection is unrealistic.
Evaluating AI Sources and information
Easier said then done.
A study was done where people tried to judge AI-generated content. What the study found was that people preferred AI content when no context was given, but when that context shifted, there was more value given to human-generated content (Walsh). What does this say about our ability to tell the difference between AI and human content when there's no context?
Info
Judging AI content
Remember rhetorical situation.
Does the information generated fit the purpose of your assignment? Is it low stakes that you could simply use it, or do you need to take more care withintegratingg it?
Evaluate the claim and sources.
Go back to the basics of evaluating sources and evaluate the information normally. Just because it is generated by the AI does not mean it is correct or valid.
Was the information made up?
AI is known to hallucinate information, including citations. Cross-check it by doing a quick search in Google Scholar or the library databases.
Conclusion
Parting thoughts:
AI is a tool that can supercharge any learning or research task, but as the technology continues to progress, it also emphasizes the need for digital and information literacy skills. A lot of content is getting harder and harder to tell if it is AI or human-generated. Individuals need to utilize the skill sets they've already cultivated, learning to research and dig deeper to uncover any falseness that connects back to AI-generated material. And lastly, and probably most importantly, individuals should question the credibility of anything an AI creates, as these technologies are not free of biases of their human creators.
Motivational Video
Multimedia content is essential in a presentation to leave everyone amazed. Additionally, you will synthesize the content and entertain your audience.
May
Professional Skills
Bring your creation elements to life with animation. It's impossible not to pay attention to moving content!
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Write a great headline
Disciplines like Visual Thinking facilitate visually rich note-taking thanks to the use of images, graphics, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!
Professional Skills
Bring your creation to life with animation. It's impossible not to pay attention to moving content!
Write a great headline
Feel like your text is still missing something? Add animation to captivate your audience.
Write a great headline
Write a great headline
Write a great text by clicking on Text in the left sidebar. Note: fonts, size, and color should be appropriate to the theme you are addressing.
Write a great headline
Disciplines like Visual Thinking facilitate visually rich note-taking thanks to the use of images, graphics, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!
Basic Concepts
- We are visual beings. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
- Narrative beings. We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
- Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
- Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
- Creative beings. Fun is needed for creativity, creativity for innovation, innovation for success... Fun is success.
- Exploring beings. We turn visual communication into an experience when we add interactivity, animation, and storytelling.
- Who created the message or piece in question? Consider the website endings and the actual organizations
- How can you determine the credibility of the website? Do they have sources? Do they identify the author?
- Who is responsible for maintaining the website? Who can edit it?
- How current is it?
- What perspectives are represented?
- Use lateral reading and fact checking websites
There is no original thought or creation with Gen AI.
There is a myth that AI is able to generate original content and material in seconds, similar to a human, but much more efficiently. This is a lie. AI constructs an approximation of previous training data sets into a desired output. It recycles information and creates an output based on its training data; it doesn't create new information from scratch as humans can. Sometimes it even hallucinates things like making up a citation.
April
Write agreat headline
- We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
- Narrative beings. We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
- Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
- Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
- Creative beings. Fun is necessary for creativity, creativity for innovation, innovation for success... Fun is success.
Write agreat headline
We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Did you know... We retain 42% more information when content is in motion? It's perhaps the most effective resource for capturing the attention of your audience.
Professional Skills
Bring life to the elements of your creation with animation. It's impossible not to pay attention to moving content!
Write a great headline
Feel like your text is still missing something? Add animation to captivate your audience.
Write a great headline
Write a great headline
Write a great text by clicking on Text in the left sidebar. Note: fonts, size, and color should suit the theme you are addressing.
Write a great headline
Disciplines like Visual Thinking make it easy to take visually rich notes using images, graphics, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!
Purpose
The writer needs to focus on a single purpose: ask what the purpose of your writing assignment? What about goals and audience expectations? The "so what" to why you're writing to begin with.
Pro Tip: Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and engages with it.
The step-by-step interactive visual communication:
- Plan and structure your communication.
- Prioritize and give visual weight to the main points.
- Define secondary messages with interactivity.
- Establish a flow throughout the content.
- Measure the results.
Basic Concepts
- We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
- Narrative beings. We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
- Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
- Digital beings. We avoid becoming part of the content saturation in the digital world.
- Creative beings. Fun is needed for creativity, creativity for innovation, innovation for success... Fun is success.
- Exploring beings. We turn visual communication into an experience when we add interactivity, animation, and storytelling.
Media and Design
We all see things differently. Each medium has different affordances and benefits.
Consider concepts of multimodality and how information is relayed.
Physical representations have different benefits compared to digital media.
Write agreat headline
- We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
- Narrative beings. We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
- Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
- Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
- Creative beings. Fun is necessary for creativity, creativity for innovation, innovation for success... Fun is success.
Algorithm engagement drives social media. One of the places where we get information is social media, and if we're not careful, something with a lot of likes may be ranked first, such as a sarcastic Reddit post in a Google AI overview. The first source in an overview may not be the best source.
Practical Examples
Your content is liked, but it only engages if it's interactive. Capture the attention of your audience with an interactive photograph or illustration.
With this function...
You can add additional content that excites your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!
We are visual beings.We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Narrative beings.We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
Did you know...
The window allows you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text... The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.
Social beings.We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings.We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Professional Skills
Bring life to the elements of your creation with animation. It's impossible not to pay attention to moving content!
Write a great headline
Feel like your text is still missing something? Add animation to captivate your audience.
Write a great headline
Write a great headline
Write a great text by clicking on Text in the left sidebar. Note: fonts, size, and color should suit the theme you are addressing.
Write a great headline
Disciplines like Visual Thinking make it easy to take visually rich notes using images, graphics, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!
Basic Concepts
- We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
- Narrative beings. We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
- Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
- Digital beings. We avoid becoming part of the content saturation in the digital world.
- Creative beings. Fun is needed for creativity, creativity for innovation, innovation for success... Fun is success.
- Explorer beings. We turn visual communication into an experience when we add interactivity, animation, and storytelling.
Confirmation bias: the tendency to agree or/and accept information from sources that you already believe/confirm. Attribution bias: the tendency to attribute motives or beliefs to ideas or personality traits rather than the situation.
Academic sources are things like textbooks. Scholarly sources are usually peer-reviewed journal articles (the gold standard for research). Popular sources are about everything else written for a general audience.
- Plan the structure of your communication.
- Prioritize and give visual weight to the main points.
- Define secondary messages with interactivity.
- Establish a flow through the content.
- Measure the results.
With this feature... You can add additional content that excites the minds of your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whateveryou want!
Not everyone is an expert. AI may pull information from places that rank high in search engines but may be riddled with falsehoods.
The three types are primary sources, secondary sources, and tertiary sources. Primary sources are first-hand accounts that don't need secondary evidence. Secondary evidence is written about the primary source (peer-reviewed journals). Tertiary sources are generalized collections of knowledge written for an everyday audience like an encyclpedia.
Tip: Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and interacts with it.
- Improve communication on any topic.
- Matches your audience...
- And makes them part of the message.
- Has a color suitable for its theme.
- Represents data with graphics.
- Uses timelines to tell stories.
Did you know... We retain 42% more information when the content moves? It is perhaps the most effective resource for capturing youraudience's attention.
Audience
Depending on the genre will determine your writing and expectations of the audience. It influences your choice in language and writing style. You need to understand audience expectations.
- Known audiences: the writer knows what readers expect, and you write within a specific context
- Multiple audiences: you may have unknown audiences, or it might involve familiar audiences
- Unknown audiences: consider the most difficult to address since the expectations are unknown.
A 2025 study confirmed people used AI to confirm algorithmic bias and "being Black predisposes participants to call out biased representation (e.g., “all Blacks are sad”) but not the lack of representation (e.g., “no Blacks in the training sample”)" (Chen et al., 18). AI has the same biases that human do, and since human data trained AI, it may carry the same issues.
August
Tools and Resources
Did you know...90% of the information we assimilate comes through sight? Visual resources are very helpful in reinforcing your message: images, illustrations, gifs, videos… Not only because they remain in memory, but also because they are more attractive and easier to understand.
- It is clear and structured
- Tells stories hierarchically.
- Matches your audience.
- Adapts fonts and color to the theme.
- Includes images and entertains.
- Represents data with graphics.
- Uses timelines.
- Is animated and interactive.
- Excites the brain through multimedia elements.
- DOES NOT exceed with bullet points 🙃.
Info
- Relevance
- Credentials of the author
- Stance of the author
- Credentials of the publisher or the author
- Stance of the publisher or sponsor
- Currency (how current is it?)
- Accuracy
- Level of Specialization- how much information does it give?
- Documentation - does it give sources, and if so, what type?
- Audience
- Length
- Availability
- Omissions
October
Tools and Resources
- Genre defines the different types of writing. These include letters, profiles, reposts, position papers, poems, stories, etc.
- Genre determines how we read and interpret the text.
- It also determines how we will write with things like word choice and tone.
- Genre establishes the criteria for creating content. It can also give clues to what sort of information to figure out.
Info
February
Stances
- The stance is the attitude you take towards a subject with your writing and audience.
- Can be affected by your relationship with the audience and by the genre and purpose
- Write with integrity to say as much as possible, and be understanding of the audience.
- Consider: Purpose, a reflection of tone, how is your stance to be received by your audience, and should you openly discuss it
January
Tip: Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and interacts with it.
Write a greatheadline
We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Did you know... We retain 42% more information when content is moving? It is perhaps the most effective resource for capturing your audience's attention.
Did you know... We retain 42% more information when the content is in motion? It's perhaps the most effective resource to capture the attention ofyour audience.
Julio
Practical Examples
Your content is liked, but it only engages if it's interactive. Capture your audience's attention with an interactive photograph or illustration.
With this function...
You can add additional content that excites the brain of your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!
We are visual beings.We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Narrative beings.We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
Did you know...
The window allows you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text... The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.
Social beings.We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings.We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Tools and Resources
Did you know...90% of the information we assimilate comes through sight? Visual resources are very helpful to reinforce your message: images, illustrations, gifs, videos... Not only because they remain in memory, but also because they are more attractive and easier to understand.
- It is clear and structured
- Tells stories hierarchically.
- Matches your audience.
- Adapts fonts and color to the theme.
- Includes images and entertains.
- Represents data with graphics.
- Uses timelines.
- Is animated and interactive.
- Excites the brain through multimedia elements.
- Does not exceed with bullet points 🙃.
Info
With this feature... You can add additional content that excites the minds of your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!
Tools and Resources
Did you know that...90% of the information we assimilate comes through sight? Visual resources are of great help to reinforce your message: images, illustrations, gifs, videos... Not only because they remain in memory, but also because they are more attractive and easier to understand.
- It is clear and structured.
- Tells stories hierarchically.
- Matches your audience.
- Adapts fonts and color to the theme.
- Includes images and entertains.
- Represents data with graphics.
- Uses timelines.
- Is lively and interactive.
- Excites the brain through multimedia elements.
- Does not overdo it with bullet points 🙃.
Info
Is it full of C.R.A.A.P? Currency, Relevance, Accuracy, Authority and Purpose.
March
Tip: Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and engages with it.
Tip: Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and interacts with it.
Did you know... In Genially you will find more than 1,000 templates ready to showcase your content and 100% customizable, which will help you tell your stories?
- Improve communication on any topic.
- Match with your audience...
- And involve them in the message.
- Has a color suitable for its theme.
- Represents data with graphics.
- Uses timelines to tell stories.
Practical Examples
Your content is liked, but it only engages if it's interactive. Capture your audience's attention with an interactive photograph or illustration.
With this function...
You can add additional content that excites your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!
We are visual beings.We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Narrative beings.We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
Did you know...
The window allows you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text... The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.
Social beings.We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings.We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
December
Write agreat headline
- We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
- Narrative beings. We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
- Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
- Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
- Creative beings. Fun is necessary for creativity, creativity for innovation, innovation for success... Fun is success.
Other ways of using sources include: establishing context, support, literature reviews, defining terms or concepts, presenting technical material, and highlingting counterarguments.
Write agreat headline
- We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
- Narrative beings. We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
- Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
- Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
- Creative beings. Fun is needed for creativity, creativity for innovation, innovation for success... Fun is success.
With this feature... You can add additional content that excites the minds of your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whateveryou want!
- Plan the structure of your communication.
- Prioritize and give visual weight to the main points.
- Define secondary messages with interactivity.
- Establish a flow throughout the content.
- Measure the results.
Did you know... The window allows you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text… The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.
It used to be easier:
- Back in the day of six-fingered hands and distorted information, when AI first came onto the scene, it was easy to discern what was real or made up.
- It's no longer easy. Some may say that AI replicates human work and human work mimics AI. Where is the line?
- Some may argue it is harder now, especially as AI has continued to progress and gotten better in its outputs.
November
Tools and Resources
Did you know that...90% of the information we assimilate comes through sight? Visual resources are of great help to reinforce your message: images, illustrations, gifs, videos... Not only because they remain in memory, but also because they are more attractive and easier to understand.
- It is clear and structured.
- Tells stories hierarchically.
- Matches your audience.
- Adapts fonts and color to the theme.
- Includes images and entertains.
- Represents data with graphics.
- Uses timelines.
- Is lively and interactive.
- Excites the brain through multimedia elements.
- Does not overdo it with bullet points 🙃.
Info
How recently was it published? Usually, the rule of thumb is 10 years. Fifteen years is possible, but remember rhetorical situation and what is relevant to the subject being researched.
Practical Examples
Your content is liked, but it only engages if it's interactive. Capture your audience's attention with an interactive photograph or illustration.
With this function...
You can add additional content that excites your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!
We are visual beings.We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Narrative beings.We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
Did you know...
The window allows you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text... The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.
Social beings.We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings.We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Copyright infringement. There's a real concern about copyright infringement and companies stealing data to train their system, including every day users.
Write a greatheadline
We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Write a greatheadline
We are visual beings. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Basic Concepts
- We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
- Narrative beings. We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
- Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
- Digital beings. We avoid becoming part of the content saturation in the digital world.
- Creative beings. Fun is needed for creativity, creativity for innovation, innovation for success... Fun is success.
- Exploring beings. We turn visual communication into an experience when we add interactivity, animation, and storytelling.
September
June
With this function... You can add additional content that excites your audience's brain: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!
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Transcript
Evaluating sources (Tradational and AI Content)
Regardless of the content being evaluated, the goal remains the same.
Start
Introduction and Review
Basics of Evaluation
Why Evaluate Sources?
Training Data and AI
Complications of AI Data
Content
Evaluating AI Resources
Navigate to the desired slide or hit next arrow.
Conclusion
Why should I evaluate information?
Introduction
There's a saying that your credibility is just as good as the sources that you use to construct your argument. This remains true, even in the age of AI? Library science emphasizes that creation of scholarship is also an act of ownership, an ideal that is reinforced constantly in writing in the age of AI (James & Figlo, 2023) The goal of this module is to refresh learners on finding sources and evaluating them, especially regarding AI content.
Rhetorical situation
Purpose.
Audience.
This is one of the foundational pieces in academic writing that goes into determining how to write and what to write about. It helps create parameteres when things maybe otherwise confusing.
Genre.
Stance.
Media and Design.
What are some basics of evaluating?
Things to consider:
There are three types of sources.It will depend on your field's expectations.
Back to basics.
Evidence you can point to. Not just for support. Think of something tangible you can give your audience for reference.
Be aware of the different ways and types of sources
Not all sources are used for support.
Timeliness. How relevant is it?
Other terms of note. Popular, academic, scholarly?
Knowledge check!
Knowledge check!
Knowledge check!
Why do we evaluate sources?
Things to consider:
Know the different biases.
Everything has a bias.
What's your evaluation checklist? Check for everything?
Be aware of everyone's bias and your own bias when interpreting sources.
Assessing electronic sources: What about online sources?
To avoid this, try to draw on as many sources as possible to avoid having a bias
C.R.A.A.P detection. Another way of measuring.
How does AI work?
There is no original thought with AI.
Microsoft describes generative AI as a technology that"analyzes large amounts of data and generates new content, including text, images, and code, that mirrors human expression—redefining our relationship to technology" ("How Does Generative Artificial Intelligence Work").
Info
Issues with data sets.
Food for thought.
Reliability issues.The quality of open-access information could be questionable.
The algorithm sells. Engagement beats content.
It's not perfection.
AI was trained on human-created content, and humans are far from perfect. It's gotten to the point that AI is now creating AI content to learn in some instances. What trouble do you think that could bring?
Issues with training data. Quantity over quality.
Bias. Bias. Bias. Perfection is unrealistic.
Evaluating AI Sources and information
Easier said then done.
A study was done where people tried to judge AI-generated content. What the study found was that people preferred AI content when no context was given, but when that context shifted, there was more value given to human-generated content (Walsh). What does this say about our ability to tell the difference between AI and human content when there's no context?
Info
Judging AI content
Remember rhetorical situation.
Does the information generated fit the purpose of your assignment? Is it low stakes that you could simply use it, or do you need to take more care withintegratingg it?
Evaluate the claim and sources.
Go back to the basics of evaluating sources and evaluate the information normally. Just because it is generated by the AI does not mean it is correct or valid.
Was the information made up?
AI is known to hallucinate information, including citations. Cross-check it by doing a quick search in Google Scholar or the library databases.
Conclusion
Parting thoughts:
AI is a tool that can supercharge any learning or research task, but as the technology continues to progress, it also emphasizes the need for digital and information literacy skills. A lot of content is getting harder and harder to tell if it is AI or human-generated. Individuals need to utilize the skill sets they've already cultivated, learning to research and dig deeper to uncover any falseness that connects back to AI-generated material. And lastly, and probably most importantly, individuals should question the credibility of anything an AI creates, as these technologies are not free of biases of their human creators.
Motivational Video
Multimedia content is essential in a presentation to leave everyone amazed. Additionally, you will synthesize the content and entertain your audience.
May
Professional Skills
Bring your creation elements to life with animation. It's impossible not to pay attention to moving content!
Write a great headline
Do you feel like your text is still missing something? Add animation to capture your audience.
Write a great headline
Write a great headline
Write a great text by clicking on Text in the left sidebar. Note: fonts, size, and color should suit the theme you are addressing.
Write a great headline
Disciplines like Visual Thinking facilitate visually rich note-taking thanks to the use of images, graphics, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!
Professional Skills
Bring your creation to life with animation. It's impossible not to pay attention to moving content!
Write a great headline
Feel like your text is still missing something? Add animation to captivate your audience.
Write a great headline
Write a great headline
Write a great text by clicking on Text in the left sidebar. Note: fonts, size, and color should be appropriate to the theme you are addressing.
Write a great headline
Disciplines like Visual Thinking facilitate visually rich note-taking thanks to the use of images, graphics, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!
Basic Concepts
There is no original thought or creation with Gen AI.
There is a myth that AI is able to generate original content and material in seconds, similar to a human, but much more efficiently. This is a lie. AI constructs an approximation of previous training data sets into a desired output. It recycles information and creates an output based on its training data; it doesn't create new information from scratch as humans can. Sometimes it even hallucinates things like making up a citation.
April
Write agreat headline
Write agreat headline
We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Did you know... We retain 42% more information when content is in motion? It's perhaps the most effective resource for capturing the attention of your audience.
Professional Skills
Bring life to the elements of your creation with animation. It's impossible not to pay attention to moving content!
Write a great headline
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Write a great text by clicking on Text in the left sidebar. Note: fonts, size, and color should suit the theme you are addressing.
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Disciplines like Visual Thinking make it easy to take visually rich notes using images, graphics, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!
Purpose
The writer needs to focus on a single purpose: ask what the purpose of your writing assignment? What about goals and audience expectations? The "so what" to why you're writing to begin with.
Pro Tip: Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and engages with it.
The step-by-step interactive visual communication:
Basic Concepts
Media and Design
We all see things differently. Each medium has different affordances and benefits.
Consider concepts of multimodality and how information is relayed.
Physical representations have different benefits compared to digital media.
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Algorithm engagement drives social media. One of the places where we get information is social media, and if we're not careful, something with a lot of likes may be ranked first, such as a sarcastic Reddit post in a Google AI overview. The first source in an overview may not be the best source.
Practical Examples
Your content is liked, but it only engages if it's interactive. Capture the attention of your audience with an interactive photograph or illustration.
With this function... You can add additional content that excites your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!
We are visual beings.We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Narrative beings.We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
Did you know... The window allows you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text... The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.
Social beings.We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings.We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Professional Skills
Bring life to the elements of your creation with animation. It's impossible not to pay attention to moving content!
Write a great headline
Feel like your text is still missing something? Add animation to captivate your audience.
Write a great headline
Write a great headline
Write a great text by clicking on Text in the left sidebar. Note: fonts, size, and color should suit the theme you are addressing.
Write a great headline
Disciplines like Visual Thinking make it easy to take visually rich notes using images, graphics, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!
Basic Concepts
Confirmation bias: the tendency to agree or/and accept information from sources that you already believe/confirm. Attribution bias: the tendency to attribute motives or beliefs to ideas or personality traits rather than the situation.
Academic sources are things like textbooks. Scholarly sources are usually peer-reviewed journal articles (the gold standard for research). Popular sources are about everything else written for a general audience.
With this feature... You can add additional content that excites the minds of your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whateveryou want!
Not everyone is an expert. AI may pull information from places that rank high in search engines but may be riddled with falsehoods.
The three types are primary sources, secondary sources, and tertiary sources. Primary sources are first-hand accounts that don't need secondary evidence. Secondary evidence is written about the primary source (peer-reviewed journals). Tertiary sources are generalized collections of knowledge written for an everyday audience like an encyclpedia.
Tip: Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and interacts with it.
Did you know... We retain 42% more information when the content moves? It is perhaps the most effective resource for capturing youraudience's attention.
Audience
Depending on the genre will determine your writing and expectations of the audience. It influences your choice in language and writing style. You need to understand audience expectations.
A 2025 study confirmed people used AI to confirm algorithmic bias and "being Black predisposes participants to call out biased representation (e.g., “all Blacks are sad”) but not the lack of representation (e.g., “no Blacks in the training sample”)" (Chen et al., 18). AI has the same biases that human do, and since human data trained AI, it may carry the same issues.
August
Tools and Resources
Did you know...90% of the information we assimilate comes through sight? Visual resources are very helpful in reinforcing your message: images, illustrations, gifs, videos… Not only because they remain in memory, but also because they are more attractive and easier to understand.
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October
Tools and Resources
Info
February
Stances
January
Tip: Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and interacts with it.
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We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Did you know... We retain 42% more information when content is moving? It is perhaps the most effective resource for capturing your audience's attention.
Did you know... We retain 42% more information when the content is in motion? It's perhaps the most effective resource to capture the attention ofyour audience.
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Practical Examples
Your content is liked, but it only engages if it's interactive. Capture your audience's attention with an interactive photograph or illustration.
With this function... You can add additional content that excites the brain of your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!
We are visual beings.We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Narrative beings.We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
Did you know... The window allows you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text... The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.
Social beings.We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings.We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Tools and Resources
Did you know...90% of the information we assimilate comes through sight? Visual resources are very helpful to reinforce your message: images, illustrations, gifs, videos... Not only because they remain in memory, but also because they are more attractive and easier to understand.
Info
With this feature... You can add additional content that excites the minds of your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!
Tools and Resources
Did you know that...90% of the information we assimilate comes through sight? Visual resources are of great help to reinforce your message: images, illustrations, gifs, videos... Not only because they remain in memory, but also because they are more attractive and easier to understand.
Info
Is it full of C.R.A.A.P? Currency, Relevance, Accuracy, Authority and Purpose.
March
Tip: Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and engages with it.
Tip: Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and interacts with it.
Did you know... In Genially you will find more than 1,000 templates ready to showcase your content and 100% customizable, which will help you tell your stories?
Practical Examples
Your content is liked, but it only engages if it's interactive. Capture your audience's attention with an interactive photograph or illustration.
With this function... You can add additional content that excites your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!
We are visual beings.We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Narrative beings.We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
Did you know... The window allows you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text... The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.
Social beings.We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings.We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
December
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Other ways of using sources include: establishing context, support, literature reviews, defining terms or concepts, presenting technical material, and highlingting counterarguments.
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With this feature... You can add additional content that excites the minds of your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whateveryou want!
Did you know... The window allows you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text… The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.
It used to be easier:
November
Tools and Resources
Did you know that...90% of the information we assimilate comes through sight? Visual resources are of great help to reinforce your message: images, illustrations, gifs, videos... Not only because they remain in memory, but also because they are more attractive and easier to understand.
Info
How recently was it published? Usually, the rule of thumb is 10 years. Fifteen years is possible, but remember rhetorical situation and what is relevant to the subject being researched.
Practical Examples
Your content is liked, but it only engages if it's interactive. Capture your audience's attention with an interactive photograph or illustration.
With this function... You can add additional content that excites your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!
We are visual beings.We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Narrative beings.We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
Did you know... The window allows you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text... The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.
Social beings.We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings.We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Copyright infringement. There's a real concern about copyright infringement and companies stealing data to train their system, including every day users.
Write a greatheadline
We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Write a greatheadline
We are visual beings. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Basic Concepts
September
June
With this function... You can add additional content that excites your audience's brain: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!