Have you heard the news? Formative has some out-of-this-world updates that will help you save time, get your creativity flowing, and make your lessons more impactful and engaging for your students.
Luna, your AI-powered teaching assistant, is now live! You can chat directly with Luna to build and edit activities and assessments. That means easier prep for bell ringers, quizzes, exams, and more! You can create activities, distribute them, and review real-time insights—all in the same platform.
Plus, we’ve got you covered with prompt ideas to help you see the full range of what Luna can do while getting together all the resources you need for a successful back-to-school season!
Even if you love Formative’s real-time insights on student learning and engaging activities, it’s sometimes tricky to know where to start. Formative has over 20 activity types, after all!
We’ve built a new way for you to create with Formative, streamlining assessment development and prep time so you can focus on what matters most: Your students.
Starting today, when you log into Formative, you’ll notice a new astronaut popping up when you create or edit an activity. That’s Luna!
Luna helps you quickly create activities on any topic through direct chats, just like you do with other chatbots. But with Luna, you can confidently plan your lessons and assessments knowing you’re using a tool informed by our team’s assessment expertise and learning science research, and all the great feedback we hear from teachers like you!
Whether you’re building exit tickets, warm-ups, checks for understanding, quizzes, or exams, Luna guides you through the process in real time—asking smart follow-up questions and generating ready-to-use content that you can easily edit or share right within Formative. Plus, you can ask Luna to bulk-edit settings or items for you!
“I'm so blown away by everything that Luna can do. For the icebreaker activity, it would typically take me about 30 minutes to make. Luna is such a huge timesaver; it took about five minutes. I was just so impressed by how effective it was and how it was able to populate everything so quickly.” – Teaching Assistant, California
Here’s what you can expect from Luna in Formative today:
Loving the idea of Luna, but still want some human control over your content? Don’t worry! You can still build assessments on your own and call in Luna for behind-the-scenes or in-the-moment support, like:
“I'm excited about the possibility of drafting a test and then just asking Luna to create a test review for it and create another version of the test for when somebody needs to retake it. Not having to go find all those problems all over again and do it multiple times is so exciting.” – Math Teacher, Florida
Want to try out Luna for yourself, but aren’t sure where to start? Use or adapt one of these prompts to get the creativity going!
Need to start the year with some icebreakers or an activity to learn more about your new students? Try these prompts:
Looking for a fun ELA activity to get students learning right away? Luna can help! Try prompts like:
Help students get in the groove from day one with engaging social studies activities, powered by Luna! Try prompts like:
Get your students thinking like scientists from the first bell with prompts for Luna, like:
Our team is excited to see what you and Luna can do together this school year. And we bet other teachers would love to learn from you, too. Share your favorite Luna prompts or tips with our community.
When you log into Formative for the first time this year, you’ll meet Luna! Your AI-astronaut pal will be there to help you get onboarded for the year and start creating, customizing, and sharing all the activities you’ve been dreaming up this summer.
Log in and get started today!
