If you missed it, you missed it. But here's your chance to catch up (and crash the next one).
This one shifted. Our July 1 Prompt Party moved to a new time slot, and Farrah King, APAC Market Strategist, and Justin Stewart, Senior Solutions Engineer, showed up ready to run. There were no polished slides or rehearsed talking points with these two. Instead, it was four live demos, a lot of "it can do that?!" energy, and a session that ended with everyone in the (virtual) room wanting to go try something immediately.
4 prompts, one very capable agent
Find who's struggling and build them a plan
Justin opened with the prompt that earned the most real-time reactions. He pulled up a course, and identified learners who scored below 50% on a specific reflection activity. Then he asked Ignite Agent to draft a remediation plan, build revision material in a new module, and send those students a message—all in one prompt.
The tool didn't just run with the prompt, but worked with him, including asking Justin what to focus the revision material on. It flagged a student whose submission hadn't been graded yet and asked whether to include her, and also confirmed the module name and message content.
"It’s applying my expertise. It's not taking over the role for me." — Justin Stewart
With a single prompt, Agent completed multiple steps. By the end, Justin had a new module, a written guide, a self-assessment checklist, and student messages waiting in their inbox.
Farrah, who’s a former teacher, didn't hold back on how this would’ve helped in the classroom:
"My dream for education would be to automate something like this. And when I said that, I thought that would never happen. And here we are." — Farrah King
Add current events discussions on the fly
The second prompt tackled engagement. Justin asked Ignite to create a discussion activity built around current events (climate change impacting animals) and have students prepare to share their perspective on the topic. Prior to getting started, the tool asked for confirmation on whether the discussion should be graded or ungraded, which course it should live in, and what the focus should be.
The bigger point here is that Ignite Agent isn't limited to a single course. Because it can access content across multiple courses, you're not locked into one context at a time.
"Being able to be more responsive to those learning needs and quickly say something amazing's happened in recent news—let's have a discussion on this in Canvas—is amazing." — Farrah King
Review your course and tell me where to spend my 30 minutes
This one became Farrah's favourite of the session. Justin asked Ignite to review material across multiple courses, identify student engagement trends and assessment results, and then recommend improvements. The output was thorough: Ignite surfaced engagement gaps, performance inconsistencies, scaffolding suggestions, and even communication recommendations.
But busy teachers won’t necessarily have all that time to spend on every class, so Justin prompted it further, making IgniteAI Agent’s insights more practical: I only have 30 minutes. Where do I spend it?
IgniteAI Agent quickly surfaced three action items. First, create a midpoint check-in announcement. Second, reach out to the seven most at-risk students. Finally, clarify a submission requirement in one assessment. The suggestions were focused and ready to action in half an hour, all from the same chat.
"The powerfulness of Ignite Agent here is to hone in on things without needing an analytics brain. There's so much power in this prompt." — Farrah King
Compare two courses and find the inconsistencies
The last Prompt Party demo tackled something that can affect student experience but may go unnoticed: when two courses feel completely different to navigate. Justin ran a cross-course comparison between a nature education course and a creative engineering course.
Ignite Agent uncovered structural differences between the two. It also flagged unpublished modules and noted that one course was discussion-heavy while the other leaned on quizzes, making recommendations to bring the two courses into alignment and ultimately making the experience better for learners. Best of all, Justin could action those recommendations without leaving the chat window.
"Students spend a lot of time relearning templates, relearning course structures. The more aligned we are, the easier it is for students to adapt." — Justin Stewart
Then Kristin brought up peer coaching, and it clicked
The session closed with Kristin, also a former teacher, connecting most instructors are familiar with: the prep work before a higher-up’s observation and the data meetings where you needed something concrete before walking in. Ignite Agent can make these conversations a lot more productive.
"They could go into my course with the prompt and say, 'All right, this is what I discovered. Can you tell me more about this?' Or before we meet, run this prompt and then we're going to discuss." — Kristin Lundstrum
The Prompt Library is open. Go feed it!
Couldn’t make this session? Every prompt from this session is headed to the Community Prompt Library. We encourage you to explore it. Post what's working for you or test what someone else has shared. And when you find a prompt that’s made a meaningful difference, give it a vote so others can find it, too.
Read the original Prompt Party announcement for the full picture.
Don't miss the next one
Another Prompt Party is two weeks out. If this recap gave you the smallest twinge of FOMO, good. Forward the invite to the colleague who'd love this and make it a team event. Bring a prompt you're proud of, or one that's half-baked and you can't figure out why to get some expert eyes on. Both are welcome.
If you think you’re ready to do more than watch, we'd love to feature you. Share a comment below if you're interested in demoing a prompt live. There are no scripts, just you, your course, and the prompt you’re looking to share.
Check out the next Prompt Party. Then, click "I'm interested" to help us plan.
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