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🤖 Conference Prep Powered by AI Insights
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Conference prep usually means clicking through gradebooks, assessment results, and notes for every student on your list. This year, try something different: just ask Insights! With Otus Insights Chats, you can type any question about a student in plain language and get a clear, data-driven answer in seconds. No reports to build and no tabs to juggle. It’s just a conversation.
Ask It Like You’d Ask a Colleague
Access the ✨AI Insights module in the left-hand navigation bar in your Otus account, start a New Chat, and type your question the way you’d ask a teammate: “How is Maya doing in reading this quarter?” Insights pulls the data together for you, and you can keep asking follow-ups in the same chat. Ask why, ask what changed, or ask what to do next.
The “Context + Task + Format” Formula
The best answers come from prompts with three parts: what data to look at, what you want done, and how to show it. Try these for conference prep:
1️⃣ “Looking at Sam's standards data this quarter, identify his top 2 strengths and 2 growth areas in a table.”
2️⃣ “Looking at Ava’s math assessments since August, show her progress over time as a chart.”
3️⃣ “Based on Liam’s growth areas, suggest 3 simple ways his family can support him at home, written in family-friendly language.”
Show Them, Don’t Just Tell Them
Families connect more with a picture than a percentage. Insights can answer with charts and tables, so a family can see their child’s growth instead of hearing a list of scores. Download or copy the results ahead of time, and you’ll walk into each conference with talking points and visuals ready to go.
You’re Still the Expert in the Room
AI Insights is a powerful prep partner, but nobody knows your students like you do. Review every response carefully and trust your professional judgment. A few quick tips:
- 🏡 Bring families into the loop. Ask Insights to suggest at-home activities or resources based on a student’s specific growth areas, written in family-friendly language and ready to share.
- 🕓 Pick up where you left off. Your chats are saved for 30 days in the Recents panel, so you can come back to any conversation and keep digging.
- 🛡️ Rest easy. Your data stays secure in Otus and is never used to train external AI models.
Great questions lead to great conversations. With AI Insights in your corner, the answers are ready when you are, so you can focus on what matters most: helping every student grow and keeping families involved along the way!