How to Personalise Learning Using AI: A Practical Guide for Teachers
Discover how AI tools can help you meet every student where they are—without tripling your workload. A step-by-step guide using TeachAI's personalisation toolkit.
How to Personalise Learning Using AI: A Practical Guide for Teachers
Introduction: The Personalisation Problem
Every teacher knows the goal: meet each student where they are. Stretch the high-flyers, support the struggling, and keep the middle engaged.
Every teacher also knows the reality: you have 30 students, one of you, and 50 minutes. Personalisation sounds great in a CPD session. In practice, it usually means creating three versions of a worksheet at 9pm on a Sunday.
AI changes the equation. Not by replacing your professional judgement—you still decide what each student needs—but by doing the heavy lifting of creating differentiated resources at speed.
This post walks you through a practical, repeatable workflow for personalising learning using TeachAI's tools.
What "Personalised Learning" Actually Means in a Real Classroom
- Diagnosing gaps — knowing which students understand what, and which don't.
- Differentiating resources — providing support, core, and extension pathways.
- Giving targeted feedback — telling each student specifically what they did well and what to improve.
- Letting students self-direct — giving them tools to practise independently at their own pace.
TeachAI has a tool for each of these.
The Personalisation Workflow: Four Steps
| Step | Tool | What It Does | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Diagnose | PLC Generator | Students self-assess R/A/G on every topic | 10 min |
| 2. Differentiate | Teacher Workspace (SEN/Differentiation) | AI generates tiered guidance + student packs | 5 min |
| 3. Practice | Revision Quiz Creator (Curriculum tab) | Curriculum-grounded quizzes targeted at weak areas | 5 min per quiz |
| 4. Feedback | AI Quiz Feedback | Personalised WWW/EBI feedback for every student | 1 click |
Total teacher time: under 30 minutes for a fully personalised cycle.
Step 1: Diagnose — Use a PLC to See Where Every Student Is
A Personalised Learning Checklist (PLC) gives you a class-wide heatmap of confidence in under 10 minutes.
How to Generate a PLC
- Go to /plc-generator.
- Upload your spec, textbook chapter, or revision guide as a PDF.
- Use the Page Selector to choose only the relevant pages.
- Select Online mode so students complete it digitally and responses save automatically.
- Click Generate PLC.
What Students Do
Students rate each "I can…" statement:
- 🔴 Red — I don't understand this yet
- 🟠 Amber — I partly get it but need more practice
- 🟢 Green — I'm confident
What You Get
A class-wide picture of exactly which topics are strong and which need attention. No guessing—just data.
Pro tip: Run the PLC at the start of a unit (baseline), mid-unit (progress check), and before the assessment (final check).
Step 2: Differentiate — Generate Tiered Resources in Minutes
SEN/Differentiation Tool in Teacher Workspace
- Go to /teachers-workspace.
- Select your exam board and course.
- Open the SEN/Differentiation tool.
- Describe what you need: "Differentiated resources for Year 10 on quadratic equations. Support tier for students who struggle with factorising, extension tier for those ready for the discriminant."
- Click Generate.
TeachAI produces two outputs:
- Teacher Guidance — strategies, scaffolding approaches, and grouping suggestions.
- Student Pack — a ready-to-use differentiated resource you can share directly with students.
Booklet Generator for Deeper Differentiation
In the Teacher Workspace, open the Booklet tool and ask for a differentiated booklet with multiple tiers. The AI generates a full booklet grounded in your curriculum documents that you can export as DOCX for printing.
Step 3: Practice — Curriculum-Specific Quizzes Targeted at Weak Areas
How to Create a Curriculum-Grounded Quiz
- Go to /revision-quiz-creator.
- Select the Curriculum → Quiz tab (the mortarboard icon).
- Choose your exam board (e.g., IGCSE, AQA GCSE, IB DP, AP).
- Select your course from the radio chips.
- Enter the topic you want to target.
- Set the number of questions (10 is a good default).
- Optionally add instructions (e.g., "Focus on AO2 application questions").
- Click Generate Quiz.
TeachAI searches your uploaded curriculum documents using RAG, extracts the relevant syllabus content, and generates exam-style questions grounded in the actual specification.
Personalisation Tip: Different Quizzes for Different Groups
| Student Group | PLC Status | Quiz Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Group A (Red on Topic 3) | Needs support | 10 questions on Topic 3 fundamentals |
| Group B (Amber on Topics 3 & 5) | Needs practice | 10 questions mixing Topics 3 and 5 |
| Group C (Green on everything) | Needs stretch | 10 AO3 evaluation questions across all topics |
Three quizzes, 15 minutes of setup, every student gets practice matched to their level.
Step 4: Feedback — Personalised AI Feedback for Every Student
How to Generate Personalised Feedback
- Go to the Grading page for the quiz assignment.
- Once students have submitted, click "Generate AI Feedback".
- TeachAI analyses each student's answers and generates personalised feedback using the WWW/EBI framework:
- WWW (What Went Well) — specific things the student got right, with praise.
- EBI (Even Better If) — targeted improvement tips for each missed question.
- Next Steps — 1–2 concrete actions the student can take.
Each student receives their own feedback, tailored to their specific mistakes.
Sharing Quizzes with QR Codes
Every assignment gets a QR code and share link.
- From your classroom or the assignment page, click Share.
- Project the QR code on your board—students scan with their phones.
- Students who scan are automatically added to the class and shown the quiz.
Putting It All Together: A Personalised Learning Cycle
Week 1: Diagnose
- Students complete the PLC (10 min). You review the class heatmap.
Week 1–2: Teach and Differentiate
- Teach weak topics with differentiated resources from the SEN/Differentiation tool.
- Assign targeted quizzes—foundation for Red, mixed for Amber, stretch for Green.
Week 2: Feedback and Reassess
- Generate AI feedback for all students (1 click).
- Do a class review using the quiz data.
- Students update their PLC. Watch Reds shift to Ambers and Greens.
The Workload Trade-Off
| Without AI Personalisation | With TeachAI |
|---|---|
| Create 3 worksheet versions manually | Generate differentiated packs in 5 min |
| Guess which topics need revisiting | PLC data tells you exactly |
| Write individual feedback comments | AI generates WWW/EBI for every student |
| Mark 30 quizzes by hand | Auto-marked with instant results |
Conclusion: Personalisation That's Actually Sustainable
With the right tools, you can:
- Diagnose gaps in 10 minutes with a PLC
- Differentiate resources in 5 minutes with AI-generated packs
- Target practice with curriculum-grounded quizzes
- Close the loop with personalised AI feedback for every student
Your students get learning matched to their needs. You get your evenings back.
Ready to start personalising?
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