The quality of what Didaktos AI creates depends on two moments: what you write before you press Generate, and what you ask for after. This guide shows both, step by step and with screenshots of the app: how to write Didaktos AI prompts that give a usable result on the first try, how Improve with AI fixes a vague description for you, and how to adjust any resource with the Edit chat instead of starting again.
Part 1: Before you generate
Step 1: Let the form do half the work
You do not need to write the subject, grade or standard in your prompt. Choose them in the form: Resource Type, Subject, Grade Level and Context / Standard. Didaktos already uses them. Your description in Topic / Instructions only needs to say what is specific to this class.
Step 2: Avoid the vague prompt
This is the most common mistake. A description like “Make something about ecosystems” gives Didaktos a topic but no direction, so the result is generic: it cannot know what your students already know, how long the class is or what they should do.
A vague description gives a generic result. Improve with AI can help before you generate.
Step 3: Use Improve with AI
If you are short on time, write the idea in a few words and press Improve with AI, just above the box. Didaktos rewrites your description with the key concepts and the right depth for the grade. Read it, change what you like and then generate. Improve with AI does not use any of your generations.
Improve with AI adds the key concepts and depth for the grade. It does not use a generation.
Improve with AI adds what to teach. You still decide how: the time, the activities and how you will check learning.
Step 4: Write a strong description
A strong description is usually two or three sentences that answer five questions:
How long? “45-minute lesson”, “10-minute warm-up”.
What exactly? The topic, as narrow as you can: “food webs”, not “science”.
What do they already know? “Students have already seen food chains.”
What will they do? “A card-sort activity in groups”, “a debate”, “a lab”.
How will you check? “End with a 3-question exit ticket.”
Tool and grade in the form; time, topic, prior knowledge, activities and a check in the description.
45-minute lesson on food webs for 6th grade. Students have already seen food chains. Start with a pond photo, include a card-sort activity in groups and end with a 3-question exit ticket.
Add a line about your class when it matters: “mixed-ability group”, “three English learners”, “no internet in the classroom”. Didaktos adapts the resource to it.
Part 2: After you generate
Step 5: Ask for changes with the Edit chat
Very few resources are perfect on the first try, and you do not need to start again. Press Edit at the top of the preview. A panel opens with quick suggestions, such as Make shorter, Add examples, More activities, More formal tone or Add differentiation, and a box where you can write any change in plain words.
Press Edit and ask for a change in plain words, or tap a suggestion.
Be specific about what to change and what to keep. Requests that work well:
“Change activity 3 to a debate about removing an invasive fish from the pond.”
“Reduce it to 30 minutes and keep the exit ticket.”
“Add a version of the card sort for students who need more support.”
“Use examples from a desert ecosystem instead of a pond.”
Step 6: Check, undo or download
Didaktos changes only what you asked for and confirms with Document updated. If you prefer the previous version, press Undo. When it is ready, press Download to get a Word file you can keep editing, or Print.
Only what you asked for changes. Undo brings back the previous version; Download gives you a Word file.
Common mistakes and how to fix them
Instead of…
Write…
“Make something about math.”
“30-minute practice on adding fractions with unlike denominators, 10 problems from easy to hard.”
“A lesson on the water cycle.”
“45-minute lesson on the water cycle. Students know the states of matter. Include a jar experiment and a diagram to label.”
Worksheet: “Multiplication word problems for 4th grade, 8 problems about a school fair, with an answer key.”
Quick Warm-up: “Equivalent fractions, 4th grade. Students confuse numerators and denominators.”
Analytic Rubric: “Persuasive essay for 8th grade: thesis, evidence, counterargument, organization and conventions.”
Parent Letter: “Invite families to a science fair on May 12 at 5 pm. Ask them to help their child choose a question. Friendly tone.”
With a Pro plan you can also attach your own material, such as your school template or a textbook page, and describe what to do with it. See how to use your own materials.
Frequently asked questions
Does Improve with AI use a generation?
No. Improving your description is free. Only generating the resource counts.
Does each Edit request count as a generation?
Yes. Each change rewrites the document, so it uses one generation on the Free and Starter plans. On Pro there is no limit. That is why it pays to write a clear description first.
Can I write prompts in Spanish?
Yes. Switch the app to ES and write in Spanish. The resource will be in Spanish too.
How long should a prompt be?
Two or three sentences are usually enough. Longer is fine if every sentence adds something about your class.
Try it now
Write your next lesson in five answers, generate it and adjust it with Edit. Open Didaktos AI. To see everything you can create, visit the teaching resources page.
