Why It Matters
We all have loads of content, from standards to Slides. Google's free AI powered NotebookLM turns your materials into everything from interactive guides to engaging podcasts.
The Big Picture
NotebookLM is a closed-system AI that only answers questions based on the documents you have uploaded, no web access, no hallucinations.
Key Features
- Source Locked - The information the notebook understands is based on what you upload. You can load: Google Docs, Slides, PDFs, websites, YouTube and copy/pasted text.
- Instantly Generated Content - Study guides glossaries, timelines and more are created in a snap.
- Audio Summaries - Turn the content you load into a two-person NPR-style sharable podcast.
Getting Started and Building
Visit notebooklm.google.com
Red - Sources
Click + Add Source in the upper left to get started.
The red box illustrates which resources you can load into your notebook.
Your accounts are limited to 50 sources. Green - Chat
The chat section is where you talk to the AI.
Green Arrow - The context window, where you type your questions you want the AI notebook to answer.
Red Arrow - The question I just asked.
Blue Box - The results of the question. Scroll to read more.
Blue - Studio
Green Arrow - Use this button to generate the audio podcast.
Red Box - Click to create or add notes.
Blue Box - Saved notes.
Next Steps
Common uses of the notebooks are for your own curriculum, for just one class you teach, one notebook per subject, etc.
Always remember, never add any PII, personally identifiable information, to any AI including Notebook.
Additional Information
- Overview by Google
- Getting Started with NotebookLM -by Google. We have the regular, not the plus.
- Introducing NotebookLM - an pretty good overview of what the tool is.
- NotebookLM - New Look - a more recent article detailing some updates.
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