Helps administrators ensure a smooth start for staff and students

Date: 2026-06-23

Category: News

A good start is half the battle, especially when introducing a new digital tool in the classroom or school team. To help schools with this, AI-School has significantly expanded its onboarding options. From now on, administrators can send new staff members and students a welcome email directly from the admin environment. This way, they immediately know how to log in and where to go with questions.

In addition, it is now possible to set up a mandatory onboarding video for users the first time they log in. Think of a short introductory video explaining the school’s vision on AI, or a practical explanation of how AI-School helps with lesson preparation. Users must watch this video in full before they can start using the app for the first time.

Setting it up is very easy. In the admin environment, go to the Onboarding tile. Here you can add text and select a video that has been prepared in advance in video management and marked as suitable. Because staff members and students use the app differently, you can set up a separate welcome message and video for both groups. You simply send the welcome email by selecting users under staff or students and clicking the email button in the toolbar.

With these new features, together we ensure a safe, clear, and smooth start with AI in education! Need help with the setup? Then take a look at our guide. Good luck getting your team and students started!

Date: 2026-06-12

Category: News

In AI-School, the ‘Text to Image’ button lets you work much more precisely on strong images for your teaching materials, explanations, or presentations. You’ll find this button as the second button directly below the input field on the dashboard. What makes this feature especially useful is that you don’t just generate an image — you can also actively steer the result. You can experiment with colors, style, and dimensions, so the image better matches what you want to convey. You can also add images for inspiration to make it clearer which direction you want to go in. In addition, you can easily work from version to version, allowing you to keep improving an image step by step. With annotations, you can indicate very precisely what should be changed, so you can make targeted adjustments. This makes creating images in AI-School not only easier, but also more creative and goal-oriented.

Speaker recognition in transcripts and the arrival of Gemini 3.5 Flash

Date: 2026-06-09

Category: Update

New models are now available in AI-School to help you work even more efficiently. The main addition is the new model for the transcription module: gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize. With this model, it is automatically recognized when a different speaker is talking. This makes transcribing interviews with students, meetings with colleagues, or lesson recordings much more manageable, because the text is immediately divided by person.

In addition, we have added Gemini 3.5 Flash to the range of language models. This model is specifically designed for speed and efficiency. It is ideally suited for tasks where you need an immediate answer, such as generating short text suggestions, translating assignments, or quickly answering questions during lesson preparation.

You can easily select the new Gemini model via the model picker in the chat. The improved transcription with speaker recognition is used automatically when you start the transcription module for your audio recordings.

With these updates, we offer more clarity in your documentation and more speed in your daily work. Enjoy trying out the new models!

Draft lesson plans, letters, and reports more easily in the right house style.

Date: 2026-06-06

Category: News

Document creation in AI-School is now fully tailored to the needs of your school organization. You can choose from two ways to generate documents: through free input or by using specific school templates.

When you choose Free input, you have maximum freedom. Based on a prompt, the AI drafts a document for you, while you determine the content and structure yourself. This is ideal for unique documents that are not tied to a fixed format.

In addition, AI-School now supports working with Templates. These are fixed formats prepared by your own school, such as templates for lesson plans, parent letters, or reports. This ensures that your document immediately complies with the applicable guidelines and the school's house style. The AI fills in the required fields for you, after which you can download the result directly as an editable Word file.

To help you make the most of these features, we have added three new explainer videos:

• Free input: Learn how to quickly create a custom document from a chat message.
• Working with templates: Discover how to use the preconfigured templates from your school.
• Template management: A special video for administrators on adding and managing the school's own formats.

Go directly to the documents tool in AI-School to explore the new features and watch the videos. Good luck creating your next document!

Date: 2026-05-23

Category: News

Good news! Setting up branding in AI-School is now much faster and easier. You can simply enter a website, after which AI-School will automatically try to retrieve the main branding elements, such as colors and the logo. You can then review everything at your own pace, make adjustments, and add anything else where needed. This means an environment can be set up more quickly in your school’s style, without having to configure everything manually. In addition, it is now also possible to set branding per school or location.

Date: 2026-05-19

Category: News

AI-School now supports coding with API keys. This allows students and teachers to use programming tools that work with an OpenAI-compatible API. With this update, you can use tools such as Aider or OpenCode. The tool sends the request to AI-School. AI-School then checks the key, the budget, the validity period, and the models that may be used. This is useful when you want to use AI coding assistance during class, while still maintaining control over access and costs. Students can receive support with code, while the school decides which models are available and how much budget may be used. AI-School recommends Aider for students and classroom coding. Aider works like pair programming in the terminal: the student asks for help, sees suggested changes, and stays close to the code. For teachers and advanced users, OpenCode is available. This tool can carry out steps more independently and edit files. That is powerful, but it also requires a better understanding of code, git, and local development environments.

Date: 2026-05-16

Category: Update

AI-School has updated the real-time models for voice chat. Gemini Live has been upgraded to Gemini Live 3.1 and OpenAI Realtime has been upgraded to OpenAI Realtime 2. With this update, voice chat is once again faster, more natural, and more pleasant to use. Conversations feel smoother, spoken questions are processed better, and responses align more closely with the context of the conversation. This is useful when you use AI-School to ask questions out loud, discuss course materials, practice a language, or quickly work out an idea without typing. Voice chat therefore remains an accessible way to work with AI. You do not need to install anything yourself. The new models are available in voice chat.

Date: 2026-05-07

Category: Update

AI-School has a new feature: Text to audio. It lets you convert text directly into an audio file. That’s useful for scripts, explainer videos, listening materials, read-aloud texts, and language education.

You start from the dashboard via Text to audio below the input field. A larger input field then appears, allowing you to enter longer texts or scripts comfortably. After generating, the audio file appears directly in the chat. You can play it there with the audio player and download it using the download button.

Use the settings button to adjust the speech. You can choose the model, language, and voice, among other things. With the system prompt, you can provide additional instructions for pronunciation, tone, pace, accent, and special terms. For example, you can indicate that the speaker should sound calm and clear, or that terms such as AI-School, ChatGPT, OpenAI, and Gemini may be pronounced with an English pronunciation.

You can save your preferences to your account. AI-School will then remember, among other things, the model, language, voice, and system prompt.

Date: 2026-05-02

Category: News

For every school that participates in AI-School, a tree will now be planted.

We do this through Trees for All (treesforall.nl). With this initiative, AI-School contributes to a greener living environment.

With this initiative, AI-School shows that innovation and sustainability go hand in hand.

Date: 2026-04-23

Category: News

On April 17, the first meeting took place with the steering committee of AI-School. We were warmly welcomed at Griftland College in Soest.

The steering committee will dedicate itself in the coming years to the further development and improvement of AI-School. During this first meeting, participants from various parts of the country came together to get acquainted, share experiences, and brainstorm about the future.

It was a valuable and inspiring afternoon where many insights were exchanged and new directions were discussed.

We thank Griftland College, Albero, Lorentz Casimir, and Ambion for their involvement and participation.

Date: 2026-04-16

Category: Update

AI-School now supports integrations with Google and Microsoft. This allows you to easily connect AI-School with tools that many schools use daily, such as calendars, email, and files.

After connecting, AI-School can help you find information more quickly. For example, you can ask what’s on your calendar for tomorrow, search for emails on a specific topic, or locate files you recently modified. Messages from Teams or documents in SharePoint can also be searched more easily.

AI-School works with Google Calendar, Gmail, and Google Drive, among others. For Microsoft, integrations are available with Teams, Outlook Calendar, Outlook Mail, and SharePoint.

The advantage of this is that you need to search less in different systems. From one environment, you get a quicker overview and can work more efficiently.

Setting it up is simple: go to the dashboard, choose the integration you want to use, and log in once with your Google or Microsoft account.

Instruction video

In the video below, we show you step by step how to set up and use the integrations:

Date: 2026-04-02

Category: Update

AI-School can now look like a familiar environment of your own board. The environment is set up with the logo and brand colors of the board — so that teachers and students can immediately see that they are working in an AI tool that belongs to their organization.

That may sound like a detail, but it makes a difference. A recognizable environment feels more familiar. It lowers the threshold for using the tool and reinforces the feeling that AI-School is a conscious choice of the board itself, not something generic from outside. The board's logo in the toolbar, the brand colors in buttons, and the environment badge — it makes AI-School a tool that fits your organization.

Not every board has set up the branding yet. Do you still see the default setup of AI-School? Then your board has not yet made use of this.

Date: 2026-03-23

Category: Update

AI-School now integrates more deeply with European AI providers. Mistral AI, the French AI specialist already used for chat conversations, can now also be utilized for general background tasks. Additionally, the availability of Flux models from the German company Black Forest Labs is new.

Mistral AI can now perform background tasks that AI-School processes automatically: summarizing documents, extracting text from images and PDFs, converting speech to text, and generating embeddings for search functionality. At the top of the settings page, you can choose whether these tasks are performed by OpenAI or Mistral.

The Flux image generation models from Black Forest Labs are a strong European addition — Mistral AI also uses this company for image generation in Le Chat. As an administrator, you maintain control over which AI technology is active in AI-School through the settings. This deeper integration of European models makes us less dependent on non-European providers.

Date: 2026-03-20

Category: News

We look back with great admiration on the life of Chuck Norris.

We also believe that you often learn the most by simply continuing to try, even when something is difficult.

In that sense, Chuck Norris was a great example for us: strong, determined, and never afraid of a challenge.

Date: 2026-03-12

Category: Update

The voice chat in AI-School has recently been improved with two significant updates. In addition to the existing voice chat option, Gemini Live is now available as a second choice, and the OpenAI Realtime model has been updated from version 1.0 to version 1.5.

Gemini Live offers an alternative voice experience that seamlessly integrates with Gemini technology. The update of the OpenAI Realtime model to version 1.5 brings noticeable improvements: smoother speech recognition, more natural responses, and better processing of spoken input.

As a teacher, you can leverage these enhancements to work more interactively with AI-School. Think of asking questions verbally, engaging in conversations about lesson content, or quickly retrieving information — all through voice.

Date: 2026-03-06

Category: Update

Google recently launched Nano Banana 2, and this model is now available at AI-School. It is built on Gemini Flash technology and combines high image quality with a fast generation speed.

Compared to the previous version, Nano Banana 2 offers clear improvements: sharper details, more vibrant colors, better text representation in images, and stronger consistency in style. Additionally, the model is better at understanding context, making prompts more accurately translated into the desired outcome.

As a teacher, you can use this to create more engaging teaching materials, such as illustrations, infographics, and visual explanations for complex topics. Editing and customizing existing images is also possible.

Date: 2026-02-23

Category: Update

AI-School is now also available as a desktop application for Windows, macOS, and Linux. For most tasks, the web version works just fine, but the desktop app enables a few extra features that are not possible in the browser.

Why a desktop app? With the desktop application, you can:

• Run AI locally (optionally via Ollama)
  This means: more privacy (data does not leave your computer) and no extra API costs for local models.
• Work with local files
  Files can be read and saved directly on your computer. Convenient for analyzing documents without uploading and for creating/organizing notes and folders.
• Use local connections (MCP servers)
  Some connections work via the command line and are therefore only possible in the desktop app.

Note: logging in works differently In the desktop app, you log in with email + password. If you use Google or Microsoft in the web version, first set a password via:
Web version → Account → Login methods → Set password.
Forgot your password? You can reset it there as well.

Installation: what you need For some features, additional components are required:

• Node.js (LTS) – required for MCP servers and certain functionalities.
• Ollama (optional) – only needed if you want to use local AI models.

Manual Want to get started right away? Check the short manual for installation and first use:
https://ai-school-handleiding.web.app/docs/desktop-applicatie/starten

Need help with installation or usage? Please contact us via the support page.

Date: 2026-02-11

Category: News

AI-School will be present at the IPON fair on February 11 and 12!

Do you want to discover how to use AI smartly and safely in education? Then stop by the O21 booth, the consultancy for education and digitalization.

Special for IPON visitors: Receive 1 month of free access to AI-School!

Here's how it works:

• Visit the O21 booth at the IPON fair
• Ask for the AI-School flyer
• Scan the QR code on the flyer
• Activate your free account and get started right away

Don't miss this opportunity to try out AI-School without obligation and experience what AI can mean for your education!

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Date: 2025-03-31

Category: News

April 1st — the day when a good joke in the classroom is worth its weight in gold. But what if you have no idea? AI-School can help you come up with something fun. With the right approach, you'll get funny, creative, and appropriate ideas that perfectly fit your class.

How to ask it right?​

A good prompt makes all the difference. The more context you provide, the better the result. Consider:

• The age of your students — a joke for grade 4 works differently than for a vocational class or a havo-3 class.
• The atmosphere in your class — is it a playful group, or is it more serious in nature?
• The subject or situation — a joke related to a test, a school trip, or a class rule can land particularly well.
• What you do and don't want — indicate whether you want something with a fake prop, a visual joke, a collective action, or something subtle.

Example prompt:

"I am a math teacher for a havo-3 class. The students are 14-15 years old and know me as someone who sometimes makes a joke. Give me five ideas for a fun April Fools' joke in the classroom — funny but not hurtful, without material damage, and without embarrassing the students."

The more specific you are, the better AI-School can suggest something that truly fits your situation.

Have fun on April 1st! 🎭