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Description

Community Mentors lets admins surface ibl.ai’s shared mentor library—such as subject-matter mentors built on OpenStax textbooks—inside their institution’s private mentorAI environment so learners can start chatting with them immediately.
It’s a fast, safe way to pilot or extend high-quality mentors without starting from scratch, while keeping configuration authority on your side (prompting, data attachments, model choice, and embedding).


Target Audience

Administrator · Instructor · Student (read-only access)


Features

Shared Library in Your Tenant

Browse a catalog that includes OpenStax-based course mentors, skills mentors, and other agents.

Read-Only Learner Access

Learners can converse with Community Mentors but cannot change settings or configuration.

Admin/Instructor Controls

  • Add or override a System Prompt
  • Attach your own data (files/links) to localize content
  • Switch the model powering the mentor
  • Embed the mentor into your LMS/SIS or other systems

Rapid Pilots & Scale-Up

Turn on curated mentors quickly, then adapt them to programs or courses as needed.


How to Use (step by step)

Enable in Admin

  1. Go to Profile menu → Organization → Advanced → Community Mentors
  2. Toggle On to activate Community Mentors for your environment

Browse & Add

  • Open Explore to view the full catalog of community mentors now available
  • Add OpenStax-based course mentors, skills mentors, or other agents to your environment

Configure (Optional, Admin/Instructor)

  • System Prompt – Add/override to match your teaching voice or institutional guidance
  • Attach Data – Connect your course materials to contextualize answers
  • Switch Model – Choose the LLM that best fits your use case

Embed (Optional)

  • Embed selected mentors directly into your LMS/SIS or other systems so learners can access them in context

Learner Experience (Read-Only)

  • Learners chat with Community Mentors right away but cannot alter prompts, data, or tools

Pedagogical Use Cases

Instant Course Coverage with OpenStax

Deploy subject-aligned mentors (e.g., Intro Biology, Economics) to provide immediate tutoring and Q&A.

Skills & Study Support

Offer skills mentors (study strategies, writing help, career prep) across departments without building new agents from scratch.

Pilot Programs & Rapid Trials

Test mentors with select cohorts, then refine prompts/data and roll out broadly based on findings.

LMS-Embedded Assistance

Embed mentors in course modules so students can get context-aware help alongside readings and assignments.

Institutional Consistency with Local Control

Start from high-quality shared mentors, then tailor prompts, datasets, and models to fit your policies and outcomes.


Once you complete these steps, you can pilot or extend high-quality mentors without starting from scratch—while keeping configuration authority on your side.