# Community Mentors

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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.