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SceneCraft Overview

What is SceneCraft?

SceneCraft is a web-based platform that helps educators transform instructional ideas into interactive stories that students explore through a digital narrative environment. It was developed through the National Science Foundation-funded EngageAI Institute.

With SceneCraft, teachers can design narrative driven learning experiences by entering ideas for a story that fits with their instructional needs and classroom contexts. The system generates scenes, characters, dialogue, and other story elements based on the prompt provided. At every stage, teachers review, revise, and guide the artificial intelligence (AI) generated content.

Teachers remain in control throughout the entire process.

How SceneCraft Works

  • Planning and Prompt Design

    SceneCraft Resources

    - Before you build your story, use your expertise as an educator to make decisions about your possible story.
    - Choose an instructional purpose and specific lesson/unit/topic for the story.
    - Plan your Prompt based on your instructional goals and classroom context.

  • Building Your Story

    SceneCraft Authoring Tool

    - After entering your prompt, iterate with cycles of AI generation and teacher revisions.
    - Draft your story summary draft.
    - Break your story into scenes.
    - Create dialogue for each scene.

  • Experience Your Story 

    SceneCraft Narrative Environment

    - Use the link and script to play through the story and use it in your classroom.
    - SceneCraft creates a downloadable script and a link to the final story for your students.
    - You and your students use the SceneCraft Narrative Environment to play through the story.