This looks interesting - Study notebooks in Gemini

[TwistedHelixis]

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/09/study-notebooks-in-gemini-are-now-available-for-Google-Workspace-accounts.html

 

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Earlier this year we introduced study notebooks, a dedicated space that turns Gemini into an interactive, adaptive learning platform. They offer personalized lessons based on your learning goal, whether that’s tackling a school course or learning a new skill. Now, we’re excited to share that users of all ages who are signed into a school or work-issued Google account will also have access to study notebooks if the Gemini app and Gemini Notebook are enabled by their admin.

Here’s how study notebooks work:

 

1. Create your study notebook: From the left sidebar in the Gemini app, select “New notebook”, and then the “Study and learn” tile. Tell Gemini what you are studying, and upload your class materials or other sources. 
2. Assess your knowledge gaps: You can request progress check quizzes, helping pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses to create a tailored learning baseline.
3. Study with personalized bite-sized lessons: Follow short, custom lessons with built-in practice quizzes. You can ask in-line questions at any point as you learn.
4. Track your progress: Monitor real-time mastery via a dynamic dashboard that breaks your goals into objectives, categorizing topics into "Strengths" and "Focus areas," to recommend top-priority lessons.

 

With study notebooks, students’ learning is grounded in trusted class materials, ensuring that lessons from Gemini are consistent with their curriculum.

 

[jmak]

Sounds like a useful addition the the Gemini Notebook features I mentioned in the thread about deploying AI platforms on schools. A year ago you could create quizzes, but they were limited to 20 questions. Still useful as they were based on your study materials, not random stuff found on the internet. The knowledge gap assessment and progress tracking take it up another few levels for students. 

 

As staff, it was the first AI product that was a step change for me - it offered something I didn't have before. I uploaded lots of policy and professional standards documents. The mind map feature showed how the spaghetti of policies all links together and also create accurate summaries of policies where they overlapped and highlights of where they contradict.

The fact it was works with source material you know is relevant makes it more useful and less likely to hallucinate - every statement it makes is linked back to the original source so you can check it.