What's New

A redesigned sidebar navigation is rolling out on the learner side, improving how learners move through content and find what they need.

Admins can now create organization-level templates that authors can reference in the agent, enabling consistent, on-brand content across the whole team.

Import existing Evolve courses directly into Mindsmith so teams can work with, update, and build on top of them without starting over.

Learners can now switch between text and voice during a conversation tile; authors control which modalities are available per tile in the settings.

The Mindsmith Agent can now build full multi-lesson courses, staying aware of all lessons as it generates each one so content flows cohesively from start to finish.

Save your own prompts, styles, and content patterns so the Mindsmith Agent applies them automatically when generating new content — no more re-explaining your preferences.

Upload or link a video and the Agent generates a simulation-style interactive learning experience from it, ideal for process training and software walkthroughs.

The new Conversation Tile lets learners rehearse real workplace scenarios with an AI character built into the lesson, with real-time AI coaching on each response.

The Mindsmith Agent received a UI redesign with new features; users can revert to the old interface via the black button in the top-right corner.

Folders in Mindsmith can now nest one additional level deeper, making it easier to organize large workspaces by client, department, or program.

The Agent interface has been redesigned with a new look and feel that makes the generation process more intuitive and visually polished.

Dashboard search now includes a "See all results" option that opens a full-page view of search results.

The Mindsmith Agent has been upgraded to be smarter, more articulate, and more accurate at handling complex content requests.

Large organizations can now upload CSV files to populate translation glossaries, replacing manual entry for large-scale translation management.

Mindsmith now offers EU-hosted data storage, removing a key compliance blocker for European customers.

Authors and reviewers can now @-mention collaborators in comments; tagged users receive email notifications, even external reviewers without a Mindsmith account.

A new agentic AI generation model enters beta, giving users more autonomy, follow-up questions, and visible reasoning during lesson creation.

Enterprise users can join the alpha for real-time AI conversational experiences, enabling role play, exams, and Socratic conversations in lessons.

Nano Banana has been added to the new "choice node" in the experiences builder, enabling more dynamic and interesting scenario generation.

The matching activity now supports rich text formatting, including bold, in match labels.

Question feedback fields now support rich text, letting authors bold, italicize, and add bullet points to their feedback copy.

Collaborators can now reply within comment threads, making it easier for teams to discuss and iterate on lesson content together.

Enterprise admins can now export a full list of all users in their organization to simplify license management.

Enterprise customers now have access to audit logs, helping IT and infosec teams confidently evaluate Mindsmith's security posture.

Reviewers can now highlight any text in a Mindsmith lesson and leave a comment on a specific word or piece of punctuation.

Admins can now re-download PDF certificates for any learner directly from the analytics tab.

You can now drag image files into the image tile and videos into the video tile for a faster media upload experience.

Business and Enterprise users can now edit images natively in Mindsmith using AI image models, available in beta.

Analytics data can now be exported as a CSV, making it easy to run through LLMs, upload to a data warehouse, or do other data work.

A new choice node in the experiences builder connects AI generation to the experiences builder, powered by AI image models including Nano Banana.

A new tile allows authors to upload and run custom HTML/code packages inside a Mindsmith lesson, with completion tracking support.

A new tile lets learners submit a star rating and text feedback on lesson content, providing authors with engagement insights.

Authors can now configure whether the learner sidebar starts open or closed by default.

Lesson pages can now have custom titles, enabling named page navigation and improving the learner experience.

Button tiles now support routing learners to any specific page within the lesson, enabling non-linear navigation.

Authors can now customize the text inside section marker tiles, giving teams more control over lesson design.

Three new characters — Rohan, Jenna, and Julian — have been added to the editable video and scenario tile character library.

Flashcard tiles now support left text alignment, addressing an accessibility concern raised by users.

The lesson completion screen has been redesigned to match the improved completion dialogue previously applied to courses.

The AI editing agent is now available to all paid tier users at no extra charge during its early rollout period.

A new system enables consistent AI-generated characters to appear across both generated videos and scenario tiles, starting with "Dale."

Authors can now share a review link for their storyboard so collaborators can comment before content is fully built.

A new generation mode gives the AI more time to think, with a "content strategy" slider to control how much creative magic vs. instruction-following the AI applies.

Improved support for uploading detailed content outlines — including those with interactive elements — so Mindsmith follows your structure more faithfully during generation.

Carousel images now support captions, eliminating the need to add a separate text tile below an image for labeling.

The dashboard now has content filters at the top along with built-in pagination, making it faster and easier to navigate large content libraries.

The active/inactive member distinction has been removed; admins can now make members into viewers to free up seats instead.

Nearly all places that accepted images in Mindsmith now also accept embedded websites, recorded videos, and more, with full video editing controls where applicable.

Right-clicking on pages in the filmstrip now opens a context menu, with plans to roll this out everywhere menus exist.

Mindsmith now automatically saves a backup version of lessons every 30 minutes, allowing authors to view and restore previous versions.

Teamspace admins can now permanently delete lessons from the trash for security and compliance purposes.

The "inactive" member designation is being retired; inactive members can be converted to free viewer roles instead.

Mindsmith now automatically scrolls learners to incomplete content so they always know what to complete next.

Grid mode for course homepages has been brought back by popular request, giving courses a Netflix-style thumbnail grid layout.

A new before/after image comparison tile has been added, providing an interactive visual comparison experience for learners.

SCORM packages, PDFs, and staging links can now be shared without enabling full public access on a lesson.

The AI agent storyboard generator is now available in reference mode for document processing, significantly outperforming the previous AI engine.

Themes can now be edited or deleted directly from the branding tab on the dashboard.

Embed tile previews look much better, and failed embeds now display a styled card instead of an error message.

Enhanced video hosting with state-of-the-art encoding now delivers adaptive-quality video to learners based on their internet speed.

Enterprise customers with multiple teamspaces can now manage settings, features, and licenses at the organization level.

Subheaders have been made larger to create a clearer visual distinction between subheader and paragraph text.

All video creation options—screen recorder, AI-generated video, and uploads—are now consolidated into a single, streamlined video tile interface.

Organizations can enable auto-join so anyone signing up with a matching email domain is automatically added to the teamspace in a view-only role.

An agentic storyboard step is now available in document reference mode, reasoning over documents for more accurate content extraction.

A built-in screen recorder is now available in the video tile, laying the foundation for AI-powered software simulation and documentation features.

Catalan, Tagalog, and Gujarati have been added as supported languages based on user requests.

Additional AI video avatar characters have been added, expanding cultural diversity and transparent-background options.

Scenarios and experiences received UX improvements to make navigation easier for both authors and learners.

The preview-to-edit navigation has been made more intuitive so learners and authors can more easily return to edit mode from preview.

Writing styles received a new UI and the ability to set a default teamspace writing style, helping maintain consistent tone across an organization.

We're excited to announce a new beta feature available to a select group of customers: our AI Agent

An early beta of a new AI Agent that reasons over your documents and content to actively contribute to eLearning creation is now available to select testers.

Teamspace search now searches the full content inside lessons and courses, not just their titles.

The rich text editor now supports changing the color of individual words or letters, not just entire text blocks.

A new "plain import" option imports only text and images from a document with no AI processing, frills, or added interactivity.

If you've ever wanted to ctrl+f through all the content in your teamspace, now you can!

We've added a new way to import your content: the Plain Import option.

We've added more flexibility to assessment questions with new settings and updates

The process tile now supports media attachments, making process-based learning more interactive and visually engaging.

Explore and video experience nodes have graduated from beta, enabling branching hot buttons, text, callouts on images, and video uploads in scenarios.

Authors can now generate AI audio directly within the audio tile, giving learners a podcast-like listening experience.

Experience nodes are now officially released

We've redesigned the AI voice selection menu for a better experience.

You can now enhance the process tile by adding media

Many of you love your QR codes to share public lessons. Well now you can generate a QR code to share your courses!

Courses can now be exported as HTML packages, adding to the existing options of links, SCORM, PDF, and embed code.

The Hot Button tile now supports adding images inside individual hotspot buttons.

Static SCORM packages now support multiple language versions, automatically serving the learner's device language when available.

The List tile now supports six display styles: numbers, checkboxes, bullets, pyramids, staircases, and circles.

Authors can now scrub to and play back a specific section of AI audio narration without re-generating the entire track.

Learner engagement analytics are now available for courses shared as dynamic SCORM packages.

The "created by" badge on courses can now be edited or removed entirely from course settings.

Images can now be added to individual answer options in multiple choice assessments.

A new Ranking tile lets learners drag randomized options into the correct order, and can be configured as a graded assessment.

A new View Only role lets collaborators review and comment on all teamspace content without consuming a paid license seat.

EasyGenerator SCORM files can now be imported into Mindsmith and automatically converted into Mindsmith Courses.

OpenAI's GPT-image model and Imagen 4 Ultra have been added to image generation options, with GPT-image excelling at infographics and diagrams.

A new Video node in the experiences editor lets authors embed videos directly into scenarios, enabling branching with video and interactive video experiences.

Authors can now add their own uploaded videos or stock library videos to scenes in an editable AI video.

AI avatars in editable video can now render with transparent backgrounds, letting authors choose custom backgrounds for their avatar scenes.

Copy and paste now works correctly for scenario tiles and editable video tiles.

A new Explore node in the scenario builder lets authors upload custom images and define what happens when learners click different areas, enabling immersive simulations.

Videos can now be uploaded as reference documents when using the "reference" document-following generation strategy.

AI audio narration now pauses at interactive elements like flashcards and accordions, with per-item click-to-play and a visual indicator showing which tile is narrating.

Two new prebuilt avatars — a construction worker and a paramedic — have been added to the scenario builder's avatar library.

Course review links can now be shared with external reviewers who can leave comments directly on course content.

Courses can now be exported as static SCORM packages for use in standard LMS environments.

Editable video now supports multiple voice options, enabling consistent or varied voices across scenes within a lesson.

The AI assistant can now open relevant app sections in response to natural-language requests, such as opening settings, narration options, or translation when asked.

AI video is out of beta and available to all Mindsmith users, with a revamped editor, video file upload, basic animations, and theme alignment.

A new Code tile presents code content in a nicely formatted way, enabling Mindsmith to be used for coding education.

Org admins can now set organization-wide default generation settings to standardize how Mindsmith is used across their organization.

A new Modal node in the scenario canvas presents a list of buttons as a pop-up overlay on top of the current scene.

Branding, Members, and Security settings have been moved inside the organization settings dialogue for easier access.

An outline document can now be uploaded in the Instructions generator so the AI follows your pre-defined content structure when building lessons.

Courses can now be translated by creating a translated copy while keeping the original untouched.

A translation glossary in account settings lets you define custom translations the AI will use when translating lessons and courses.

A new lesson setting lets you disable Mindsmith's completion dialogue for users whose LMS provides its own completion window.

Generate transcripts and captions for videos directly inside Mindsmith without needing external tools.

AI text-to-speech audio narration is now available inside branching scenarios, powered by ElevenLabs and OpenAI voice integrations.

The editable AI video editor has been redesigned with a more intuitive full-screen editing experience for beta users.

Visual and structural UI updates to the scenario builder lay the groundwork for future enhancements to the scenario tile.

Assessments can now be marked as ungraded, making it easy to run polls or non-scored questions inside a lesson.

YouTube videos can now be uploaded in the Video tile, enabling trim, disable-seeking, and other video controls previously limited to locally uploaded files.

Older (non-beta) tiles received a visual facelift and UX polish to improve ease of use.

Courses now support a list layout option as an alternative to the default grid/Netflix-style view.

A new "Enhance Prompt" button in the generator helps users write better prompts to get more out of Mindsmith AI.

Subtle visual improvements to the new learner navigation make pages and sections easier to browse.

The course generator UI has been redesigned to match the updated lesson generator for a consistent experience.

When generating new lessons in a course, the AI now references the storyboards of existing lessons for greater coherence.

The storyboarding page was redesigned to feel less intimidating and more inviting for new users.

Enterprise users can now import and export XLIFF translation files through the translation management dialogue.

Beta tile types are now WCAG AA compliant, improving accessibility for all learners.

Business and Enterprise users can now publish a stable lesson version to learners while continuing to edit the next version.

The new AI generator UI gains an interactivity slider, tile chooser, image style prompt, and broken-out objective fields.

A new Business pricing tier adds collaboration, org-wide branding, and power-user tools; Pro renamed; Team renamed Enterprise.

Notes and charts are now properly imported when converting Articulate Rise SCORM files into Mindsmith.

Advanced per-page storyboard controls let authors set document strategy, verbatim import, or custom AI image descriptions on individual pages.

Create data visualizations directly in Mindsmith using bar, line, pie, scatter, radar, and area chart types.

Quote tiles now support image backgrounds for richer visual customization.

The Mindsmith app is now fully available in French, Portuguese, and Spanish, with more languages planned.

Lessons can now be exported as HTML5 packages, including all embedded assets.

A redesigned, more intuitive lesson generator UI with new features like video source input and outline-to-storyboard conversion.

The updated learner navigation UI is now available for lessons via lesson settings, not just courses.

A callout-style tile for drawing learner attention to key information in a lesson.

Save any lesson page as a reusable template to quickly replicate common page layouts across a course.

Flashcard tiles now support rich text formatting, continuing Mindsmith's rollout of rich text across tile types.

Single sign-on support is now available for enterprise organizations with strict security requirements.

New decorative style options for text tiles to add visual flair and more granular text formatting.

Reviewers can now add comments to specific tiles, upgrading from the previous page-level commenting.

A step-by-step interactive tile where learners click through each step one at a time.

The storyboard experience received visual and UX polish to feel more professional and intuitive.

A new tile for presenting tabular data in a clean, readable table format inside lessons.

The Mindsmith app is being gradually released in additional languages beyond English.

A dedicated tile that lets learners download a file directly from a lesson.

Replaced Dall-E with Flux Schnell for AI-generated images, producing more natural and less uncanny results.

A new aesthetically styled tile for displaying quotes inside lessons.

Pro users can now offer learners a downloadable PDF certificate upon lesson completion.

A closed beta for video editing with AI avatars is now open — join via Slack or by emailing the team.

The images-from-documents feature is now generally available for all PDFs, no longer limited to convert mode.

A refined storyboard experience that's more intuitive, with per-page document and page-type controls.

Trim videos natively inside Mindsmith to pull the right clip into the right spot in your lesson.

The in-editor AI assistant is significantly more capable and can handle a broader range of tasks.

A dedicated tile for embedding audio clips alongside an image, separate from the narration feature.

A new tile for presenting multiple images in a smooth, swipeable carousel format.

Images copied from other sources can now be pasted directly into the image tile, skipping the file upload step.

Upload videos as source material and AI will process, clip, and embed relevant segments into your lesson.

Clicking an image tile now expands it to fill the learner's screen for a closer look.

Courses now generate with a header image and headline so they look polished out of the box.

Teams users can now apply the same multilingual features available in lessons to their courses.

A new lesson setting that forces learners to complete interactive tiles before advancing.

Convert Articulate Rise SCORM exports into Mindsmith courses 1:1, making migration easier.

Updated scenario tile now supports custom PNG avatar uploads and easier branching scene creation.

A new tile for presenting content in a clean, visual timeline format.

New line break and spacer tiles are now available in the tile picker for more precise layout control.

Lessons and courses can now be exported as classic static SCORM packages in addition to Mindsmith's dynamic SCORM format.

A new tabs tile lets authors organize content into labeled tab panels, ideal for processes and ordered content.

The scenario generation interface now lets authors specify AI role, learner role, and extra instructions, and includes new avatars.

The course UI has been redesigned with an updated header for a cleaner, more polished look.

Row width options now include full-width, enabling edge-to-edge layouts for more dramatic design choices.

Authors can now move lessons out of a course in addition to moving them in.

Google's Imagen model is now available as an alternative to DALL-E for AI image generation, with Flux models coming soon.

A major backend refactor makes the AI generator faster and better at following instructions and uploaded documents.

A new generator option produces less repetitive content that goes deeper into subjects by processing pages sequentially.

Authors can now generate a detailed, fully editable storyboard instead of just an outline before generating a lesson.

Visual refresh across settings, the share dialogue, and the dashboard makes the app feel sleeker and less cumbersome.

Authors can now save lesson versions to reference or revert to in the future, with collaborative change tracking coming soon.

Lesson-level settings have been elevated to the course level, with new navigation restriction options added.

Courses can now be exported as a single PDF, making it easier to share all lessons at once for approval workflows.

Learners can now see which lessons and pages they've completed to measure their progress through a course.

An upgraded move-lesson dialogue now allows authors to move lessons directly into courses they've created.

Existing projects or folders can now be converted into courses with new editing options for a full course structure.

A search bar on the dashboard lets authors quickly find lessons by name.

Images from uploaded source documents are now available in a dedicated library tab in the image picker during editing.

Upload a logo to automatically generate a new lesson theme based on its colors and style.

A dedicated import mode turns documents into lessons verbatim, with plans to support importing Rise courses as Mindsmith courses.

Learners now get a smooth slide-out sidebar for navigating lessons and courses, replacing the previous pop-up menu.

Authors can now force learners to finish watching a video before advancing to the next page via a new option in the video tile.

Flashcards now offer a carousel layout as an alternative to the grid view for a smoother learner experience.

A new generator mode converts documents into lessons verbatim, turning questions into assessments and strictly following the document's wording and flow.

A new dedicated tile for listing content with checkboxes, numbers, or bullets is now available in the tile picker.

The lesson filmstrip now auto-hides on hover, opening up margins for a better learner-view preview and future full-width tile support.

Images from uploaded source documents now appear in the image-picker dialogue so authors can easily reuse them in their lessons.

Authors can now change the background color and text color of any tile type, not just text tiles.

Tiles are now added from the bottom of the page instead of a side panel, with a new quick-add mode for popular tile types.

Authors can now crop images directly in the image tile by double-clicking and repositioning or resizing.

You can now include images inside accordion tiles to make them more visually engaging.