NotebookLM is Google’s free AI tool that turns your existing documents into a complete teaching toolkit. In this video I show you every feature — using a real Year 4 States of Matter example from start to finish.
⬇️ Free download — NotebookLM Starter Kit for Teachers
(persona template + source checklist + 10 classroom prompts):
What I cover:
✅ Setting up a notebook and uploading sources
✅ The custom persona system — calibrate everything to your class
✅ Study guides, glossaries and reports in one click
✅ Flashcards and quizzes grounded in your own documents
✅ The Learning Guide — personalised tutoring from your materials
✅ Audio Overview — a podcast from your curriculum documents
✅ Video Overview — an explainer video, automatically generated
✅ Google Classroom integration — assign notebooks to students
✅ Deep Research — finding additional sources automatically
✅ SEND, CPD and parent communication use cases
🔗 NotebookLM (free): https://notebooklm.google.com
📺 Watch next:
Build an AI Assistant for Your Students: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-jdrBzWuNw
Create Videos with AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM4d3QUmk6U
Make Better Prompts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM4xCOCN6vM
🎬 AI for Teachers — Start Here playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_JBe6VY284&list=PL4Xvr_xHjF0i2cxn5RBVdYPmhBg8txevz
Chapters:
0:00 What you’re going to make — the full toolkit revealed
0:30 What NotebookLM actually is
2:00 Uploading your sources — live demo
4:35 The custom persona — the feature nobody talks about
7:00 Study guides and reports
8:20 Flashcards and quizzes
9:30 Audio Overview — a podcast from your documents
11:40 Video Overview — an explainer video, automatically
12:45 Mind Maps
13:30 Infographics
14:20 Slide Decks
15:45 Tables
16:20 Deep Research — finding additional sources
17:46 The complete States of Matter toolkit — full reveal
18:16 Three more use cases: CPD, parents, SEND
19:15 Honest caveats