# Kortex for teachers: reusable NotebookLM course notebooks > How teachers use Kortex with Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM): a notebook per unit from Docs and videos, every quiz in one list, reused next term. https://www.kortex-notebooklm.com/use-cases/teachers 1. [Use cases](/use-cases) 2. Teachers # Reuse your course notebooks every term. Kortex turns your Google Docs, YouTube playlists and readings into a notebook per unit, keeps every quiz and study guide in one list, and copies the course for next term. [Add to Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/kortex/hdapplggdhndkblofffknpmnnnnbncbn) [Apply for the class pass](/creators) 100,000+ users, rated 4.5 in [410 Chrome Web Store ratings](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/kortex/hdapplggdhndkblofffknpmnnnnbncbn/reviews). An example Workspace for one class, with a YouTube playlist just sent to the first unit. ## How do teachers use Kortex? Teachers use Kortex, a Chrome extension for Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM), to build a notebook per unit from their own Google Docs, YouTube playlists and articles, and to keep every quiz, study guide and slide deck it makes in one list. Next term they duplicate the notebook instead of starting again, and Sync Google Docs keeps their Docs current. ### Workflows on this page 1. [Build a unit notebook from what you have](#unit-notebook) 2. [Make the quiz, study guide and slides](#materials) 3. [Keep the notebook current](#docs-sync) 4. [Reuse the course next term](#next-term) ## What takes up prep time You already have the material. Kortex helps you reuse it, not rebuild it. - **Your materials live in Google Docs, on YouTube and in a dozen bookmarked articles.** Send a Doc from inside Google Docs, a whole YouTube playlist, or a highlighted passage from any page straight into the unit’s notebook. - **You edit the lesson Doc, and the notebook still has last week’s version.** Sync Google Docs pulls the latest version of every Doc source in one click. - **A quiz, a study guide and slides for every unit takes the weekend.** Set the amount and difficulty and generate them from the unit’s sources. Generate several at once and edit them before you download. - **Last year’s quiz is in a notebook you can’t find.** All Artifacts lists every quiz, study guide and slide deck with its notebook, in folders you choose, and search finds the rest. - **Every term starts from a blank notebook.** Duplicate a unit’s notebook in one click, or save it as a template and apply it to new ones. ## From unit plan to next term From the first lesson Doc to next term’s copy of the notebook. ### Build a unit notebook from what you have One notebook holds the unit’s Docs, videos and readings. 1. Create a notebook for the unit in a collection for the class, like Biology 9. 2. Open each lesson plan in Google Docs and send it to the notebook with the Kortex button. 3. Send the unit’s YouTube playlist. Each video becomes a source. 4. Highlight the useful paragraphs in articles and right-click to send them, with the link kept. ### Make the quiz, study guide and slides Class materials drafted from your own sources, all in one list. 1. Generate a quiz, a study guide, a slide deck or flashcards from the unit’s sources, with the amount and difficulty set first. 2. For a quiz in your own format, insert the [practice quiz prompt](/prompts/quiz) from the Prompts button. It adds plausible wrong answers and an answer key. 3. Generate several formats at once, then preview and edit each one before you download it. 4. Find them all later in All Artifacts, filtered by notebook or type, and file them into folders. All Artifacts ![The All Artifacts view in the Kortex Workspace, listing a study guide, notes, flashcards and a quiz, each with the notebook it came from, such as Neuroscience and Cryptography.](/media/tour/tour-artifacts-1200.webp) The real All Artifacts view in the Kortex Workspace. ### Keep the notebook current Edit the Doc, and the notebook follows. 1. Edit your lesson Docs in Google Docs as usual. 2. Click Sync Google Docs in the notebook, and every Doc source is pulled again in its latest version. 3. Regenerate the study guide so it matches what you will actually teach. ### Reuse the course next term Last term’s course, copied and filed before the first lesson. 1. Duplicate each unit’s notebook in one click and file the copies in a collection for the new term. 2. Save a notebook template with your usual tags and collection, and apply it to new units in one click. 3. Add a rule: when a notebook is filed in the class collection, Kortex adds your Lesson summary, Key terms and Exam questions notes. 4. Share student-facing notebooks from Gemini Notebook’s own Share button, as before. See [how sharing works](/blog/how-to-share-gemini-notebook). ## What reviewers say about these features Quoted word for word and linked to where they were posted. Reviewers don’t say what they do for a living, so we picked reviews about the features on this page. > “Kortex solves such a practical problem. NotebookLM is powerful, but managing sources across multiple projects can get messy fast. Having a centralized way to organize, import, and export those sources with a click is exactly the kind of workflow improvement that saves hours over time.” [Product Hunt commenter, on Product Hunt](https://www.producthunt.com/products/kortex-2?comment=5044625) ## Prompts, tools and reading ### Prompts to copy - [Practice quiz](/prompts/quiz) - [Exam study guide](/prompts/study-guide) - [Flashcards from your sources](/prompts/flashcards) - [Summary you can act on](/prompts/summarize) ### Free tools - [Study guide generator](/tools/study-guide-generator) - [Learning OS](/tools/learning-os) - [Audio Overview planner](/tools/notebooklm-podcast-planner) - [YouTube workflow builder](/tools/youtube-to-notebooklm) ### Further reading - [Gemini Notebook for Teachers: 9 Uses](/blog/gemini-notebook-for-teachers) - [How to Share a Gemini Notebook](/blog/how-to-share-gemini-notebook) - [How to Make Slides in Gemini Notebook](/blog/gemini-notebook-slides) - [Gemini Notebook Google Docs Integration Guide](/blog/gemini-notebook-google-docs) - [Gemini Notebook Templates: 10 Setups](/blog/gemini-notebook-templates) ## What teachers ask Something we missed? [Ask us](#contact). ### Is there a class pass for teachers? Yes. Teachers can apply for the [creator and class pass](/creators) with a school email (.edu, .ac.uk and similar) and are approved straight away. Their students then get a discount on their first year. ### Can my students see my Kortex tags and templates? Kortex doesn’t change who can see a notebook. Sharing happens in Gemini Notebook, and students see the notebooks you share with them. Your tags, prompts and templates stay in your Kortex account. ### Does Kortex work with Google Classroom? Not directly. Kortex works with Gemini Notebook and Google Docs. A shared notebook is a link, so you can post it in Classroom like any other. ### Will it run on a school-managed computer? Kortex runs in Chrome, Edge, Brave and other Chromium browsers. On a school-managed device, the admin decides which extensions can be installed, so check with them first. ### Does Kortex read my students’ work? Kortex doesn’t store your chats or the contents of your sources; what you import goes from your browser to your own Gemini Notebook account. Follow your school’s rules on what student work can go into an AI tool. ## Set up next week’s unit. Add Kortex to Chrome and send your first lesson Doc to a notebook. Teaching a class? Apply for the class pass. [Add to Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/kortex/hdapplggdhndkblofffknpmnnnnbncbn) [Apply for the class pass](/creators) 100,000+ users, rated 4.5 on the Chrome Web Store. ## More like this, and other ways people use Kortex - [Students](/use-cases/students) - [Medical and nursing students](/use-cases/medical-students) - [Researchers and academics](/use-cases/researchers) - [Developers](/use-cases/developers) - [Professionals](/use-cases/professionals) - [Lawyers and legal teams](/use-cases/lawyers) - [Marketers](/use-cases/marketers) - [All 19 use cases](/use-cases)