Steps
- Add your material first. Galileo works best when your lecture, slides or reading is already in Duetoday.
- Open the note, document or Canvas you want to ask about.
- Open Galileo and find the box that says Ask Galileo anything.
- Ask a specific question. For example: “Explain the difference between osmosis and diffusion using the example from this lecture.”
- Follow up. Ask for a simpler explanation, an example, or a step-by-step working.
- Quiz yourself. Ask Galileo to test you on the section you just read and to tell you what you got wrong.
- Save what helps. Copy useful explanations into your notes so they are there when you revise.
Good questions to ask
- “Summarise this lecture in five bullet points.”
- “What are the three ideas from this chapter most likely to come up in an exam?”
- “Explain this paragraph as if I am new to the subject.”
- “Give me two practice questions on this section and mark my answers.”
Tips
- Name the source when you have several: “In the week 3 slides…” keeps Galileo focused.
- Ask why, not just what. Understanding the reasoning makes facts easier to remember.
- Use Canvas for multi-source questions. Put several related sources on one Canvas to ask questions across all of them.
