Clarify the idea
Simplify the labels and highlight the relationship learners should notice.
Teaching tasks
Make the idea
easier to see.
Explore a visual brief for your teaching goal, with accuracy and accessibility checks before classroom use.
Watch it in action
Make a relationship visible.
An interactive visual lets learners adjust a parameter and see the relationship change in real time. Use the brief and review checklist to plan your visual, then check the tools available in your account.
Start with what learners should notice
Decide what the visual must get right.
Start with the idea, not the decoration. Should learners compare quantities, follow a sequence, identify a pattern or explain a relationship? Make that purpose the centre of the brief.
Open the visual brief prompt ↗
Help me plan a visual to explain [concept].
Copy first, then sign up and paste into PLAI™. Opens in a new tab; the prompt is not transferred automatically.
Ask PLAI™
Teaching visual brief
What to show accurately Objects, relationships, quantities and labels.
What to leave out Decorative detail that does not serve the idea.
Text description Meaning that does not depend on the image alone.
Suggested structure. Adapt for your subject and learners.
Then refine the brief
Clearer comparisons.
Fewer distractions.
Make the comparison clearer without changing the quantities or relationships. Remove decorative detail, check label readability and explain the idea in text as well as visually.
Refine the visual brief ↗
Make the comparison clearer and simplify the labels.
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Refinement check
Keep what matters
Accurate quantities and positions The relationships must be correct, not just plausible.
Readable labels At the size and distance pupils will see them.
Not colour-dependent Meaning is clear without colour alone.
Keep the conversation going
A useful draft.
A better fit.
Tell PLAI™ what you want to change. Try one of these follow-ups with your draft, then check the result for your class.
Make it accessible
Describe this visual in words and make sure its meaning does not depend on colour alone.
Invite an explanation
Add a question that asks learners to explain what changes and what stays the same.
Check the content, answers and fit with your learning goal before classroom use.
Questions before you start
What does the walkthrough show?
The recording shows an interactive visual: a graph where learners can adjust a parameter and see the relationship update. This is an interactive element, not a static generated image. The demonstration uses general sample content, not a school-specific recording.
What if a visual looks good but is inaccurate?
Do not use it until the error is corrected. Check the underlying concept as well as labels, quantities and layout.
How can I make a visual more accessible?
Provide a meaningful text description, use readable labels and contrast, and avoid using colour as the only way to communicate meaning. Check it in the format pupils will use.
Bring the idea
you want pupils to see.
Start with a clear learning goal and the details the visual must get right.
Start with PLAI™ ↗