Personas

Personas

Val has a wide range of personas available to offer specialised support with specific tasks. Learn about the personas and how to use them.

Personas are different roles you can choose in Val to get help with specific tasks. Each persona is designed to offer specialised support or simulate certain scenarios, depending on what you need. New personas are added to this list as they are released. 

Tip: Use the ‘Compare Personas’ feature on the message input box to compare up to three personas in one conversation and determine which one is best suited to your task. You can also create your own persona. 

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Personas in Val

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Description: Get help with Canvas enquiries, troubleshoot and find solutions quickly. 
When should I use this (examples):

  • Canvas support: When you need assistance navigating the Canvas learning platform. 
  • Course content queries: To get help with questions related to course materials and resources. 
  • Instructor contact: If you need guidance on how to contact your instructor or teaching staff. 

Description: Upload an essay to receive feedback 
When should I use this (examples):

  • Idea generation: If you're looking for inspiration or brainstorming ideas for your essay topic. 
  • Understanding essay types: For guidance on writing different types of essays, such as argumentative, descriptive, or analytical essays. 
  • Thesis and argumentation: If you're working on formulating a strong thesis statement and developing compelling arguments. 
  • Editing and proofreading: For reviewing your essay to ensure it is free from grammatical errors and flows logically. 

Description: Design and participate in a scenario-based role-play 
When should I use this (examples):

  • Enhancing knowledge: When you're looking to enhance specific skills or knowledge areas through practice and example. 
  • Role-play practice: If you need to prepare for interviews, presentations, or other real-life situations, practicing with role-play can give you confidence. 
  • Deep problem exploration: To work through complex problems or decisions in a controlled environment where you can safely explore different outcomes. 
  • Performance evaluation: When you need feedback on your communication style, decision-making, or other competencies. 

Description: Writing Help provides detailed feedback on grammar, structure, word choice, and overall writing flow. It helps improve clarity, organisation, and sentence-level expression.  
How to use: Submit your text or question. Writing Help will confirm what type of support you need. It gives a summary, then provides clear, numbered suggestions on areas such as structure, clarity, transitions, language use, and writing flow. You can ask Writing Help to expand on any suggestion or provide examples. 

Create and share your own persona

Creating a persona allows you to customise your Val experience by testing features and building tailored AI models to suit specific needs. This makes your use of generative AI more efficient and powerful.

You can create and share up to five personas at once, and you can easily update or delete existing personas to create new ones as needed. 

How to do it

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To create a persona: 

  • Select ‘My Studio’ from the left side bar. 
  • Click the ‘Create Persona’ button (top right)
  • Name your persona. 
  • Fill in the necessary fields to create your persona. 
  • Finalise by clicking ‘Save & Create’. 

Once your persona has been created, select it from the personas menu on the chat box – select ‘Private’. 

For more to get you started, see this Val quick reference guide - private personas (PDF, 218KB). 

Sharing supports collaboration and alignment within teams. When sharing, you control access and set up usage guidelines, with the option to add extra conditions. This feature makes it simple to reuse personas while ensuring everyone follows the correct protocols. Steps to take: 

  • Edit the persona you have created 
  • In the ‘Share links’ section, click the ‘Create Link’ button 
  • acknowledge and agree to the terms and conditions 
  • Give the link a title 
  • Add any additional guidelines 
  • Click ‘Create Link’ button to save 

See the Val quick reference guide - Sharing a persona (PDF, 375KB) for more information. 

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