If you are looking for the best way to generate Tutor LMS course lessons with AI (ChatGPT, Gemini, or your favorite AI model), you are in the right place.
Creating comprehensive lessons for your online courses takes hours of research, outlining, and writing. But what if you could automate the heavy lifting while maintaining high-quality educational content? Imagine starting with just your course lesson titles and letting OpenAI’s GPT models (or other AI providers) generate the core lesson content for you.
By integrating artificial intelligence directly into your WordPress dashboard, you can generate lesson content quickly while keeping full control over what you teach. AI helps you brainstorm ideas, structure your modules, and draft text that you can easily edit and refine. This means you save countless hours of manual writing while focusing on delivering the best learning experience for your students.
In this guide, we’ll show you how to use an AI assistant inside WP Sheet Editor to generate Tutor LMS course lessons. You’ll learn how to create content in bulk, refine it in a familiar editor, and customize the AI output to match your unique teaching style.
What you need to generate Tutor LMS lessons with AI
Important: We assume you already have the Tutor LMS plugin installed and activated on your WordPress site. To automate your course creation, you will also need to install and activate the following tools:
1- WP Sheet Editor – Courses
This plugin allows you to view and manage courses from top LMS plugins (Tutor LMS, LearnPress, LearnDash, etc.) using an intuitive spreadsheet interface. It includes advanced search, bulk edit, export, and import tools. If you already have it installed, you can skip this step.
You can download the plugin here:
Download Courses Spreadsheet Plugin - or - Check the features
2- WP Sheet Editor – AI
This is a powerful WordPress AI assistant service that brings generative AI directly to your WP Sheet Editor spreadsheets. It allows you to connect with different AI providers and LLMs, integrating artificial intelligence into your bulk editing workflow.
You can sign up here:
Sign up to the WP Sheet Editor - AI Service - or - Check the features
3- External AI API Provider
The AI functionality in WP Sheet Editor relies on an external API to generate the text. You’ll need an account with an AI provider and an API key to connect.
WP Sheet Editor – AI is compatible with these popular AI providers:
- OpenAI (ChatGPT) for text and images (more info here)
- OpenRouter (more info here)
- Any other provider and LLM model that uses the same API format as OpenAI.
Follow this setup guide to learn how to configure your AI providers and models in WP Sheet Editor.
Best Prompt for Generating Tutor LMS Course Content
The secret to high-quality AI content is a great prompt. Here is an optimized prompt you can use to generate structured Tutor LMS course lessons:
Generate a detailed lesson in clean HTML format, suitable for inserting into a TinyMCE editor. The lesson title is $Title$, and it belongs to the module $Topic Name$. The lesson should begin with an introductory paragraph (without any heading) that explains the importance of the topic. Then, provide step-by-step explanations using subheadings (<h2>, <h3>), relevant examples, and practical applications. Conclude with a summary or key takeaways. Use a clean HTML structure with <p>, <ul>, <ol>, <h2>, <h3>, and <strong> tags where necessary. No inline CSS, no unnecessary formatting, and do not add any Markdown code block markers. The lesson must start directly with the introductory paragraph, without any heading before it.
This prompt dynamically uses the lesson title ($Title$) and the topic name ($Topic Name$) as context. You can add any other column data to the prompt to make sure the generated lesson fits your curriculum perfectly. Be sure to test this prompt and customize it to match your academy’s tone.
How to create a global AI prompt in WordPress
WP Sheet Editor – AI allows you to save your prompts globally so you can reuse them quickly. This way, you don’t have to retype complex instructions every time you want to generate a new lesson.
To create a global prompt:
- Go to WP Sheet Editor > AI > Settings > Prompts.
- Click on Add new.
- Enter a memorable name in the Name field (e.g., “Tutor LMS Lesson Generator”).
- Paste the prompt text we shared above into the Prompt field.
- Click on Save.
After saving the prompt, the system will auto-generate a slug. You can use this slug as a shortcut inside your lessons spreadsheet. Just type ai:prompt-slug (replacing “prompt-slug” with your actual slug) to trigger the AI.
Method 1: Generate Tutor LMS Lessons with AI in the TinyMCE Editor
If you prefer to review and format each lesson individually, you can generate your content using the TinyMCE editor displayed directly as a popup over your spreadsheet.
For example, if you have an empty lesson, simply locate it in the spreadsheet and click on the Edit button to open the popup editor.
Next, click on the Edit with AI button.
You will see a Prompt field appear. Paste the instructional prompt you want to use to generate the course lesson via ChatGPT (or your chosen AI provider).
After adding your instructions, click on Generate.
Once the AI finishes processing your request, the generated lesson content will populate the editor. You can now apply human edits, tweak the formatting, and ensure your lesson is perfectly polished before publishing the course.
This is the best method if you want to leverage AI models to overcome writer’s block while maintaining strict, hands-on editorial control over every detail.
Method 2: Generate Course Lessons with AI Directly in the Spreadsheet Cells
For a faster workflow, you can command ChatGPT or your selected AI model right from the spreadsheet grid.
Locate the Content column for your empty lesson. To generate the text, you have two options:
- Use a full prompt: Type
ai:prompt, replacing “prompt” with your complete instructions. - Use a global prompt shortcut: Type
ai:prompt-slug, replacing “prompt-slug” with the slug of the global prompt you saved earlier. For example, we will type the shortcutai:lessonto instantly deploy our pre-saved instructions.
The AI will immediately start working to write the lesson content based on your parameters. You will see a loading icon inside the spreadsheet cell while it communicates with the API.
Once the request is processed, the generated HTML text will appear in the cell. You can click on the Edit button inside the cell to open the text editor and make any necessary tweaks.
Here you can see the complete lesson structure we just generated. It is now ready to be finalized and published.
Pro Tip: You can generate multiple lessons at the same time by pasting your prompt shortcut into multiple empty cells. Let’s copy and paste the ai:lesson shortcut into 5 different lesson rows.
The system will process these requests concurrently, generating unique content for each specific lesson title simultaneously.
As you can see, we have successfully drafted 6 comprehensive lessons in just a few clicks.
Method 3: Bulk Generate Tutor LMS Lessons with AI (Entire Courses at Once)
If you want to automate your e-learning platform at scale, you can bulk generate Tutor LMS lessons for an entire course in one massive batch. This is the ultimate time-saver.
In this example, we will find every empty lesson in our database and command the AI to write content for all of them simultaneously. First, let’s open the Search tool on the toolbar.
Apply the following search parameters to filter out your finished lessons:
- Tick the Enable advanced filters checkbox.
- Field: Content
- Operator: =
- Value: Leave this field completely empty.
- Click Run search.
Once your spreadsheet only displays the empty lessons, click on the Bulk Edit tool on the top toolbar.
Configure the bulk edit tool with the following settings to trigger the AI generation:
- Select the rows that you want to update: Edit all the rows from my current search.
- What field do you want to edit: Content.
- Select type of edit: Here you have two choices for AI generation:
- First option: Select your pre-saved global prompt (e.g., AI command: Lesson). This prevents you from having to type out the long prompt again.
- Second option: Select AI Prompt from the dropdown, and manually paste your full instructions into the text box.
- AI Provider: If you have configured multiple providers in your settings, choose the one you want to handle this batch job. In this example, we selected the OpenRouter provider and the GPT-4o-mini model.
- Click on Show preview to verify the AI prompts before running the process.
- Finally, click on Execute Now.
Using AI to generate Tutor LMS lessons can save you hundreds of hours of typing while keeping your educational content structured, engaging, and unique. With the WP Sheet Editor – AI integration, you can effortlessly create and edit lessons in bulk, giving you maximum control over your course material. Whether you prefer fine-tuning text in the TinyMCE editor or bulk-generating entire modules from the spreadsheet, leveraging AI makes launching online academies faster and easier than ever.