Iris offers many powerful features to help you while you use Pluralsight’s content. Use Iris to get answers to your learning questions, discover new courses, and create channels.
To learn how to access Iris and understand how it works, see Iris overview.
Who can use this?
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Supported languages
Iris can read and respond in several languages. Below are the languages Iris supports and their language codes:
- English (en)
- Chinese (zh-Hans)
- Chinese (zh-TW)
- French (fr-FR)
- German (de-DE)
- Italian (it-IT)
- Japanese (ja-JP)
- Portuguese (pt-BR)
- Russian (ru-RU)
- Spanish (es-ES)
Overlay mode and multi-conversations
Iris is accessible through an overlay window that lets you use the tool as you explore Skills. Resize and move the overlay window to best suit your needs or click the full-window button to focus on Iris Iris won't appear when you are using a lab or sandbox or while taking a Skill IQ assessment.
Isis uses a multi-conversation feature to keep conversations separate from each other for better organization. Iris can’t use information from one conversation to inform its response in another conversation.
To get started, open Iris by clicking on the navigation menu. Iris automatically starts a new conversation each time you access it from the menu. If you’re already in Iris, click New conversation or click one of the quick start conversations prompts. Each individual conversation is automatically named based on the first few prompts you give Iris. You can see when a conversation was last updated, and past conversations can be sorted by date, either in ascending or descending order.
To keep things organized, you can delete conversations you no longer need—either one at a time or in bulk.
Important: Conversation deletion is permanent and cannot be undone.
To delete a conversation:
- Click the ••• options menu, then click Remove conversations.
- Click the checkbox next to the conversation(s) you want to delete.
- Click Remove conversations. Conversations are deleted immediately.
Using Iris with video courses
Iris can be used with video courses to clarify concepts and give further examples of the topic. Iris can summarize the module you’re watching into key points. Ask Iris to explain a concept in further detail, all while still in the video player.
To use Iris while watching a course, click Iris on the navigation menu, then start the course. Start a new conversation or continue with a previous conversation and ask Iris about the course you’re watching.
In some newer courses, Iris can gather context based on the clip you are watching and use that context in its responses. You can still get similar information from Iris with older courses, but you may need to explain to Iris what you’re watching in more detail.
Creating channels with Iris
Iris can organize content it retrieves into channels without leaving the Iris page. When Iris returns a list of content, you have the option to turn all or part of that list into a channel.
To create a channel using Iris:
- Type a question in the prompt box that will return a list of content.
- Click Add to channel.
- Check the box next to Select all to add all content to the channel.
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Check the boxes next to each piece of content you’d like to add to the channel. - Choose to add the content to an existing channel.
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Type a new channel name and click the + plus icon. - Click Next.
Note: Admins and team managers are given the option to set a new channel’s privacy to either Personal or Company. Learner-created channels are set to Personal by default. For more information about channel settings, see Creating a channel and adding content.
Sending feedback
Note: You can only give detailed feedback when Iris is set to full window. The overlay only allows you to vote a response with a thumbs up or a thumbs down.
Each time Iris gives a response, you can provide feedback about the quality of the response.
To a send feedback about an Iris response:
- Click either the thumbs up or thumbs down icon below the response. This opens a dialog box. Your rating is now recorded. Providing additional details is optional.
- (Optional) Check the box next to the reason(s) for your response.
- (Optional) Write additional information about your response in the text box.
If you want to provide feedback about the experience as a whole, click Provide feedback below the input box. You can leave an overall rating along with additional comments you'd like the Pluralsight team to know about your experience.