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Requesting Access to Cogniti

As of early 2025, Cogniti is in trial and only a small number of courses have been selected for trial. 
It is expected that in the coming months, a request process will be implemented to open the tool up to more courses pending the outcome of the trial.

How to Setup Cogniti in your course

Creating agents

When you get accepted into the Cogniti trial, staff in digital solutions will create agents for you to use that you will see when you login to Cogniti. When an agent is created for you, the agent will have you listed as the owner and it will appear at the top of your page under ‘My Agents’. The steps below will show you how to login to Cogniti and configure your agents.
How to login to Cogniti

1. Go to 
2. Select ‘Log in with Microsoft’
3. If requested, enter your Griffith staff or student email address then your s-number and password.
4. Once logged in, you will be at the Cogniti home page showing a “Welcome to Cogniti” message

How to configure your Cogniti agent

1. After logging into Cogniti, select the ‘Agents’ tab at the top left of the left hand menu
2. Click on the pencil to edit your agent
3. From the edit Agent menu, select Prompts and ensure the current prompt is correct. 
   More information on designing a good system message can be found on the following page:
   
   Example system message:

Upload learning materials

For the Cogniti agent to work, it needs course materials to work from. 
From the Edit Agent menu, select resources to add resources to the agent.

Website import

To import a website

1. Select Resources and Add a web page (publicly-accessible).
2. Enter the website and click on ‘Save agent’.

Manual File Upload

To import a file:

1. Select Resources and Add File.
2. Add a file such as a .pdf and click on ‘Save agent’

Canvas import

To add Canvas resources:

1. Go to Resources and click on Canvas Resource
2. Click on connect to Canvas - On first use of Cogniti, you will need to accept Microsoft permissions for Cogniti and authorise a Canvas token to power Cogniti. This will only happen once and you won’t be asked again.
3. Select the course you want to import from. Note: You will only be able to import content from courses where you are enrolled as a teacher.
4. Select the resources you would like the agent to import and click ‘Save agent’

Embed Agent into your Canvas Course

From Cogniti:

1. While editing your agent in Cogniti, go to the Chat access link
2. Copy the secret link and keep it for later.

From Canvas:

1. Go to your course and edit the page you want to add the Cogniti chatbot to.
2. Click on the button to enable the HTML editor
3. Add the following HTML code and replace the text INSERT YOUR SECRET LINK HERE with the secret URL you saved from the steps above

   <div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 20px;"><iframe style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: none;" src="INSERT YOUR SECRET LINK HERE" loading="lazy"></iframe>If the chatbot fails to launch in your browser <a class="inline_disabled" href="INSERT YOUR SECRET LINK HERE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a>.</div>

   4. Click on save

Note: In the future, Griffith University is expecting to include an integration for Cogniti that will allow you to add a Cogniti chatbot for one of your agents directly into your course via the Canvas RCE (Rich Content Editor)

Other tips

• Cogniti does not work in Chrome’s Incognito mode unless you allow the site to access 3rd party cookies.
• When ingesting lots of files, website or canvas content, the import process can take some time so please be patient and ensure the import completes before chatting to the agent.
• On first login to Cogniti, the user interface and can drop you back to the main menu the first time you try importing content from Canvas. If this happens, simply repeat the process and it will work again the second time.