Creating a custom board with Padlet AI

How to create a custom board with AI in Padlet

Padlet's generative AI feature scaffolds board creation by automatically assembling content, layout structures, and media based on a targeted prompt. Designing boards this way reduces the friction of starting from a blank canvas, enabling educators and students to rapidly prototype interactive maps, research compilations, or activity prompts. Participants produce a fully populated collaborative board that can be customised, expanded, and critically audited for factual accuracy before deploying it in peer or classroom settings.

1. 00:06 Open the board creation menu. From your Padlet dashboard, click 'Make a padlet'.
2. 00:09 Select the custom AI board recipe. Under 'AI recipes', click 'Custom board'.
3. 00:13 Define your role and board topic. In the 'Custom board' side panel, enter your role and intended board content into the prompt fields:
   • 'I am a...': tourist
   • 'I want to create...': a map of top tourist destinations in Rome
4. 00:23 Generate the board. Click 'Create' and wait for the board to build.
5. 00:29 Review and verify board contents. Inspect generated markers and sections on the board. Click individual posts to edit text, change attached media, or add new items, verifying all generated information prior to use.

💡Pro tip: once your board is generated, use PI (Padlet Intelligence) to further refine your ideas.

Example starting prompt template

Create a Padlet board for a [course/subject, e.g. first-year Psychology]
activity titled “[activity title]”.

Purpose: Students will [learning goal, e.g. share and compare examples of
cognitive biases they’ve seen in everyday life].

Audience: [number] [undergraduate/postgraduate] students, [individually /
in groups of X].

Layout: [Wall / Grid / Columns / Timeline / Map / Canvas]. Use sections
titled: [Section 1], [Section 2], [Section 3].

Starter posts: Add a short instruction post at the top explaining the task,
plus one example post showing what a good contribution looks like.

Student contributions should include: [e.g. a short written response, an
image, a link, a reflection on the reading].

Tone and style: [Friendly and clear / formal / playful]. Keep instructions
brief and accessible.

Related skills

• Use simple prompts — Uses structured role and topic text prompts to direct Padlet's AI in generating a populated board.
• Brainstorm ideas and generate drafts — Rapidly drafts interactive boards containing pins, descriptions, and media to kickstart project work.
• Apply human judgement to validate AI outputs — Requires evaluating and fact-checking AI-generated pins and summaries before using them.

Software used in this activity