Setup

1. Log in as admin
2. Go to Site admin -> General -> AI -> AI providers
3. Create an AI instance with either of the available providers. Reach out if you need credentials or install the DummyAI plugin, which doesn't need credentials (for Moodle 4.5 the MOODLE_405_STABLE branch should be used):

   git clone https://github.com/moodlemobile/moodle-aiprovider_dummyai

4. Enable the new provider instance.
5. Go to Site admin -> General -> AI -> AI placements
6. Enable both 'Course assistance placement' and 'Text editor placement'
7. Ensure all actions are enabled: Explain text, Summarise text, Generate text, Generate image
8. Have a screen reader of some sort available for testing

Test - Explain text and Summarise text

1. Log in as admin
2. Create a course
3. Create a 'Page' activity
4. In the 'Page content' field, enter in a paragraph of any text
5. Click 'Save and display'
6. Turn on your screen reader
7. In your browser's 'Network' tab, enable throttling (slow the connection)
8. Using the 'AI features' dropdown, choose 'Explain'
9. CONFIRM that you hear the following:
   • 'Generating your response'
   • 'Cancel'
   • The actual read out response of the explain action
10. Using the 'AI features' dropdown, choose 'Summarise'
11. CONFIRM that you hear the following:
    • 'Generating your response'
    • 'Cancel'
    • The actual read out response of the summarise action
12. Turn off throttling
13. Go back to Site admin -> General -> AI -> AI providers
14. Edit the provider and alter the API key (we want it to fail)
15. Go back to the page resource
16. Using the 'AI features' dropdown, choose 'Explain'
17. CONFIRM that you hear the following:
    • 'Something went wrong'
    • 'Try again'

Test -  Generate text and Generate image

1. Log in as admin
2. Ensure the API key for the AI provider is correct (reset from last test)
3. Go to your edit profile page and locate the text editor
4. Choose 'AI generate text' from the AI dropdown
5. Type in anything you want to generate a response
6. Turn on your screen reader
7. Click on 'Generate text'
8. CONFIRM that you hear the following:
   • The actual read out response of the generate text action
9. Click on 'Cancel'
10. Choose 'AI generate image' from the AI dropdown
11. Type in anything you want to generate a response
12. Click on 'Generate image'
13. CONFIRM that you hear the following:
    • The prompt text you typed in
14. Go back to Site admin -> General -> AI -> AI providers
15. Edit the provider and alter the API key (we want it to fail)
16. Go back and generate some text again
17. CONFIRM that you hear the following:
    • 'Something went wrong'
    • 'Try again later'

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