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To make an explainer video with AI, write a prompt for the video direction and script in a text node in Picsart Flow, connect a video node to it, and press Run. The connected text node gives the video its direction, so the video node needs no prompt of its own.
For educators, the same canvas keeps going after the AI explainer video is done. The script can feed homework questions, a printable worksheet, or a set of question-and-answer flashcards, all for any grade and any topic. That makes Flow one of the more practical AI tools for educators who want illustrated, animated lesson content without spending hours on it.
This guide follows the two lessons from the video below, a Pythagorean theorem explainer for middle school math and a documentary-style Marie Antoinette explainer for history, plus a third biology lesson that ships in the same workflow.
How to make an explainer video in Picsart Flow
Every lesson in the workflow follows the same five steps: a text node writes the script, and a connected video node turns it into the explainer.
How to make an explainer video in Picsart Flow in 5 steps
1. Open a new workflow
From the Picsart homepage, click Flow in the left sidebar to reach the Flow homepage. Click New workflow, and a blank workspace opens with a few options of where to start. Nodes are the main interface in Flow. Each node connects images, video or text with prompts to generate new assets.
2. Add a text node for the script
Right-click on the canvas and select a text node. This node writes the video direction and script for the lesson.
3. Choose a language model and run
At the bottom of the text node, select a large language model. The video uses Claude Fable 5. Press Run, and in moments the node returns the explainer video outline.
4. Connect a video node
On the right side of the text node, click the plus sign, drag, release, and select Video. This creates a new video node connected to the text node. Connections between nodes are what let a new node reference an existing one, so this link is what turns the outline into a video.
5. Adjust the settings and run
Adjust the video node settings. There is no need to type a prompt, because the connected text node already gives Flow the overall direction for the video. Press Run.
Bring the Pythagorean theorem to life, then hand out the homework
The first lesson is for middle school math. The class has just been introduced to the Pythagorean theorem, and a quick explainer video supplements the instruction and helps young students retain the concept.
From one script to a 30-second video
A text node writes the video direction and script for a 30-second Pythagorean theorem explainer. The connected video node uses Seedance 2.5 at a 16:9 aspect ratio. The result is a quick summary of the day’s lesson, made to stick with students.
Homework questions pulled from the script
From the script node, create a new connected text node for homework questions. Flow returns grade-level homework questions based on the text.
A worksheet ready to hand out
Connect an image node to the homework questions node and choose an image model. This node turns the questions into a worksheet. Press Run, and the lesson now has a set of educational material to go with the video.
Tell Marie Antoinette’s story as a mini documentary
The second example is a history lesson on important figures of the French Revolution, including Marie Antoinette.
Script it like a documentary
Create a text node, choose an LLM, and press Run. This node writes the video direction and script for a 30-second documentary-style explainer on Marie Antoinette.
Watch history play out on screen
With the video direction ready, connect a video node, adjust the settings and hit Run. The result is a documentary-style explainer video on Marie Antoinette.
Turn the lesson into flashcard content
Create a new connected text node for the flashcard content.
In moments, the flashcard content is ready to be turned into real flashcards.
Print-and-cut question cards
Make a new connected image node and choose an image model. This node designs the question cards, sized to print and cut. Then run it.
Answer cards that match the set
In a new image node, connect both the questions node and the text node. This node designs the answer cards.
Connecting the questions node lets the answers node reference its layout and illustrations, so the answers can follow the same style.
Take students inside a cell
The workflow also includes a third lesson, built the same way for biology. It is not covered in the video, but every node is already in place on the canvas.
A script for the world inside a cell
A text node holds the video direction and script for a lesson on cells. Choose an LLM and press Run.
The “Inside the Cell” video
A video node connected to the script turns it into an explainer video titled “Inside the Cell”. As with the other lessons, the video node needs no prompt of its own.
Flashcards to review what they saw
A second text node, connected to the script, writes the flashcard content. An image node connected to it designs the question cards. A final image node, connected to both the question cards and the flashcard text, designs the matching answer cards.
What one canvas covers for a lesson
Across the three lessons, one workflow produces every piece of the lesson kit:
- An explainer video: a 30-second illustrated math explainer, a documentary-style history explainer and an “Inside the Cell” biology explainer, each generated from a script.
- Homework questions: grade-level questions drawn from the script.
- A worksheet: an image node that lays the questions out for middle schoolers.
- Printable flashcards: a question set and a matching answer set for history and for biology.
Used this way, Flow works as an AI explainer video generator and a lesson-material builder in the same place, for any grade and any topic.
Both lessons from the video follow the same habits, and they carry over to any subject.
Both lessons write for middle schoolers, which keeps the language and pacing at the right level. Each explainer runs 30 seconds, enough for one idea to stick without losing the class. The math video sits on a single background and the history video keeps one documentary look from start to finish. Leave the video node prompt empty. The connected text node already gives it the direction. A node can only reference what it is connected to, so homework, worksheets and flashcards need a line back to the script. That extra connection is what lets the answers follow the questions' layout and illustrations. Yes. In Picsart Flow, a text node writes the video direction and script from a topic prompt, and a connected video node turns that script into the video. The video node does not need a prompt.Tips for better AI explainer videos
Name the grade in the script node
Keep the video short
Give every lesson one visual style
Let the script drive the video
Connect nodes before you run them
Link the answer cards to the question cards
Get answers to common questions
Start your first lesson explainer
Open the explainer video workflow, start from the math, history or biology build, swap in your own topic and grade, and run the script, the video and the take-home materials from one canvas.
