AI Resources and Tools

This course policy, while long, provides an excellent overview of WHY this professor doesn't want students to use AI in her course. I would recommend perusing this if you are considering a similar stance.

Updated 9.13.2024. The AI Assessment Scale was created as a framework to help you provide guidance to your students on when, where, and how students can use AI in your course assessments.

This resource was created after a comprehensive analysis of AI policies in higher education and serves as a template/starting place for your own course policies.

Added 9.11.2024. This article provides yet another framework that may be helpful for you as you consider how to guide students in acceptable AI usage for your course.

This resource was created to allow instructors to share with and help one another as they develop individual course policies for the use of Generative AI.

Added 12.16.2024. Some of the details about what ChatGPT can and can't do are now dated in this article, but the core ideas about using annotation to emphasize the process of learning (and to make that process more visible) hold up very well more than a year later.

12.10.2024. This blog post provides some thoughts on ways that AI can be used as a conversation starter for students who are feeling unstuck, without offloading the cognitive work required.

Added 10.30.2024. This article outlines and offers a template for guiding student reflection on AI use and evaluating how it may have impacted their learning. "This approach may be key in establishing the badly needed AI literacy that your students will need in years ahead, while also preserving the irreplaceable value of human-centered education" (Watkins).

Added 10.28.2024. "The pilot implementation of the AIAS at BUV demonstrates a pragmatic approach to integrating GenAI into
assessment strategies within an HE context in an ethical, transparent, and effective manner. The AIAS framework
offers a structured yet flexible approach that can adapt to the diverse needs of different disciplines and assessment
types, providing clear guidelines for both students and educators regarding the appropriate use of GenAI tools. The
positive outcomes observed in BUV, including a decrease in academic misconduct and improved student engagement
and performance, suggest that when GenAI is used within well-defined ethical parameters, it can significantly enhance
educational experiences and outcomes."

Updated 10.2.2024. This table, created by Oregon State University, provides a reference for evaluating and updating assessments as you review them in light of GenAI.

This example activity utilizes NotebookLM's podcast feature to get students "reading, reflecting, and analyzing what they read."

Added 9.27.2024. This articles proposes adjusting course design to focus on a "why" pedagogy to turn students into "builders of new knowledge through creative problem solving." The author suggests various assignments as well.

From the metaLAB at Harvard, the AI Pedagogy Project brings together an assortment of resources to support educators who are curious about AI and how to bring it into their classrooms.

This article outlines how you can use generative AI to create role-play scenarios for your class to help your students learn in a low-stakes environment.

This free guide from Turnitin provides some thoughts on minimizing risk and maximizing success with student use of AI in writing.

Added 9.23.2024. This chart provides a quick glimpse at AI tools that can be used to provide accessibility support.

Added 9.23.024. This document outlines readily-available, free AI-supported tools that can be used as a complement to specialized assistive technologies.

9.10.2024. This article provides a rich overview of ways in which AI tools can be used to support students with disabilities.

Added 9.6.2024. This article offers three areas in which AI can be leveraged to help make courses more accessible and inclusive, including examples from real educators.

This AI tool, created by ASU, can be used to enhance the accessibility of your course images by generating rich, alt text.