Academic Technology Solutions Blog
AI in Canvas: Giving You the Facts
The recent decision by Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, to partner with OpenAI and integrate AI into Canvas has sparked confusion and uncertainty among Canvas users, including faculty and instructors who are unsure what this change means for their teaching....
Promote AI-Discerning Students in the New Academic Year, Pt 4: Demystifying Experiences to Mitigate AI
"...AI mirrors amplify and normalize our biases, reinforce our most polarizing opinions and most aggressive stances, and boost the visibility of our most uninformed "hot takes:' In doing so they reflect back to us images of human civic agency so distorted in their...
Ed Discussion Now Supports an AI Chatbot
With the new optional Bots++ feature, you can now add an AI-powered chatbot to your course in Ed Discussion. This bot can be customized to your specific course materials and approach, helping streamline communication and assistance to your students. The bot currently...