So, you have run Ally and need to improve your accessibility score. One easy way is to get rid of old files that are cluttering up your modules and folders. If you import your course from previous semesters and just keep adding new files without cleaning up old ones, lots of old files full of… Read more »
Quick Tip: Getting Better Responses from Copilot through Examples
Now that you are transparent about how you would like students to use generative AI in your class, you’ve moved on to teaching them AI literacy. Along with demonstrating for them how generative AI likes to hallucinate, you’re teaching them the 21st century skill of prompt engineering. But something goes wrong! You diligently use our… Read more »
Improve Your Accessibility Score Using TidyUP
Time for spring cleaning! Prep now and make importing your courses in the fall easier. One way to clean up your Canvas site is to use TidyUP, which will also improve your accessibility score! TidyUP gets rid of old files that are cluttering up your modules and folders (many of which may not be accessible… Read more »
Transparent Teaching with AI: Enhancing Metacognition
Are your assignments transparent about how you would like students to use generative AI? Transparency is a highly research-supported teaching and learning concept that demonstrates that explaining why you do what you do in the classroom improves learning outcomes and increases equity. (To use AI to ease the burden of the labor of making the… Read more »
Generative AI in the Classroom: Critical Thinking through AI (Primer Part 8)
I did a consultation recently where an instructor asked me some great questions about how to implement using generative AI in the classroom, so I thought I would share some of the key points of that discussion here: There’s a lot of hype about what AI can and cannot do flying around the interwebs, and… Read more »
Transparent Teaching with AI
Transparency is a highly research-supported teaching and learning concept that demonstrates that explaining your reasons for why you do what you do in the classroom supports student learning. Theoretically, all of your assignments could benefit from the TILT framework to make the purpose and directions for your assignments more transparent. But that sounds like a… Read more »