Dear Faculty, we prepared this page to provide resources that would be helpful for your online teaching experiences. We grouped all the resources under different categories.
Please click on the links below to have access to some documents, webinar recordings, training calendar, and much more for an effective online teaching experience.
- Canvas Faculty Resources
- Spring 2023 LTI Guidebook
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Open Educational Resources
- Calendar for Webinars & Training
- Meet the DE Team
- FAQ
- Zoom Information - Storage Deletion Schedule
Faculty and AI
AI is here to stay. Now what?
AI is here to stay and has been here for a long time already. There is also a quick video that summarizes the history if you prefer videos. The Wall Street Journal also has a video specific to ChatGPT. That said, as faculty, you still get to establish classroom policies that reflect your student learning outcomes. You should provide guidance on AI use to your students in your syllabus and on day one of class.
AI Policies
Can students use AI in your classroom? Depending on the answer, you should include that information in your syllabus as you do any other policy. For many, AI use may be considered plagiarism. You should already have clear and supportive policies outlined in your syllabus on plagiarism. Review Peralta’s policies to update your own. Specifically, review section A.8, which addresses plagiarism. Let students know if you consider using AI as falling into this category. San Diego Mesa College Library has a good example of a plagiarism statement. Peralta is currently developing an administrative policy on AI use.
Classrooms Forever Changed
There are clearly very nefarious uses of AI. However, you can decide if it is all bad or only bad in certain circumstances. You may want to try using AI to show your students how it can be helpful and how it can go very wrong. City College has an excellent web source from its DE Coordinators.
Syllabus Language on AI Use
A clear way to guide students on AI use, or not, in your classroom is by using the AI Assessment Scale. Use this scale in your syllabus and on assignments to clearly instruct students on when AI is appropriate.
Want to try using AI yourself? You can use this playlab chatbot to develop syllabus language. Is this cheating? You decide.
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This Excel spreadsheet has AI Policies from multiple countrywide institutions and subjects.
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Share the Student Guide to AI Literacy with your students.
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Syllabus language template for AI usage: PDF | Word Document
Ideas On How To Use AI Productively
- Citing Generative AI In MLA Style
- Examples of how to cite in APA Style.
- NPR has an interesting take on ChatGPT and allowing students to use it freely.
- An opinion piece from The LA Times on use in the classroom.
- Educate yourself on how ChatGPT works when students ask it to write long papers.
- What To Do About ChatGPT: Next Steps For Educators (from San Diego Miramar College)
- The Future Trends Forum has a video on what this all means for Higher Ed.
- Listen to this HigherEdTech Podcast with a writing professor from Irvine College
- City College of SF also has a video on ChatGPT and its uses.
- An article out of Virginia on how community colleges can leverage AI.
- The League for Innovation in Community Colleges has a webinar on how to take advantage of ChatGPT.
- CalMatters article on how a DVC Film instructor used ChatGPT
