Generative AI is here to stay and will transform many forms of work for us and for our students in their future careers. Although we all may have varying concerns, fears, trepidation, or enthusiasm about its potential impacts, we also have the power to harness these technologies to benefit ourselves and our students and to help guide them to use these tools critically in ways that are ethical and effective.

These technologies are challenging instructors to rethink their course learning outcomes and how they can best be achieved in their assignments given the availability of generative AI technology. Every discipline and instructor can and should approach this in a different way! Below are some ideas about ensuring that students are still learning what they need to and taking your use of AI to the next level in order to creatively engage students and even make your job as an instructor a little easier.

Strategies to Create "AI-Resistant" Assessments and Assignments

How to make your assessment more AI-proof
Teaching Actual Student Writing in an AI World
Alternative Authentic Assessment Methods
Course and Assignment (re)Design from University of Michigan

Innovative Teaching Practices that Incorporate Generative AI

Here are a few guides that have been developed by district colleges and faculty at other community colleges and universities.

AI Tools to Improve Your Efficiency as an Instructor

Some instructors talk about generative AI as the TA they always wanted. It can help you to brainstorm assignments and activities, generate discussion topics, write exam questions, provide detailed and individualized feedback, create rubrics, and more.

ChatGPT for Canvas Teachers: create lesson plans, quizzes, activities, assignments, rubrics and more!
Harmonize: this Canvas plug-in enables you to generate new discussion topics with AI and has some great features that the Canvas discussions lack (like multiple due dates)
7 AI Tools that help professors work more efficiently