For this Spring 2025 Faculty Showcase on AI in Teaching, Tina Austin, Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, presents an approach to selecting AI tools and tasks that align with STEM course learning objectives and deepen student engagement with content. Keywords: AI, artificial intelligence.
For this Spring 2025 Faculty Showcase on AI in Teaching, Andrew De Silva, Dornsife College of Arts, Letters and Sciences, shares insight on comparing human- and AI-produced writing using a sample essay prompt from the Dornsife Writing Program. Keywords: AI, artificial intelligence
In this Spring 2025 Faculty Showcase on AI in Teaching, Jane Lah and Neha Rao, USC Libraries, provide an overview of a student-facing mini-course, “AI: Mindful Applications,” designed to provide undergraduate students with a self-paced tutorial on informed and ethical use of generative AI in writing and research. Keywords: AI, artificial intelligence
For this Spring 2025 Faculty Showcase on AI in Teaching, Minh Trinh, Price School of Public Policy, presents the “AI 101” infographic she designed to provide faculty at Price with practical strategies for choosing AI tools, creating prompts, developing policies, and mitigating unauthorized use. Keywords: AI, artificial intelligence
This resource provides guidance for incorporating community building activities into a course to foster belonging, increase engagement, and build collaboration and communication skills. It includes strategies and considerations for using community building activities as well as sample activities categorized by purpose. Keywords: community building, icebreakers, belonging, inclusion, collaboration, group work.
In this Faculty Showcase on Brightspace from November 2024, Julianna Kirschner discusses setting up Brightspace group assignments and discusses the managing evaluators tool for grading in classes with TAs.
In this Faculty Showcase on Brightspace from November 2024 Jennifer Bankard compares and assesses the effectiveness of Brightspace quizzes versus assignments regarding open-ended homework questions or projects.
In this Faculty Showcase on Brightspace from November 2024, Jody Tolan of Marshall School of Business discusses lessons learned in administering Brightspace exams and identifying student readiness for Respondus.
In this Faculty Showcase on Brightspace from November 2024, Rita Barakat from Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences demonstrates how to integrate Google Suite to organize one’s course and engage students in the learning process by sharing resources and communicating effectively.
In this Faculty Showcase on Brightspace from November 2024, Guilan Siassi from Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences shares various multimedia tools and workflow management features on Brightspace to engage and empower students in the learning process.
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