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What is Generative AI?
GenAI or Generative AI is a kind of artificial intelligence tool or model that can produce new and original outputs in different media, such as text, images, video, audio, code, or other formats, based on a query or prompt. GenAI tools do this by learning from millions of online data samples and setting rules for how the tool should react when prompted.
GenAI can be used to make outputs that imitate human creation with varying levels of success. ChatGPT is a famous example of GenAI and is a complex chatbot that has been trained on a huge amount of text data to understand the patterns and structures of human language.
ChatGPT
•Efficient Information Access: ChatGPT provides an intuitive interface for IECC faculty and staff to easily engage in chat-based queries, enabling quick access to relevant information, assistance, and expertise. This enhances productivity by swiftly addressing inquiries and eliminating the need for extensive searches or waiting for responses.
•Enhanced Teaching and Collaboration: Leveraging ChatGPT, IECC faculty can access insights, ideas, and perspectives that enrich their teaching strategies and course content. Moreover, staff members can use ChatGPT to collaborate on various projects, brainstorm ideas, and receive suggestions, fostering a more dynamic and innovative work environment.
Adobe Express
•Enhanced Content Creation: Adobe Express's AI-powered image generation feature can significantly expedite the creation of compelling visuals for various purposes. Faculty and staff can utilize this capability to produce customized slide backgrounds, graphics for Canvas content, and engaging visuals for presentations. The AI's ability to generate images quickly and efficiently can save time and enable educators to focus more on delivering impactful content.
•Streamlined Communication and Presentation: With Adobe Express's capacity to create presentations and quick graphics, IECC faculty and staff can streamline their communication and presentation efforts. Whether it's for staff meetings, workshops, or academic presentations, the tool's user-friendly interface and AI-powered assistance can help design polished and professional materials. This contributes to clearer communication and enhances the overall quality of educational materials, fostering a more engaging learning environment.
Microsoft Copilot
Copilot is a chatbot platform that can help you create engaging and personalized content for your courses. You can use Copilot to:
•Prompt your students with questions, activities, assignments, projects, etc. that challenge and inspire them.
•Generate creative and innovative content for your courses, such as poems, stories, code, essays, songs, etc. using generative AI technologies.
•Improve and optimize your course content by removing jargon, simplifying language, adding examples, etc.
Promoting Proficiency in Academic Prompting
With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), it's crucial to cultivate effective prompt literacy. Understanding AI's potential and limitations, while mastering the art of crafting precise prompts, empowers us to integrate AI into education and work.
To learn more about Academic Prompting, please click here
Generative AI Guidance
Generative AI is a fascinating and powerful technology that can create new and original content in various forms, such as text, images, video, audio, code, etc. However, using generative AI also comes with some challenges and responsibilities. That’s why we have created this generative AI guidance page to help you learn more about this technology and how to use it wisely and ethically.
On this page, you will find free resources, such as articles, programs, etc. that will introduce you to the basics of generative AI, its applications, its limitations, and its implications. You will also find questions to ask before using generative AI. Moreover, you will find basic ethical concepts that will guide you to use generative AI in a respectful and responsible manner.
To view the Generative AI Guidance page, please click here
To read a resource article about academic integrity and AI, please click here