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Would instructors use Duolingo-style learning paths inside Canvas?
Hi everyone, I’m a developer, and we’ve recently built a tool called NovaTutor.AI that turns course concepts into personalized learning paths for students, similar to the way apps like Duolingo guide learners through topics. Students can work through interactive paths that include: · short video explanations · practice…
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Meet Einstein AI Platform That Allows Students to Connect It to Canvas Account
I am curious whether Canvas will share guidance on AI tools that claim to allow students to connect their Canvas accounts to the AI program. Is Canvas working on ways to block these tools at the Canvas level? I am also concerned because this is a FERPA issue, as the AI program can view other students' names, read students'…
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https://companion.ai/einstein
Has anyone seen this yet: https://companion.ai/einstein Einstein is an AI with a computer. He logs into Canvas every day, watches lectures, reads essays, writes papers, participates in discussions, and submits your homework — automatically.
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AI access to all course content in all programs for ID analysis
I have been experimenting with NotebookLM for some professional and hobby interests and have discovered incredible insights from querying sources with the Gemini chatbox interface. For our ID work in Canvas, we need an AI-powered dashboard similar to NotebookLM where IDs and Directors can query about their assigned courses…
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Concerns and Questions
Hello, As the Canvas admin, I received this from a faculty member. Instructure currently has 2 pages, that together explain some of the AI additions: https://community.instructure.com/en/discussion/610437/ai-nutrition-facts-making-informed-decisions… https://instructure.ai/nutritionfacts/?id=bcealttext I have two specific…
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[Free Webinar] AI-Powered Assessment & Feedback in Canvas Without Disruption
Hi everyone, If you're exploring responsible, evidence-based ways to use AI to support assessment and improve learning outcomes inside Canvas, we’d love to invite you to our upcoming webinar, "AI-Powered Assessment & Feedback in Canvas Without Disruption" on 27 August at 11 AM EDT | 5 PM CET. As institutions face…
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Nutrition Facts and PII
I really appreciate that Instructure is posting "Nutrition Facts" for all of its AI-connected tools. I am wondering, however, about this statement in all of them: When we asked ChatGPT what this means, the response is: * Canvas does not intentionally send structured PII fields (like names, emails, or IDs from the Canvas…
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Can AI support critical thinking?
Some of the newest research is bemoaning the fact that students are losing their critical thinking edge, allowing LLM to do the work for them- essentially offloading anything difficult to an LLM. I'm wondering what others are seeing? I can see it in 2 situations. 1. When students know nothing about the topic and 2. The…
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Choosing a career
How can you advice someone who doesn’t want to be jobless when AI takeover in choosing a career, because most people think AI will replace people in some fields like accounting.
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Balancing the Scales: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Student Writing Assignments
How are you or your institution adapting writing assignments in response to AI? Let's share strategies. As artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, GrammarlyGO, and others become more integrated into students’ daily academic lives, educators are facing a complex and urgent challenge: how do we preserve academic…
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What is the best approach to in cooperation of other open source LLM into canvas
I would like to find out if there is best approach to incorporate other open source LLM into canvas.
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AI Comprehension Tool
We have a faculty member who is interested in an AI tool that does the following: After a student has submitted an assignment online, the tool analyzes the assignment, then generates a quiz based on the submitted assignment. The quiz would be time based so students don’t have the opportunity to use AI to search for the…
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AI, Instructional Design & Pop Culture: Lessons from a Taylor Swift Podcast Project
How can AI help students engage with literature, storytelling, and cultural analysis? That was the challenge I took on while designing Taylor Swift and/as Literature, a course that explored Swift’s songwriting as part of a broader literary tradition. On the Luke Hobson Podcast, Dr. Matt Kinservik (course prof) and I…
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AI
AI should assist in the productivity of software development or it should be ruled out
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Educast3000 Podcasts on AI
If you haven't had a chance to check out the Educast3000 Podcast hosted by me and Melissa Loble, we've had some great guests on discussing the challenges and opportunities with generative AI in education. You can access them wherever you get your favorite podcasts! Spotify -…