Instructional Design

Learn about Missouri Online’s teaching, design, and technology support services available to you as you embark on your journey as a new instructor in the University of Missouri System. Design Services will provide brief overviews of:

• Course design and creative services
• Supported teaching tools
• Trainings and certifications
• Faculty development programs and resources

Generative AI (like ChatGPT, Bing, and Claude) is changing teaching and learning. In this session, we will try to cover some of the most common areas of concern and answer your questions. Topics covered in this session include:

• University policy regarding AI
• What to include in your syllabus and assignment instructions
• Update on AI text detection
• Suggested tools
• Teaching tips

Plagiarism and cheating with AI is a continuing concern. In this session we:

• Consider different ways AI can be used for plagiarism and cheating
• Talk about the AI text detectors and their deficiencies
• Discuss non-technological ways of looking for AI-generated content
• Strategies for approaching AI cheating with students
• Discuss the current UM policies regarding unauthorized use of artificially generated content.

A commitment to equitable teaching must extend to students with disabilities. In this session, we will discuss why you should not wait until you receive an accommodation request to design a learning experience that is inclusive of students with visual, hearing, motor, and cognitive disabilities. You will have an opportunity to practice identifying and addressing potential accessibility barriers in Word documents, PowerPoint slide decks, and Canvas pages. We will also introduce UDOIT Advantage, a tool for scanning your Canvas site, finding and addressing accessibility barriers, and even providing alternate formats for your course materials.

Join us for an engaging webinar on Practical Applications of AI in Online College Classrooms on August 16 at 10:00 AM, featuring Carla Allen, Radiography Program Director, and Liz du Plessis, Manager of Instructional Design with Missouri Online. This session will explore innovative ways to integrate AI tools into teaching and learning, including the use of Lumen 5 for creating video introductions to learning modules, AI writing support for improving student assignments, and strategies for incorporating AI into lesson planning. Attendees will gain insights into the implications of AI for student engagement, academic integrity, and accessibility, along with practical demonstrations and a Q&A session. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your instructional practices with AI!

Generative AI (like ChatGPT, Bing, and Claude) is changing teaching and learning. In this session, we will try to cover some of the most common areas of concern and answer your questions. Topics covered in this session include:

• University policy regarding AI
• What to include in your syllabus and assignment instructions
• Update on AI text detection
• Suggested tools
• Teaching tips

A commitment to equitable teaching must extend to students with disabilities. In this session, we will discuss why you should not wait until you receive an accommodation request to design a learning experience that is inclusive of students with visual, hearing, motor, and cognitive disabilities. You will have an opportunity to practice identifying and addressing potential accessibility barriers in Word documents, PowerPoint slide decks, and Canvas pages. We will also introduce UDOIT Advantage, a tool for scanning your Canvas site, finding and addressing accessibility barriers, and even providing alternate formats for your course materials.

This session is part of our series on Artificial Intelligence.

• Describe the AI capabilities
• Describe AI prompt patterns
• Craft AI prompts for specific instructional activities based on your course needs
• Articulate what constitutes effective prompts 
• Identify factors to consider when incorporating AI in teaching

Plagiarism and cheating with AI is a continuing concern. In this session we:

• Consider different ways AI can be used for plagiarism and cheating
• Talk about the AI text detectors and their deficiencies
• Discuss non-technological ways of looking for AI-generated content
• Strategies for approaching AI cheating with students
• Discuss the current UM policies regarding unauthorized use of artificially generated content.

Explore the ethical implications of generative AI in use in your courses and work, and how to use it responsibly to comply with FERPA and university policies. This session will include time for discussions and also include examples of prompts that conform to ethical usage.

Specific areas covered are: 

• Generating course materials with AI
• Use of AI images and media in your courses
• For student assignments and grading
• Letters of recommendation
• Scholarly writing

Generative AI’s emergence has engendered various concerns in higher education. Among these is the impact of these tools on the writing assignments traditionally used in our courses. After all, students could ask ChatGPT or another service for output to use in an essay or discussion forum post.However, these concerns may reflect problematic and dated approaches to writing, for best practices in teaching composition may guide our response to generative AI. This presentation will provide a framework of strategies to use in adapting writing assignments to meet this moment. Participants will come to not abandon but rather reinvigorate writing assignments.

Learning Outcomes:

• Discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by generative AI for the use of writing assessments.
• Describe instructional approaches and strategies that could support using writing assessments in the age of AI.
• Develop ideas and plans for how to design and implement writing assessments in the future.

Prompt Writing is a skill that many faculty and students now seek to master. This hands-on session is aimed at faculty who have begun to explore prompt writing and wish to progress to a higher level. The prompt writing techniques that this session will cover are:

• Create a basic prompt, then use the AI itself to refine and optimize the prompt to get better results with that AI
• Create and refine prompts for/from images or other media
• Create prompt templates for common tasks a faculty member might have
• Create or modify prompt templates for student use with AI, including for advanced interactions between students and AI

This is a hands-on session, and we request that participants have an AI tool open in a browser or app on a mobile device to try out prompts. 
 

This session is part of our series on Artificial Intelligence.

• Describe the AI capabilities
• Describe AI prompt patterns
• Craft AI prompts for specific instructional activities based on your course needs
• Articulate what constitutes effective prompts 
• Identify factors to consider when incorporating AI in teaching

Prompt Writing is a skill that many faculty and students now seek to master. This hands-on session is aimed at faculty who have begun to explore prompt writing and wish to progress to a higher level. The prompt writing techniques that this session will cover are:

• Create a basic prompt, then use the AI itself to refine and optimize the prompt to get better results with that AI
• Create and refine prompts for/from images or other media
• Create prompt templates for common tasks a faculty member might have
• Create or modify prompt templates for student use with AI, including for advanced interactions between students and AI

This is a hands-on session, and we request that participants have an AI tool open in a browser or app on a mobile device to try out prompts.