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Basics of Using AI for your Classes

Date: Tue, Aug 4, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM - 11:55 AM

Generative AI (like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Perplexity) 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

Please note: This session will not be recorded. If you are unable to attend the session, please see UM Academic Technology's webpage on Artificial Intelligence and our training videos. As always, feel free to schedule a 1:1 consultation or contact us if you have any questions.

AI Plagiarism, Cheating and Academic Integrity

Date: Wed, Aug 5, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

This session is part of our series on Artificial Intelligence.

According to a Missouri Online faculty survey in the Spring of 2023, 98% of UM faculty have concerns about the use of tools such as ChatGPT in assignments and 68% on tests. In this session, we will review different ways AI can be used for plagiarism and cheating, talk about AI text detectors and non-technological ways of looking for AI-generated content, along with the limits of both, strategies for approaching AI cheating with students, and discuss the current UM policies regarding unauthorized use of artificially generated content.

Please note: This session will not be recorded. If you are unable to attend the session, please see UM Academic Technology's webpage on Artificial Intelligence and our training videos. As always, feel free to schedule a 1:1 consultation or contact us if you have any questions.

Basics of Using Media AI for your Classes

Date: Tue, Sep 15, 2026
Time: 09:00 AM - 09:55 AM

The topic of this session is leveraging AI for creating course content. Currently, Canvas does not have an active, integrated AI component, but AI tools such as Chat-GPT, Gemini and Copilot are handy for developing course materials, particularly more rote content such as syllabi and lesson planning. Beyond structural considerations, AI can assist with brainstorming lecture, project and assignment materials. Optimally, AI can enhance your vision for the course without replacing it. Some examples we will look at in this session:

  • Using AI to create a syllabus
  • Using AI to create a lesson plan
  • Using AI to create a rubric (note that a rubric cannot be imported into the Canvas rubric tool; it would need to be copied/pasted in)

We can also use AI for suggestions on assignments and quiz questions. AI is, in the words of Wharton professor and AI researcher Ethan Mollick, a "co-intelligence" that feels like a collaborator but is only reflecting back what you put into it.

Please note: This session will not be recorded. If you are unable to attend the session, please see UM Academic Technology's webpage on Artificial Intelligence and our training videos. As always, feel free to schedule a 1:1 consultation or contact us if you have any questions.

Proctoring Tools: When and how to use them

Date: Tue, Sep 22, 2026
Time: 02:00 PM - 02:55 PM

Join us for an introduction to proctoring solutions supported at UM System: Respondus LockDown Browser and Honorlock. This session is designed to help faculty understand how each tool supports academic integrity in online assessments, including key features, setup basics, and the student testing experience.

We will also explore the growing impact of artificial intelligence on academic integrity, with a focus on emerging AI-enabled test-cheating threats. The session will highlight common risks, such as AI-assisted answer generation and content sharing, and discuss practical countermeasures available to instructors.

Whether you are new to online proctoring or looking to strengthen your current practices, this session offers actionable insights and an opportunity for discussion.

Please note: This session will not be recorded. If you are unable to attend the session, please see our Honorlock knowledgebase materials and overview video. As always, feel free to schedule a 1:1 consultation or contact us if you have any questions.

AI Plagiarism, Cheating and Academic Integrity

Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2026
Time: 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM

This session is part of our series on Artificial Intelligence.

According to a Missouri Online faculty survey in the Spring of 2023, 98% of UM faculty have concerns about the use of tools such as ChatGPT in assignments and 68% on tests. In this session, we will review different ways AI can be used for plagiarism and cheating, talk about AI text detectors and non-technological ways of looking for AI-generated content, along with the limits of both, strategies for approaching AI cheating with students, and discuss the current UM policies regarding unauthorized use of artificially generated content.

Please note: This session will not be recorded. If you are unable to attend the session, please see UM Academic Technology's webpage on Artificial Intelligence and our training videos. As always, feel free to schedule a 1:1 consultation or contact us if you have any questions.

Additional campus AI events pages

Celebration of Teaching 2026

May 20, 2026 In Person

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Featured Session: Activating Critical Thinking Capacities in the Age of AI. Student use of GenAI can offload important thinking and learning across the curricula. Join this interactive presentation where faculty colleagues share approachable methods and classroom activities for stimulating critical thinking. Participants will brainstorm strategies to activate students’ existing critical-thinking muscles in the context of your own course-specific aims. We’ll also explore AI-relevant resources you can use to support student learning and success at a time when it can feel daunting.

Teaching Amid AI Conference

June 10-11, 2026 Online at University of Guelph

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Conference themes will explore the public purpose of the university, sustainable practices in a sustainable world, equity and inclusion in our structures and approaches, human presence in both teaching, learning and assessment, data sovereignty and sovereign systems, and broadening participation in knowledge creation. This year, the University of Guelph is convening this critical conversation on the necessary transformation of our sector. Featuring partners from Western University, McMaster University, University of Toronto, and the University of Windsor this virtual gathering invites you to draft the blueprints for what comes next.

Teaching and Learning with AI Conference

June 11-13, 2026 at University of Central Florida

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Join others from around the country and world for the 4th Annual Teaching and Learning with AI Conference to share best practices and uses of artificial intelligence on teaching and learning in colleges and universities. The Teaching and Learning with AI conference aims to discuss how AI tools continue to evolve and change the way educators instruct students, as well as how students can effectively use these tools in their learning journey. This conference also encourages the use of AI for instruction to prepare students for their future workplace. Attendees will curate conversations around leaning in carefully to properly use AI in their courses as we navigate both practical, sustainable, and ethical concerns.

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