Spring 2026 General Offerings
GenAI Faculty Resources Canvas Site
Prepares you to apply generative AI (gAI) technology efficiently, effectively, and ethically to level up learning in the classes you teach. Online and asynchronous.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Articulate and differentiate how language-based and image-based generative AI tools actually work.
- Describe an action plan for ensuring student awareness of bias, privacy, and other ethical concerns inherent in using generative AI tools.
- Construct a syllabus statement on using generative AI tools appropriate to at least one of your courses.
- Understand the variety of popular generative AI options and selectively build a tailored toolkit appropriate to your academic work.
- Iteratively refine prompt results leading to effective querying of generative AI.
Once you have completed the SDSU microcredential, upload the course completion certificate to this
form
to count toward the AI Learning Trailblazer certificate program.
Authentic (and Potentially Publishable!) Writing Assignments I: Designing the Task
Facilitated by Alison Marzocchi
Through this asynchronous, Canvas-based workshop, faculty will learn about designing authentic writing assignments for students that mimic particular writing tasks for your discipline. The workshop will coach faculty on choosing an authentic, discipline-specific writing task and consulting real samples to build a rubric. Stay tuned for Part 2 which focuses on scaffolding student success on your assignments.
Critical Thinking with AI: A Few Strategies
Facilitated by Leslie Bruce
This asynchronous WAC LIAISONS workshop will introduce recent research on critical thinking and AI use, then explore a few generalizable ideas for using student-LLM interactions to strengthen students' critical thinking skills as they increase their subject mastery.
Using Writing to Learn in Any Class
Facilitated by Alison Marzocchi
Through this asynchronous, Canvas-based workshop, faculty will learn about Writing to Learn (WTL) activities. WTL activities typically include quick, informal, low-stakes writing tasks in which students consolidate their learning of a course’s content. Adding WTL activities to a class can improve student learning and writing, enrich class discussion, and allow faculty to quickly assess even large classes’ understanding of core concepts. Come to this workshop to learn five effective WTL activities all instructors can apply in their classes.
Engaging AI Critically with Your Students
Facilitated by Leslie Bruce
Take this asynchronous workshop at your own pace. Learn some of the promises and perils of AI chatbots, explore ways to support critical thinking about AI in class, and draft your own in-class AI-infused activity for feedback.
Adapting Major Assignments to Reduce AI Overreliance
Facilitated by Leslie Bruce
Attempts to evade and detect generative AI use in coursework are never foolproof. To ensure student learning, we can adapt our assignments to better engage students. Focusing on longer assignments and projects, this asynchronous workshop introduces several strategies for reducing AI use in your favorite major assignments.
NEW! Reducing Faculty Workloads with ChatGPT EDU's "Custom GPT" Feature
Facilitated by Leslie Bruce
This one-hour, asynchronous workshop will show faculty how to reduce their workloads using "Custom GPTs" in ChatGPT EDU. ChatGPT EDU, the tool provided to all CSU faculty and students, is easily accessible and can help faculty speed repetitive processes in their teaching and service workflows.
Reduce Grading Time with Formative Feedback Strategies
Facilitated by Alison Marzocchi
Through this asynchronous, Canvas-based workshop, faculty will learn research-based strategies for how to provide formative feedback on student writing. Formative feedback is more efficient and effective. Students benefit from actionable and manageable feedback to improve, while faculty benefit from higher-quality student writing and reduced grading time. Come to this workshop to learn strategies for providing formative feedback.
NEW! Faculty Writing They Don’t Teach You in Grad School
Facilitated by Alison Marzocchi
Through this asynchronous, Canvas-based workshop, faculty will learn tips for different genres of faculty writing that are not typically taught. In graduate school, we all learned how to write a research paper, but what about recommendation letters or challenging emails? How do you self-promote on grants or award nominations? Faculty will be provided with tips for writing outside of our typical research paper genre.
AI LinkedIn Learning Pathways (Online and Asynchronous)
New to LinkedIn? Read this
article on how to access LinkedIn Learning
with your CSUF username.
Explore the fundamentals of generative AI, its applications, and the ethical considerations surrounding bias in this 2.5-hour LinkedIn video series designed for staff and faculty. (2.5-hour certificate credit)
Advance your skills in generative AI with this intermediate 3-hour LinkedIn video series, designed for staff and faculty to enhance aptitude, communication, and critical thinking with AI. (3-hour certificate credit)
