We are committed to recommending only resources that we evaluated for quality, appropriateness, and equitability. Feel free to send us suggestions. Download a calendar file if you want it on your calendar. Contact Sasha at least a week in advance if you need an accomodation.

The fundamentals

The Fundamentals

• • AI News Social by Dr. Diego Bonilla
  • AI Literacy Libguide
    
  • Sasha Sidorkin's Blog AI in Society and his book Embracing Chatbots in Higher EducationThe Use of Artificial Intelligence in Teaching, Administration, and Scholarship
    • Listen to an AI-generated podcast about the book
  • The basics of a rich prompt
  • What is WrAIting?
  • Writing with AI
  • GPT and Me, An Honest Reevaluation, by Dr. Bryan Sanders

Policy recommendations

Policy Recommendations

(Not endorsed by Sacramento State)

• Recommended campus-wide AI use policy
• Recommended syllabus statement on the use of AI
• AI Implementation Advisory
• The Three Wave AI Implementation Strategy

AI in Instruction

Short guides for AI applications in instruction

• The Lazy Prompt Test (check if your assignments cheating-resistant)
• Teaching students how to use AI as a tutor
• Cheating-resistant course workshop: Presentation and Summary

• Cheating-resistant assignment
• Sample cheating-resistant evaluation rubric
• Using AI to provide feedback on teaching (2.5 minutes video clip)
• Writing assignment with AI (WAWA Model)
• Grading with AI
• Course development
• AI Competency Development Scale
• Practical use of AI in instruction
• Writing Letters of Recommendation
• AI-infused assignments
• Cognitive Spillover Effects of Prompting

For students

Resources for students

• Five ways a student can use AI without anyone's permission, and one way they should ask their instructor about
• College and Career with AI course
• How to write an academic paper with AI

Administration and Research

Administrative tasks and Research

• Business writing
• Grant Writing with AI
  • Also listen to podcast
• Jim Geman's demo on large data analysis with AI

Training for Faculty and Staff

AI Fridays with Sasha

All sessions are on Zoom at 12 noon. Topics are tentative, feel free to suggest something else. Contact Sasha at least a week before the session if you need accomodations. Download iCalendar file.

• Jan 31. Course policies for AI use
• Feb 7. AI tutoring, with or without custom bots
• Feb 14. Time saving tips
• Feb 21. Quantitative data analysis CANCELLED. All AI training activities for faculty and staff are suspended immediately per directive from the Office of Faculty Affairs. This suspension remains in effect pending resolution of a union grievance. Please direct any questions regarding this matter to OFA.

Pilot Custom Bots

Custom bots are potentially a revolutionary technology that allows for training AI on specific data. They can be used for compliance, advising, or course-specific tutoring. These are demonstration projects developed by NIAIS and Sacramento State staff and faculty.

Our bots

• AI Skills Self-Test asks you to complete a task, and evaluates your skill level on the AI Competency Development Scale.
• AI Implementation Advisory gives strategic and practical advice to those who would like to implement AI in their organization.
• Course tutor for Spring 20025 "College and Career with AI" course.
• Better Call Sasha is an interactive AI-powered adviser or mentor for higher education faculty and leaders.
• AI Curriculum Converter is a prototype bot that helps to convert course assignments or evaluation rubrics into an AI-required (Cheating-resistant) equivalents. Requires a free ChatGPT account to access.
• Sac State Catalog Navigator helps students navigate the Catalog and translate its content into the regular language.
• Teaching Credentials is a prototype guide to applying to one of our teaching credential programs. The information is not official, for demosntration purposes only.
• The Artsy Bot will generate better images, and you will learn something about art history.
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Advising Bot, is a pre-adviser for the major, developed by Dr. Moghadam
• College of Business Policy Navigator, developed by Dr. Ashtari.
• College of Business Office of Student Affairs Bot, developed by Jeff Bingel.
• College of Business MBA and IMBA Admissions Assistant, developed by Pooria Assadi.

AI Tools

AI Tools on Campus

Sac State employees: To request purchase University-approved tools, visit IRT site on AI tools. To request purchase any other tools, complete the Experimental AI Tool Request form. Once you hear from NIAIS, you can submit ICT Approval form. If approved, your department or unit will ourchase the service directly with a PCard. Ask for funding before applying.

Approved tools

1. Microsoft Co-Pilot
   • The university encourages the use of both free and licensed versions of Co-Pilot primarily because of its promise of more secure data handling.
   • The paid version is integrated with Office 365.
2. ChatGPT
   • ChatGPT EDU will soon be available to all students and employees at no cost via the Chancellor's office partnership with OpenAI.

Other tools

1. Claude.ai is one of the main competitors for ChatGPT the free version allows for file uploads and it takes in much larger input. Best for transcript and other qualitative data analysis and working with large texts. The paid version is $19/month; the only difference from the free version is allowing for more inquiries.
2. Perplexity.ai is a new generation AI search engine; beats Google on most tasks. Start with the free version.
3. Chatbase.co is a custom bot host. You can train and launch your own customized bot for advising, compliance, tutoring, or other purposes. You must have documents and/or websites to upload for training. All materials must already be public. See Pricing information.
4. Scite.ai is a sophisticated research assistant with access to many scholarly publications
5. Grok is another competitotors; it is very fast. The latest paid verion performs on par or better than ChatGPT. Created by X team.

Rules of engagement

With all AI tools, free or paid, exercise caution:

• Do not input any personally identifiable information.
• Opt out of providing the use data for model training.
• Delete logs, if content of your conversation is sensitive
• Do not trust everything a bot is saying. Double check facts, numbers, and references. Include a disclaimer into the initial conversation warning the user that the information provided may or may not be accurate.
• While providing an AI-powered tool, also point out a way of contacting a human faculty or staff member. Include a disclaimer that information provided is not official.