Artificial intelligence has been in our everyday lives for some time. Think of Amazon's Alexa and Apple's Siri voice assistants. They can be helpful to perform tasks.
Generative artificial intelligence has been researched for decades, but has not been widely implemented or discussed outside research circles. You may have experienced generative AI though predictive text (Smart Compose) in Gmail.
The UIS Syllabus and Assignment Icons, adapted from the Oregon State project, represent some approaches to generative AI use for course policies and assignments. Syllabus statements are also a great way to frame the conversation about generative AI with your students. As instructors, it is important to provide guidance on acceptable generative AI usage from the start of a course. Instructors are encourages to modify and adapt the descriptions to fit courses and assignments.
Please join us for the July Employee Development Session: App Cafe. This session will be presented by the Center for Online Learning, Research & Service.
This is a come and go opportunity to have a little fun learning about new apps that your colleagues across campus use for productivity, just for fun, lifestyle apps, apps for hobbies, finance, and news/reading. Door prizes and cookies will be available. There will be a special “lunch tray for apps” to fill. Those who fill their trays will be added to a drawing for special door prizes.
In July 2024, COLRS partnered with Human Resources to present the App Café for the Rise Employment Development series. This was a come-and-go opportunity to have a little fun learning about new apps that colleagues across UIS use for productivity, fun, lifestyle, hobbies, finance, and news/reading.
We were very grateful to have volunteers from our campus community share some apps that they love, and we hope you love them, too!
REMINDER: Faculty will no longer be able to access any Turnitin reports after July 27. Please review the information below.
COLRS and ITS are excited to announce that we will be transitioning to Copyleaks as our plagiarism and AI content detection tool.
Dear faculty,
COLRS and ITS are excited to announce that we will be transitioning to Copyleaks as our plagiarism and AI content detection tool.
The University of Illinois Springfield has received a $102,668 Open Educational Resources (OER) grant from the Illinois Secretary of State. This grant aims to reduce students’ need to purchase textbooks by promoting the use of free learning materials.
In July, we’re partnering with HR and the Rise Employment Development series to present the App Café, a come and go opportunity to have a little fun learning about new apps that your colleagues across campus can use for productivity, fun, lifestyle, hobbies, finance, and news/reading. In order to make this great, we’re hoping that you would be willing to share an app you love with the campus community.
The UIS Course Survey App is available for a period of time at the end of each term or part of term. The Provost's office will email faculty with specific information regarding the course survey period each term. Instructors may view and download course survey results after final grades have been submitted at the end of each semester.
Designing your blended course involves much more than "converting" the content of an existing online or face-to-face course. There are things for you to consider while you are adapting your course, but as always, please contact COLRS for assistance with any and all steps of this process.