AI can’t do it all for you!

AI will make stuff up (called hallucinations), it's biased, and it doesn't know your subject and your learners like you do. AI is useful if you're stuck getting started, but you're the subject matter expert and you need to carefully review and modify whatever AI produces. It's also a great tool to quickly do tasks that are slow to do manually. For instance, I can input my course Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Module Learning Objectives (MLOs) to a tool like ChatGPT or Perplexity AI. I like to ask the AI to list my course SLOs with the supporting MLOs. This helps me see if I have any gaps and if I have enough supporting MLOs to reach the performance level of the SLO. Then, I ask the AI tool to change the format to a table that includes the module number, module title, and the module learning objectives with the SLO number in parentheses. Once I review that for accuracy, I can copy and paste the output directly into the Course Map table in the Course Redesign Document. But, in each step of the process I need to carefully review the output.

Developing MLOs

Course Compactor in ChatGPT

This tool was created by Jay Smith IV, Department Chair for Creative and Performing Arts. He's also been through the 16-to-8-week process at another institution and knows the kinds of struggles course designers face. It uses ChatGPT, but is customized to help with the process of converting your course from 16-weeks to 8-weeks. It is an excellent tool to help you get some ideas for Module Learning Objectives based on your Student Learning Outcomes. It will also help you organize your content into modules. It will suggest ideas for learning materials, activities, and assessments, but you will need additional prompts to get details.

Sign in or create a free account.
Click on the button: Help me convert a course to 8 weeks
Copy the whole course description from the GTCC Online Catalog
Answer the remaining questions.

Once it produces output, you can use the following sample prompts to refine the results or come up with your own. You can also use the regenerate button below the output to try again.

Why are the modules arranged in this way?
Rearrange the course another way
How much time should be spent on each module learning objective?
List the course goals and with the supporting module learning objectives and module number
Add the number of the supported course goal in parentheses after each objective
Change the format to a table that includes the module number, module title, the module learning objectives, and the time spent on each module learning objective (Hint: to copy a table, highlight the table and a little text before and after it and copy and paste)
Spend less time on … and more time on…
Insert ... and shorten/remove/combine ...
Add another module learning objective to support… at the “apply/understand/analyze” level
Go into more detail about what should be taught in week...

You can use the double box icon to copy the output to paste into Word. If you want to copy a table, highlight a little text before and after the table, right-click and select copy (or Ctrl + C), and paste it into Word. You can also add "and create a Word document" to the end of any prompt to get a downloadable Word document.

Creating Rubrics

MagicSchool AI

MagicSchool AI has a rubric generator as one of the many customized educational tools. Its tools guide you with the information you need to create a good AI prompt, but I usually like the results less well than from an LLM AI like ChatGPT. Other tools I like are the Text Leveler and YouTube Video Questions. It is free, but you do have to create a log in.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT (or CoPilot, Perplexity, or other LLM AI tools) can also create rubrics. You do need a free account to use ChatGPT. Here's a basic prompt that you can use to get started:

Create a rubric for a _____(type of performance task). Students are ______(level of experience) at the community college level. The objective of the assignment is ________ (include the target MLO). The assignment is worth ____ points and there should be ____ performance levels. The assignment directions are _____.

RubiStar

RubiStar isn't really AI, but it has customizable rubrics for many common performance tasks. You do NOT need to log in to use RubiStar.

You must review the AI output for accuracy and good course design principles. If you need help with this, contact eLearning or the LRC.