When to Use?
This Spring/Summer 2025 semester, we invite faculty to pilot new generative AI tools in our Blackboard stage environment. These tools are designed to support curriculum development and refresh efforts. The pilot will help us gather valuable insights to inform best practices and develop faculty-facing resources ahead of potential implementation in the production environment. As with all generative AI tools, effective prompting is essential, and any generated content should be carefully reviewed and refined before being incorporated into a course.
Before using the Blackboard AI Design Assistant, we recommend reviewing the GVSU AI Policy and visiting the GVSU AI website for guidance on responsible and ethical use of AI in teaching and learning.
Faculty interested in participating or learning more are encouraged to contact their eLearning Liaison for support and guidance.
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If you need help designing your course and don’t know where to start, the AI Design Assistant can guide you through building the course’s structure. The AI Design Assistant draws insights from your course's title and description to generate learning modules.
Procedure
In an empty course, select Auto-Generate Modules.
If you already have content in your course, Auto-Generate Modules is an option in the Create Item menu.
When you select Auto-Generate Modules, each generated module comes with a name, image, and description. You can turn off the generation of images or descriptions if you choose.
You have several ways to customize the learning modules that the AI Design Assistant generates.
- Enter a description (limited to 2000 characters) to narrow the focus of the modules
- Select a prefix for the module titles
- Choose whether to include AI-generated images for the modules
- Adjust the complexity of the modules’ focus
- Select the number of modules to generate
- Select Advanced options to change the output language
Optionally, you can select which course items you’d like the AI Design Assistant to provide context for new learning modules. Select Select course items to start.
Select any course content item to include it in the context for your learning module.
You can select a folder or learning module to include items from them. When you finish choosing items for context, select Select items to return to module generation.
File types supported by the context picker include PDF, Word, PowerPoint, text, RTF, and HTML.
Once you’ve finalized your settings, select Generate. Choose the modules you’d like to add to your course, then select Add to Course.
Review each learning module’s title and description for accuracy. You can also edit learning modules to better fit your teaching style and goals.
The AI Design Assistant can generate images for pre-existing learning modules. You can also upload your own images or select the built-in feature to include a stock photo from Unsplash.
Watch a video about AI Module Generation