Facilitator: Peggy Semingson

• Welcome and institute overview
• Participant introductions in the Teams chat
• Identify one course, assignment, assessment, or policy to redesign
• Set an individual goal and intended deliverable for the day

This opening aligns with the institute’s advertised emphasis on moving from ideas to tangible course updates.

Resources

• AI Course Redesign Institute: Welcome Introduction Slides
• GENERATIVE AI GUIDELINES FOR INSTRUCTION – Artificial Intelligence
• Student Learning Outcomes (UTA) Canvas course: https://uta.instructure.com/enroll/3JG7FR
• Student Learning Outcomes handout

Session Recording

Facilitator: Dr. Amy Hodges, English Department

• What students need to understand, evaluate, use, question, and communicate about AI
• Connecting AI literacy with disciplinary and course learning outcomes
• Preparing students to use AI thoughtfully in academic and professional contexts

The institute has been promoted around AI literacy, career readiness, disciplinary learning, and student success.

Presentation Slides

Resources

• CRTLE’s Professional Learning Community on AI & Learning
• College of Liberal Arts AI Working Group
• Anna Mills, "AI Text Generators and Teaching Writing: Starting Points for Inquiry" (WAC Clearinghouse) 
• TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies. (WAC Clearinghouse)
• TextGentEd: Continuing Experiments. (WAC Clearinghouse)
• Traci Gardner's "Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum with AI."
• AI Pedagogy Project. (metaLAB at Harvard / Berkman Klein Center)

Session Recording

Participants work on their own courses to:

• Select an assignment, assessment, course policy, or learning activity
• Identify the learning outcome it supports
• Decide where AI should be allowed, required, limited, or intentionally excluded
• Draft the first change they want to make

Detailed examples, tool demonstrations, assignment and assessment redesign, and step-by-step work time will be shared and provided.

Presenters: Dr. Jess Kahlow & Amanda González Izquierdo, Cidi Labs

Description:

Explore how AI-assisted content creation tools can support course design, content development, and student engagement in Canvas. This session will highlight practical strategies and demonstrations from Cidi Labs, helping educators streamline course creation while maintaining quality, accessibility, and instructional effectiveness.

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Resources:

• Mastering DesignPLUS – CRTLE
• Self-Enroll in CDE's DesignPLUS Canvas Guide
• Mastering DesignPLUS Video Series
• Cidi Labs DesignPLUS User Guide
• DesignPLUS AI Design Assistants
• DesignPLUS Accessibility and Usability Tools

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AI-Assisted Content Creation with Cidi Labs (Part 1)

AI-Assisted Content Creation with Cidi Labs (Part 2)

Participants open Adobe Express and prepare for the hands-on segment.

To make use of this user-friendly digital resource at UTA, we recommend also doing the "opt in" to the entire Adobe Creative Cloud suite. To do that, click this link and create a ticket to opt-in to the Adobe Creative Cloud: https://go.uta.edu/adobe-opt-in. It shouldn't take long to get access to the entire Adobe Creative Cloud once you submit a ticket.

Resources

• Access Adobe Creative Cloud
• Adobe Resources for the Faculty

Presenters: Peggy Semingson, LaDonna Aiken, and Julian Rodriguez

• 11:15–11:30 | UTA as an Adobe Creative Campus
  Peggy Semingson introduces the Adobe Creative Campus context and opportunities for teaching and learning.
  • Resource: Adobe Resources For UT Arlington Faculty - CRTLE - The University of Texas at Arlington
• 11:30–11:45 | Prompting and Creating with Adobe Firefly and Express
  Peggy Semingson demonstrates prompt development in Adobe Firefly and shows how generated content can move into Adobe Express.
  • Resource: Adobe Firefly Prompt Guide
• 11:45–12:00 | Adobe, AI, and Student Creativity
  LaDonna Aiken shares teaching applications using tools such as Adobe Express, Firefly, or Adobe Stock.
• 12:00–12:15 | Communications and AI
  Julian Rodriguez discusses how AI is affecting communication, media, creativity, authorship, and professional practice. His recent work includes organizing a conference focused on AI’s impact on media, communication, and society.

Participant takeaway: Draft one Adobe-supported activity, communication product, or multimodal assignment that could be used in a course.

Exploring Adobe Creative Campus Resources for Teaching and Learning (Part 1)

Exploring Adobe Creative Campus Resources for Teaching and Learning (Part 2)

Adobe, AI, and Student Creativity

Communications and AI: Creativity, Authorship, and Professional Practice

Participants apply the morning’s ideas to create one tangible course artifact:

• Revised assignment or assessment
• AI-use directions for students
• AI literacy learning outcome
• Adobe Express or Firefly activity
• Evaluation criteria or rubric language
• Student reflection or AI-disclosure prompt

This workshop-heavy approach reflects earlier planning that called for fewer panels, more work time, and multiple design sprints.

Participants share their redesign in pairs or small groups and receive feedback using three questions:

1. What is the intended student learning?
2. What meaningful role does AI play?
3. What should remain distinctly human?

Peer exchange responds to prior participants who described faculty examples and cross-campus sharing as especially valuable.

Participants:

• Revise their artifact based on feedback
• Identify one immediate next step
• Note any accessibility, policy, or technology questions

Facilitator: Peggy Semingson

• Selected participant takeaways
• Feedback survey
• Opportunities for continued support and resource sharing
• Commitment to one course change

By 2:00 p.m., each participant should leave with:

• One revised course element or assignment
• A clearer connection between AI use and a learning outcome
• Language explaining expectations for students
• At least one practical idea involving Adobe, AI, or multimodal communication