These faculty-only sessions are a time to learn techniques and get assistance on research assignments where nonexistent citations or other signs of inappropriate generative AI use are becoming more common in students’ work. The sessions start with an overview of techniques to adapt assignments to incorporate or to exclude generative AI. The bulk of the time, however, is spent revising or reinventing assignments that faculty bring to the sessions. 

The workshop will be flexible, including having a librarian try to “break” the assignment with a generative AI answer or talking about ways to rework it to make the assignment work with generative AI. Together we'll look for tweaks to make cheating less tempting and to help students meet learning goals. 

Registration is limited to no more than 5 participants per session, to ensure the sessions can focus on participants’ assignments. If a session is full or you can’t make it to a scheduled time, reach out to the presenter or to your subject librarian for assignment consultations on research papers, projects, and other assignments that involve library research.

For more information or special accommodations, please contact Julie Arendt (jaarendt@vcu.edu).