Creating A Blackboard Assignment Using AI
AI Design Assistant on Blackboard can help instructors create authentic and engaging assessments. This can also assist in reducing the stress, anxiety and time consumption in creating authentic assignments. Below is our guide on how to create a BlackBoard assignment using AI Design Assistant.
To create a BlackBoard assignment using AI Design Assistant. Select the plus sign on your content page and select “Create”.
The Create Item panel will open up on the right hand side. Under the “Assessment” subheading choose “Assignment.”
This will open the Assignment Editor. On the top right-hand corner look for the icon below. Click on this button, and it will open the AI Design Assistant.
The AI Design Assistant Pop-Up will open up.
On the left-hand side of the AI Design Assistant. You can create the settings for the type of assignment you wish to generate.
- Description: In this box, you input the prompt describing what assignment you would like to generate. You can write a simple prompt highlighting what the assignment is about, what the criteria are, what you are expecting from students, etc.
- Course Item: You can select course material such as Word documents and PDFs for AI Design Assistant to use to collect information and create an assignment with the course material in addition of adding a prompt
- Desired Cognitive Level: You can create an assignment that focuses on higher order thinking by analysing, applying, evaluating or creating.
- Complexity: The AI Design Assistant will create a description of the assignment based on the complexity. So the assignment can be more thorough and detailed.
- Generate assignment title: AI Design Assistant can generate the title of the assignment for you.
- Output Languages: Allows instructors to choose the language in which they wish to generate the assignment. Not all languages are catered for.
- Generate: Once you have defined the assignment, select “Generate”, and it will create the assignment based on the settings and description
Once generated, select the assignment you prefer by clicking on the circle next to the assignment description and clicking “Add”. You will be directed to a page where you can edit.
As you can see below, the title of the assignment is now displayed, as well as the instructions for the assignment. You can edit the title and instructions.
You will still need to set the assignment settings as normal.
Please always double-check the instructions and title so that there is no bias or hallucination when generated.
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