This fall, all IU faculty, staff, and students gained access to GenAI 101, a free, self-paced online course designed to help you build practical skills in generative AI. GenAI 101 offers practical skills in prompt engineering, productivity tools, and idea generation. After completing the course's eight modules, you get an official course completion badge.
ChatGPT for Education (ChatGPT Edu) is a secure, privacy-focused version of OpenAI's generative AI platform. It's designed for responsible use with university data and ensures that information entered in IU's workspace is not used to train AI models. IU ChatGPT Edu also supports higher message limits and faster performance in more than 50 languages.
Starting on April 24, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act will require that all digital course materials, including in Canvas, comply with new federal rules around accessibility. We're here to help you get there one step at a time. A new, monthly accessibility webinar series can help you understand which IU tools and resources are available and how to use them.
The Digital Gardener Initiative AI/GenAI series resumes this fall on Mondays from 12:30 to 1:30pm ET. Upcoming topics include Higher Education and Industry Collaborations, Everyday GenAI: From Personal to Professional Possibilities, Building the Future: Agents, Gems, and CustomGPTs, and the Students' Perspective: Student Views and Voices on GenAI.
Learning Technologies launched a new Generative AI Faculty Fellows initiative. Led by Justin Hodgson, in collaboration with Professor Susan Drumm, Distance Learning Specialist Maggie Gilchrist, and Instructional Technology Consultant Terence Govender, the cross-disciplinary, cross-campus program supports faculty explorations and integration of AI tools.
Indiana University's Mosaic Initiative was named the 2025 Future Campus Award Grand Prize Winner! The initiative won due to IU's sustained commitment to integrating emerging technologies with innovative teaching strategies that enhance learning outcomes and improve experiences for both faculty and students.
Teaching and Learning Technologies recently launched a new version of the successful "Level Up Your Course" resource in IU Expand. It's intended primarily to help faculty take advantage of Canvas tools like SpeedGrader and Rubrics, while benefiting from the latest tips and tricks used by IU's instructional designers.
Explore the AI services available at IU, drawing on insights from the GenAI Faculty Pilot Program led by Justin Hodgson and involving 250 faculty members from across IU. Overviews cover Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and Copilot app, Google Gemini and NotebookLM, ChatGPT Edu, and Adobe Firefly, as well as ways to improve your AI skills.
To help better protect your passwords and passphrases, IU has partnered with 1Password to give you free personal use of the password vault. A password vault securely protects multiple passwords and passphrases behind a single strong passphrase. This balance of security and convenience helps protect your accounts while making them easier for you to manage.
Students vary in how they learn. Some absorb material better by reading, others by listening or seeing visual aids. Creating accessible course materials provides an opportunity for every student to thrive, regardless of ability, disability, or background. And it will soon be required for all digital course materials.
Learn more and start taking steps toward increased accessibility.
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Visit the Assistive Technology and Accessibility Center, the Digital Gardner Initiative, IU eTexts, the Mosaic Initiative, Teaching.IU, XRI, ACI Fellows, and the IU Knowledge Base—not to mention your campus teaching and learning center—for more on topics related to this issue.
