Generative AI Hub 3.0
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Generative AI tools are rapidly changing how we teach, learn, work, and create. This hub is designed by Daniel Wooddell to support Xavier faculty and staff in exploring AI thoughtfully and effectively.
While designed for the Xavier community, these resources are available for broader use. If you share or adapt content from this site, please provide appropriate attribution.
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New to generative AI or looking for practical ways to get started? Begin with these key resources:
AI & Jesuit Teaching KEY
Explore how AI use can align with reflection, ethics, student-centered learning, and teaching with purpose in a Jesuit context.
Quick Wins for Teaching
Explore simple, practical ways to use AI for tasks like lecture planning, discussion questions, study materials, and preparation.
Getting Started with AI
If you are new to generative AI, these resources will help you build a foundation.
Best Practices for Using AI
Learn key considerations for using AI effectively, including accuracy, transparency, and appropriate use.
Prompting Basics KEY
Learn how to write effective prompts to get more useful and relevant results from AI tools.
Explore Generative AI
Apply what you have learned by exploring AI tools and resources that support teaching, course design, and academic workflows at Xavier.
AI Tools
Generative AI Generative AI is artificial intelligence that can create new content, such as text, images, audio, video, code, or other media, in response to prompts. tools can support many aspects of teaching, from course preparation to meaningful student engagement. Explore the commonly used generative AI tools and LLMs Large language models are AI systems trained on large amounts of text so they can generate, summarize, explain, translate, and respond to written prompts. below.
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- Canvas IgniteAI (Canvas AI suite)
- ChatGPT (OpenAI GenAI chat)
- Claude (Anthropic GenAI chat)
- Copilot (Microsoft GenAI chat)
- Gemini (Google GenAI chat)
- NotebookLM (Google AI research)
- Perplexity (GenAI research engine)
Xavier Custom AI Tools new
Learning Experience Enhancer (L.E.E.) for ChatGPT
Whether you're refining outcomes, aligning assessments, designing AI-resilient tasks, or asking "does this reflect Xavier’s mission?", L.E.E. is designed to support your work. Bring a syllabus, assignment, module, or even just an idea.
→Built by Carli Rae
Launch the Learning Experience Enhancer
Educational Technology Assistant (E.T.A.) for ChatGPT
An ed-tech support assistant for faculty and staff using Canvas and XU-supported educational technologies. Provides clear, practical guidance for Canvas, Xavier-supported tools, Teaching with Technology resources, accessibility in Canvas, technical help, and other ed-tech questions. Ask ETA any ed-technical questions you have 24/7!
→Built by Daniel Wooddell
Using AI Thoughtfully at Xavier
AI can increase efficiency, but effective teaching is grounded in more than speed. It involves reflection, connection, and intentional design.
→ Encourage transparency and responsible use
→ Create opportunities for reflection and dialogue
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AI & Jesuit TeachingXAVIER
XU GenAI Examples
eXplore More
Continue eXploring additional resources to support your use of AI in teaching and learning.
Xavier Resources
Podcast Resources
- Peak Higher Ed: AI’s Possible Futures with Bryan Alexander
- Skepticism and Curiosity in the Age of AI with Marc Watkins
- An E-Bike for the Mind: AI, Augmentation, and Moral Hazards with Josh Brake
- Teaching With AI: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Future with José Bowen
- How Does AI Fit Into Broader Disruptions to Higher Ed?