Discover how generative AI can support your teaching and enhance student learning
Upcoming events:
Join us for hands-on sessions, thoughtful conversations, and community-building — all focused on the role of AI in higher education.
Tues. Aug. 18, 10 - 11am (online) | Better prompting with AI
For instructors already experimenting with Copilot, this guided session dives deeper into crafting more effective and intentional prompts. Participants will work through examples and teaching-related scenarios to explore advanced prompting techniques.
Registration: Better prompting with AI
Session outcomes
- Identify characteristics of effective prompts for educational use.
- Apply advanced prompting strategies to improve Copilot’s responses.
- Tailor prompts for different teaching scenarios (e.g., lesson planning, feedback, student engagement).
- Evaluate and iterate on prompts to achieve desired outcomes
Wed. Aug. 19, 2:00 - 3:30pm (online) | Teaching and learning community: Sharing experiences with gen AI
The “Teaching and Learning Community” provides a space to exchange ideas and build connections with colleagues exploring similar questions around the integration of AI in higher education.
Learning in the age of AI: What students are saying
This upcoming session will explore what recent surveys reveal about how students are thinking about and using generative AI, and how the findings may inform our teaching. Join us for key insights and a discussion about the opportunities, challenges, and implications for your own courses.
Thurs. Aug. 20, 10:00am - 12pm (online) | (Re)designing assessments in the age of AI
This hands-on workshop supports instructors in rethinking their assessment strategies in light of generative AI. Whether the goal is to integrate AI into their assessments, or to design assessments that minimize its use, this session will provide frameworks, examples, and collaborative discussion.
Registration: (Re)designing assessments in the age of AI
Session outcomes
- Make informed decisions about designing gen AI in or out of assessment tasks.
- Apply constructive alignment to assessment tasks where gen AI use has been designed in or out.
- Work with a framework to build gen AI into assessment design.
Generative AI resources for instructors
Using generative AI in teaching and learning
This article provides an overview of generative AI, with considerations and resources for managing its use in the classroom.
Generative AI for teaching and learning
An online module in myCourses: Explore how Gen AI can be used effectively and ethically for teaching and learning – by both students and instructors.
Podcast series: Teaching in the era of gen AI
A new series featuring perspectives and practices from McGill instructors across disciplines about integrating generative AI in teaching and learning.
Sharing experiences with generative AI
A community to exchange ideas and build connections with colleagues exploring similar questions around the integration of AI in higher education.
Explore AI at McGill
The rise of AI is reshaping how we learn, teach, research, and work. McGill's IT Services has created a page with helpful information, resources, and links about using AI tools at McGill.
Teaching consultations
Need help designing AI into our out of an assignment? Get targeted support from a TAP staff member.