Instructions to Create Discussions Using AI Design Assistant
The Blackboard Ultra AI Design Assistant tool can help instructors with building content for their courses. One of the features of the AI design assistant tool is the ability for it to generate discussion prompts . These prompts require the use of cognitive processes such as analyze or create in their response. This instructs students to use the knowledge they have acquired and high-level explanations in their discussion responses.
Step 1
Select the plus icon purple line to begin the process of using the AI Design assignment generator/assignment prompt generatorassistant. This icon is located on the Course Content page.
Step 2
Select Create in the dialog pop up box.
Step 3
TheCreate Item dialog box will appear with a list of items. Look for the Participation and Engagement sub-section and select Discussion (noted by orange arrow in the image below).
Step 4
Select the Auto-generate button (noted by the orange arrow). This buttons stands out as a black button on the right hand side of the New Discussion title.
Step 5
Once you click the Auto-generate button, you will be brought to the discussion generator panel. You can adjust some settings to customize the prompt that is generated for your discussion:
- Description: The prompts are based on the title of the course and the description box. You can enter a set of keywords or text such as text from a document that you would like the discussion to be based on in the description box.
- Select course items:
- Desired Cognitive Level: Use the dropdown menu to select which cognitive skill from Bloom's Taxonomy the prompts will use: "Inspire me" (combination of all options) or apply, analyze, create, and evaluate.
- Complexity: At this time, the "Complexity" feature doesn't seem to render consistent results. It does appear that higher complexity settings may offer wording within the prompt that is more complex but this does not always hold true. This feature is expected to become more useful as Blackboard continue to develop the AI Design Assistant software.
- Generate journal title: By default a title for the Journal is created, you can uncheck this box if you want to name the journal or you can edit the name once you have selected the prompt you want to use.
Once you have selected the prompt you want to use, select the Generate button 
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Example of Generated Prompts
Step 5 notes the prompt areas where you enter/manipulate your prompts on the left side of the page. The right side of the page generates discussion ideas for your perusal. You may wish to select an option that is generated, and then click the Add button (located on the lower right-side of the generated content).
Adding Settings
Once you have selected and/or modify your discussion prompt, you may want to make some changes to settings relating to the discussion. The Discussion Settings are located on the right-side of the Discussion Content page. Click on the setting wheel
to access setting features. Some key discussion settings features include:- setting the due date and the amount of submission attempts
- setting the form of grade system (points, percentage, complete/incomplete, SU letter)
- setting the maximum points
- deciding to automatically post grade
Remember to click the Save button to save all changes made.
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All AI-generated information is opened to inaccuracy and bias. Your role as the expert and instructor of the course is to check and examine all content generated by the Design Assistant to ensure that information provided for learners is clear, accurate, and without bias. |