sBlackboard Blackboard now hosts a persona AI feature that allows students to dialog with a persona that instructors can create. For instance, if you would like your students to hold an interview with a particular famous expert, you can build a role play interview or set up a series of socratic questions.
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Once you click on AI Conversation, the following page will appear (see image below). Hover over the Title at the top of the page and click on the pen icon
to edit the Title.
There are two types of AI Conversations:
Socratic Questioning: where the AI tool asks the students continuous open-ended questions.
Role Play: where the AI persona interacts with the students via questions and responses.
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Ungraded AI Conversation item will still be shown in Gradebook. This will not affect the total grade of your course. |
Select Save when you have made the changes you need.
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AI Conversation Grade Settings - Formative Assessment
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vii. Description - indicate clearly to students how many questions they should answer (Socratic Questions) and how many they should ask and answer (Role Play).
Select Save when you have made the changes you need.
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Important InformationAll AI-generated information is opened to inaccuracy and bias. Your role as the expert and instructor of the course is to engage with AI Conversation to inform yourself on the biases and inaccuracies that may occur. We encourage you to use the Preview Chat prior your students' engagement with the AI tool. |
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