"So I can't use AI for this?" -- Navigating AI Conversations with Students
Welcome Back Week,
This session helps faculty navigate one of today's trickiest classroom conversations: AI use. Many instructors feel unsure how to address it without confusion or conflict, and this session offers practical, ready-to-use language and framing strategies. Participants will:
Practice conversations with students about AI use
, Explore syllabus and assignment language for clear expectations
, Connect AI conversations to learning goals rather than rule enforcement
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By the end of this session, participants will leave with clear language and strategies to have honest conversations with students about learning and AI use in their coursework.
Organization: Faculty Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Data, Feedback & Assessment. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Mary Jane Biancheri and Tiffany Ingle. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/84341107103?pwd=rgXojawyabaaGFUf9MhtgCqFDu4D02.1.
Monday, August 24, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Sierra Vista 105 - Faculty Innovation Center.
Project Based Learning: Journeys and Breakthroughs - Part 1
Welcome Back Week,
This session is designed for any faculty members who are looking to rethink their assessment process, who need ideas and techniques to make it efficient, but also meaningful. If you struggle giving feedback because you wonder about AI use, this session is for you! If you just wonder what Project based learning can look like, and how to start, this session is also for you!
In this session, we will:
explore why project based learning is tool for meaningful assessments.
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We will define the "AI-meaningful" mindset.
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See models of project based learning and how they were developed and changed over time in real classes.
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Brainstorm for an assessment or assignment you can make more project-based.
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By the end of this session, participants will be able to identify one assignment or assessment in their own course that could be redesigned. Faculty will leave with a concrete next step, whether that's a reflection prompt, a scaffolded response assignment, or…
Organization: Faculty Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Data, Feedback & Assessment. Categories: FLEX, GLOW UP. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Sarah Mecheneau and Tiffany Ingle. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/83229318043?pwd=TkPobfgteBL4sEVjRMwixshpG3tYaq.1.
Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM.
Zoom.
Dashboard Trailhead — Exploring the Student Views Survey
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--> Hyflex Session! Attend in person or via zoom!
You've seen the survey. Now come find what's in it. This session puts you in front of the actual Spring 2026 Student Views Survey dashboards and turns you loose. In small groups, you'll explore live filters, slice by campus or demographic, and dig into whatever question is nagging at you: What does belonging look like across ethnicity groups? Where's the gap between service usage and service effectiveness? What's actually driving the basic-needs numbers? There's no slide deck walking you through someone else's conclusions. You're the one finding the story — and what your group surfaces will directly inform the report and college presentations. Come with curiosity, leave having shaped what the college does with this data.
Organization: Faculty Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Data, Feedback & Assessment. Categories: FLEX, CPGU. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Terrence Yu, Conrad Amba, Caroline Hallam, and Mike Davis. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/82228861363.
Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
Sierra Vista Building 231, Zoom.
Understanding TurnItIn Similarity Report
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Learn how Turnitin Similarity seamlessly integrates with Canvas to help faculty support academic integrity and strengthen students' research and writing practices. Understand what plagiarism is and how to help students maintain originality while using sources ethically. Compare student work against Turnitin's extensive content database, use the Similarity Report to review and filter matches, and identify attempts to bypass similarity checks. Rather than simply flagging plagiarism, learn how to use similarity results as a teachable moment that guides students toward better research, citation, and writing practices. This workshop supports PLAY goals in the Data, Feedback, and Assessment and Engaging Students focus areas, connecting similarity data to meaningful feedback practices that keep students engaged in their own growth as writers and researchers. At the end of this session, participants will be able to
Set up a Similarity-enabled assignment and compare student work against…
Organization: Professional Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Data, Feedback & Assessment. Categories: FLEX, GLOW UP. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Katie Datko. Please list External Presenter: Leann McArthur. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/85812617397.
Friday, August 28, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM.
Zoom.