🤖 AI Assistants in the Classroom & Workplace

The Wednesday AM Session of Innovate 2025 focuses on learning how to integrate AI Class Assistants and Work Assistants into your course design and daily productivity. Whether you're crafting custom GPTs or building Projects, this session will get you started with ideas, tips, and tools using ChatGPT. This session is brought to you by Tony Farao and Rosanna Hartline.

Session PowerPoint: AI Class Assistants & Work Assistants

💼 Objectives & Deliverables

Objectives

Discuss applications for student-facing AI Class Assistants (a GPT)
Create a student-facing AI Class Assistant (a GPT)
Explore applications for instructor-facing Projects in ChatGPT
Create an instructor-facing Project in ChatGPT

Deliverables

A student-facing AI Class Assistant (a GPT; provide a link)
Explain the Project you began building in ChatGPT

📐 Wednesday Morning Schedule

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM - Student-Facing GPT Assistants

9:20 AM - 9:35 AM - How Might You Use GPTs?

9:35 AM - 10:00 AM - How to Build a GPT

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM - Build Your Own GPT

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM - Break

11:00 AM - 11:20 - Projects for Instructor-Facing Applications

11:20 AM - 12:00 PM - Apply AI

🎯 Student-Facing AI Class Assistants (GPTs)

GPTs are customized ChatGPT interfaces
GPTs are customized with specific instructions with how to interact
GPTs can be customized with specific documents, websites/pages, and/or course materials

📚Applications of Student-Facing GPTs

AI Class Assistant
Class Activities
Proofreading / Assignment Draft Assistant
Research Coach
Student Skills Coach

🛠️Building Student-Facing GPTs (AI Class Assistants)

Guide: How to Build an AI Class Assistant (a Custom GPT)

Examples of Student-Facing GPTs

💼 AI Project Assistants

Summarize meetings and create task lists
Draft professional emails and reports
Automate repetitive tasks and improve workflow

🧮 Share What You Made (Session Deliverable)

Post in the Wednesday AM Discussion the deliverable you created (your new AI Class Assistant & how you used Projects).
Look at what others have created and comment in the discussion.

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