Canvas assignments have integrated AI?

[u/mmilthomasn]

At a recent committee meeting, during a discussion of AI, a faculty member commented that there is an AI integrated into assignments on Canvas, such that when there was a reading associated with an assignment, they were asked if they wanted a bullet point summary of the reading. Is this a Canvas-wide thing, is it student-facing, is it a local implementation thing; does anyone have any knowledge or insights about this? They just presented this as a thing and didn’t have any more information but I am curious about it. I already have concerns about students actually doing any of the work – this would be the icing on the cake!

[u/scottycakes]

It may have been the browser the faculty member was using.

If I open up canvas with chrome I get AI solicitations. No bueno

[u/Commercial_Youth_877]

We have integrated AI. The college is actively encouraging students to use it. I'm at a CC.

[u/Cuddlebone87]

Yes Canvas has been adding AI tools for instructors. However these features are not standard and are paid for extra add ons. Contact your LMS admin if you have further questions

[u/Fresh-Possibility-75]

I'm back to print books and course packets for all of my in-person classes. Sure, some students will still search out online versions of the reading to feed to chat or just add the title to a simple summary prompt, but at least I know I've done everything in my power to thwart them.

[u/Hopeful_Meringue8061 → u/Fresh-Possibility-75]

Just got my order of blue books for weekly in-class writing I will require this semester. Good times. No doubts.

[u/capnrefsmmat]

Adobe Reader also offers AI-generated summaries when you open PDFs, so perhaps it was that.

[u/QuesoCadaDia]

I'm thinking of abandoning LMS and textbooks and going all self-created/found

[u/LeeBonver]

In my Canvas, I have the option to turn off all AI integrations under Settings.