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Access Tools, Templates, and Thought Leadership

The AI Excellence Institute curates and creates a wide range of tools, templates, and research-based resources to support thoughtful AI adoption and innovation.

Available Resources

Instructional Templates – Practical designs for integrating AI into assignments, discussions, and assessments.
- Discussion using AI chat as an option - PSY 1100 Discussion Assignment using GenerativeAI
- AI and the Environment - Understanding the impact of AI on the Environment
- Using ChatGPT - Overview assignment to get students used to using ChatGPT and its successes and limitations
- Ethics and Environmental Assignment - Overview assignment to explore the environmental and ethical issues surrounding AI
- Using ChatGPT for a Final Paper Submission - Creative way use ChatGPT to help with a final paper in a way that is both ethical and enhances learning.
- Final Paper Topic Choice Using CoPilot - Using Microsoft CoPilot to help develop the topic for a final paper and later steps.
- Finding Peer Review Journal Articles in AI - Using NotebookLM and Ellicit to find academic journal articles for research.
Guides and Toolkits – Step-by-step materials to help educators, staff, and students use AI responsibly.
- Sample AI Chatbots used in courses to help students as study aids and tutors and simulations (requires free ChatGPT account):
  - PHY 1100 - Sage Tutor
  - MHT 1120 - Tisha, Trauma-Informed Care Simulator
  - GEO 1102 - Storm AI Tutor
- Transforming Assessment in the Age of AI - A practical guide for Sinclair faculty to really know what students have learned.
- AI Library Guide (LibGuide) - Sinclair resource from our library for easy use in a course or department need.
Publications, Reports, and Media – Insight into AI trends, curriculum impact, workforce implications, and the Institute’s ongoing work.
- Podcasts (linked to Spotify, available on most podcast sites) - Daily AI Brief, How I AI, Practical AI
- NEA - The Current State of AI in Education
- Stanford Human-Centered AI (HAI) - The 2025 AI Index Report
- Microsoft - 2025 AI in Education: A Microsoft Special Report
Legacy CTL Resources - Housed on the Sinclair Center for Teaching and Learning website
- Curated list of AI resources from the 2023-2024 AI Action Team at Sinclair.

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