Without even bothering to explore Adobe Express much, I just assumed it was a dumbed down version of Adobe Photoshop. It does satisfy that description, but it is also a dumbed down Premier, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, converter, AND text to graphic AI generator.
menu of quick actions
part two of quick action items in adobe express
QR Code maker:
Generative AI image style:
What is a seawolf?
Maybe make it look more like a university mascot?
or start with a real photo and just mess with that using AI
That one “Animate from Audio” I’ve blogged about before: https://you.stonybrook.edu/jadams/2024/06/12/adobe-education-institute-animate-from-audio-in-adobe-express/
The general concept of this presentation is to remind instructors that by creating a solid syllabus, they have already done most of the work that will allow a generative AI tool to be extremely helpful to both the students and to themselves.
Anonymous access to popular AI models, including GPT-3.5, Claude 3, and open-source Llama 3 and Mixtral.
‘DuckDuckGo AI Chat is an anonymous way to access popular AI chatbots – currently, Open AI’s GPT 3.5 Turbo, Anthropic’s Claude 3 Haiku, and two open-source models (Meta Llama 3 and Mistral’s Mixtral 8x7B), with more to come. This optional feature is free to use within a daily limit, and can easily be switched off.
Chats are private, anonymized by us, and are not used for any AI model training.
Find DuckDuckGo AI Chat at duck.ai, duckduckgo.com/chat, on your search results page under the Chat tab, or via the !ai and !chat bang shortcuts. They all take you to the same place.
Improvements are already on the way. Our roadmap includes adding more chat models and browser entry points. We’re also exploring a paid plan for access to higher daily usage limits and more advanced models.”
Please check out the Spring 2024 Workshops below. The workshops will be offered at no cost, and will be recorded, and the recordings will be available on the Playlist below.
Getting Started with Artificial Intelligence
March 12, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
March 15, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Description: As GPT has gained widespread attention since the release of GPT 3.5 in late 2022, our digital landscape has been evolving quickly. With academia, media, governments, and corporations focused on the furthest reaches of artificial intelligence, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the possibilities this powerful tool offers us. This hands-on session focuses not on the outer limits of AI, but instead on:
Getting started with GPT/ Understanding its roots
Establishing best practices for general usage
Expanding our comfort zone
Working with AI to determine how it can and cannot meet our individual needs Attendees will have the option to observe, click along with provided usage examples, and share their results with others.
Presenter: Robert Becker
Exploring Potential and Pitfalls of AI Use in the Classroom
March 19, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
March 22, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Description: AI tools have access to enormous data and use enormous processing power to generate plausible patterns that can save time, offer sophisticated text for users to consider, and boost thinking/learning and writing/communication for students and faculty alike. But they also have glaring weaknesses, such as their inability to recognize reality (versus merely “plausible” strings of words), understand context or culture, offer unbiased and ethical responses, avoid privacy or security infringement, etc. Join this hands-on session to learn and share how to help students recognize pitfalls of AI, as well as explore its potentials. We will collaboratively develop and exchange learning activities for our students.
Presenter: Shyam Sharma, Michael Murphy, & Cynthia Davidson
Developing Syllabus Statements on AI Use
March 26, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
March 29, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Description: As faculty navigate the use of Chat GPT and other AI tools in their courses, it is important to communicate their expectations with the students. This session will provide participants with examples of syllabus statements being used within SUNY and beyond. The examples will reflect varying levels of permitted AI usage:
Minimal/ none
Some use with specific rules/ circumstances
Expected/ required
Participants will be encouraged to discuss the examples and how they relate to their own current or future AI use in their courses. Following an open discussion and sharing of ideas, individuals will collaborate to adapt/ develop a syllabus statement based on their desired level of AI usage. Participants will leave the workshop with a syllabus statement that they may use in their course.
Presenter: Meghanne Freivald & Keith Landa
AI As An Assistant
April 2, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
April 5, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Description: AI can be helpful for a number of tasks for students, including suggesting writing improvements, summarizing or rephrasing concepts they are learning, helping with ideation to overcome “blank page syndrome”, or even generating questions for review. The commonly available tools, such as ChatGPT, have been trained on a vast corpus of information that covers many subjects, albeit non-uniformly, and its ability to provide accurate and helpful information varies by subject, as it its likelihood that it will provide incorrect information (they call this a “hallucination”).
Those are factors that are out of your control, but you can mitigate them….with a well crafted prompt.
This workshop aims to help you assess how effective these tools could be for your students – looking at whether they work out of the box, and whether the right prompt can address gaps and concerns. Even if you find that these tools are really not well suited for your course, that can be something that you can share with your students and have a chance to guide them to other options.
Presenter: Maureen Larsen & Brian Cepuran
AI Tools to Help You Build Your Course
April 9, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
April 12, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Description: There are a variety of tools to help instructors build out their courses, from designing learning outcomes, to creating course content, to creating quizzes and other assessments. Both general-purpose and specialized AI tools will be demonstrated in the workshop, and participants will have opportunities to try them out. Both faculty and the instructional support staff that assist them are encouraged to attend. No prior AI experience required.
