Stubbs Gen Ed 1188 course blog, Spring 2024

date	gap or task	notes
jan 24 2024	chat-based interaction with Canvas database: automated assessment of who missed what, leading to generation of emails	the vendor could be doing this now?
jan 24 2024	upload updated day 1 slide deck that includes prompts to Canvas. Need to get that from Google Docs folder.	head TF
jan 24 2024	overall installation of openai, transformers, etc in course Jupyter notebook env.	HUIT
	add HUIT person to our course meetings?
jan 24 2024	need way more documentation in Word Embedding notebook	author or ask GPT
jan 24 2024	shared directory for all students using Jupyter notebooks?	HUIT
	make Canvas quizzes for next Tues and Thurs	head TF
Jan 24, 2024	course TF training about disruptions in classrooms, and no political advocacy	CWS
Jan 24, 2024	Try out smartphone app with GPT-enterprise accounts-DALLE, voice, images	TFs
Jan 25	TF need to take attendance in sections. That will help learn students names as well.	TFs
	40 didn't do in-class quiz, 11 did it in afternoon and evening. Need to email enrolled students emphasizing need to attend.

Jan 20, 2024

First two days are a quick overview of pros and cons.

Jan 24 2024

Observations from day 1 of class:

22 auditors so far, many from Neiman Fellows who are journalists, also from Advanced Leadership Initiative. around 86 registered undergrads but many of them didn't turn up.
So more senior individuals seem to have stronger recognition of importance.

Results from pretest:

question responses:

A Few Pre-Course Survey Question Responses.xlsx

day 1 pedagogy relied heavily on groups of people having access to multiple (and obsolete) versions of GAI tools. GPT4 does well at the challenges we posed.
So in the longer run need different examples.

I tried to do recording on zoom using computer but hit a permission/host issue so it failed.
Bought an iPad to do video recording with that dedicated device.

Jan 27, 2024

Day 2 Canvas quiz had one question about whether they had done reading in advance. Most did;

Next question was their prediction of evolution

Next question was about them using GAI. CPT-generated summary: