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Conversations on AI: Writing Pedagogy and AI Chatbots Recording Now Available

Last week, Colin Dabkowski and Graham Stowe returned to the Conversations on AI Symposia Series for a panel focused on teaching students to write with generative artificial intelligence. A recording of the discussion is now available on the Canisius COLI YouTube channel.

Colin is in his fifth year at Alden High School, where he teaches English 12, creative writing, acting, and multimedia production. He is also the adviser of Alden High School’s Theater Club, its gender-sexuality alliance, and its creative writing club. Before becoming a teacher, he spent 12 years as the arts critic of The Buffalo News.

Graham is assistant professor of English at Canisius and director of the Writing Center. He has taught a variety of university courses focused on writing pedagogy, American literature, cultural studies, and Harry Potter. His research currently focuses on writing pedagogy and Paulo Freire’s theories on education.

The AI and Society Initiative thanks Colin and Graham for their time, insights, and an excellent discussion on the relationship between student writing and AI chatbots!

The Conversations on AI Symposia are organized by the AI and Society Initiative, a multi-disciplinary community of schools, centers, departments and faculty at Canisius University that’s dedicated to understanding generative artificial intelligence, its implications, and applications for our disciplines and professions.

Submitted by: Mark Gallimore, Director, Center for Online Learning and Innovation

Changes in the Wiki

The Canisius University Wiki, a long-time host for policy and procedural documents, is getting a new look and feel as it moves to the Atlassian Cloud Platform. This is scheduled for Wednesday, February 28th, 2024, and will bring some improvements, but also some temporary disruptions.

  • If you own or maintain wiki pages, please check them on or after February 28th for broken links, missing content, or other possible concerns. Email helpdesk@canisius.edu if you require assistance.
  • In general, the next two weeks would be a good time to look for outdated pages, page content (including links), page permissions and especially file attachments.
  • Since the wiki must use different web addresses, links on web pages and spaces across the university will need updated, and some may be broken until fixed. Please be patient, and report broken links to helpdesk@canisius.edu.
  • To an extent possible, all old wiki pages will redirect to the new wiki’s home page. There, users can navigate to the things they need.
  • Links to wiki pages within old emails, news, and social media posts will expire and will not work. Please watch for new links, or go to the wiki using the MyCanisius Portal. The Wiki can be found on the righthand side of the MyCanisius portal:
  • If you send emails using boilerplate mail text that points to wiki spaces, your boilerplate text will need to be updated.
  • If you own or maintain wiki pages that you know are linked on the main Canisius site, in Google Sites, or in any other location, those links will need to be updated after February 28.

Submitted by: Mark Gallimore, Director, Center for Online Learning and Innovation

Changes in the Canisius Wiki

The Canisius University Wiki, a long-time host for policy and procedural documents, is getting a new look and feel as it moves to the Atlassian Cloud Platform. This is scheduled for Wednesday, February 28th, 2024, and will bring some improvements, but also some temporary disruptions.

  • If you own or maintain wiki pages, please check them on or after February 28th for broken links, missing content, or other possible concerns. Email helpdesk@canisius.edu if you require assistance.
  • In general, the next two weeks would be a good time to look for outdated pages, page content (including links), page permissions and especially file attachments.
  • Since the wiki must use different web addresses, links on web pages and spaces across the university will need updated, and some may be broken until fixed. Please be patient, and report broken links to helpdesk@canisius.edu.
  • To an extent possible, all old wiki pages will redirect to the new wiki’s home page. There, users can navigate to the things they need.
  • Links to wiki pages within old emails, news, and social media posts will expire and will not work. Please watch for new links, or go to the wiki using the MyCanisius Portal. The Wiki can be found on the righthand side of the MyCanisius portal:
  • If you send emails using boilerplate mail text that points to wiki spaces, your boilerplate text will need to be updated.
  • If you own or maintain wiki pages that you know are linked on the main Canisius site, in Google Sites, or in any other location, those links will need to be updated after February 28.

Submitted by: Mark Gallimore, COLI 

New Default Theme for Qualtrics Surveys

The default theme in Canisius Qualtrics has been updated! The theme applied to all new surveys features a simple white background, with a single-color blue logo stack for the university. With mild gray highlights for question options and our Canisius blue as the primary color, this is optimized for both desktop and mobile browser use.

Additionally, the new Canisius logos are available in the Look and Feel Library for all Canisius users.  As before, users can also create their own custom themes.

Submitted by: Mark Gallimore, director, Center for Online Learning and Innovation