PROF Center

Policies 

Texas Department of Information Resources - TAC Title 1, Part 10, Chapter 219 

TAMUS Policy 29.01.05 Artificial Intelligence 

TAMUS Policy 15.03.08 Artificial Intelligence in Research 

Guidelines 

TAMIU Faculty Guidance on AI  

“These TAMIU guidelines provide a framework for the responsible, ethical, and effective use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching and learning.”  

TAMUS CATIE AI Toolkit for Teaching & Learning Toolkit 

The AI Toolkit for Teaching & Learning (CATIE AI, Innovation & Emerging Technologies Work Group, 2026) is a straightforward guide for any TAMUS member who is interested in using AI in their instruction. The system-aligned toolkit was developed by the AI, Innovation & Emerging Technologies work group within the Council for Academic Technology and Innovative Education (CATIE). CATIE comprises representatives from all member institutions who believe in “fostering the effective use of technology in course and program design, development, delivery, and assessment” (CATIE homepage, para. 1).  

TAMUS Cybersecurity AI Guidelines  

The regulation outlined refers to all AI-related activities, whether educational or administrative, including student use, for all member institutions. The TAMUS Cybersecurity office is concerned with all matters of the system’s cyber infrastructure. 

Perkins, Furze, Roe, and MacVaugh (2026) AI Assessment Scale 

This scale was developed by Perkins, Furze, Roe, and MacVaugh in 2023 and has undergone revisions since then. The current scale, published in 2026, includes five levels that assist in deciding the role AI will have in an assignment. As Perkins, Furze, Roe, and MacVaugh (FAQ, What is the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS)?) outlined, the AI Assessment Scale is a communication tool to inform students of clear expectations in each assignment and also a design framework to redesign the task considering the environment, evidence for student mastery, and grading information. 

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence 

UNESCO's Recommendation was first adopted in 2021 by all 193 UNESCO Member States as the world's first global standard on AI ethics. It is grounded in four core values: respecting human rights and dignity, fostering peaceful and interconnected societies, ensuring diversity and inclusiveness, and supporting environmental flourishing. The recommendation provides an ethical framework and concrete recommendations to ensure AI systems are developed and governed responsibly across all facets of life. 

TAMUS AI Chat/Framework  

The TAMUS Framework, now the AI Chat, is a system-developed application where you are given access to several commercially available Generative AI chat models in a protected, private, and secure space. To access this system, use the link above to log in with your university credentials. Additional information available in the documentation.  

SuperHuman (formerly Grammarly) 

Uses AI to analyze writing in real-time, providing suggestions for grammar, tone, clarity, and style across emails, documents, and web applications. 

Blackboard Ultra 

An educational LMS that uses AI to personalize student learning paths, automate grading, and detect academic integrity issues. 

Microsoft Co-Pilot & Suite of Products 

Integrates generative AI across Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook) to assist with writing, data analysis, presentation creation, and meeting summarization. 

Adobe Creative Cloud 

Uses AI through features like Generative Fill, Firefly, and automated editing tools across Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro to assist with image generation, background removal, color correction, and video editing. 

Harmonize 

A learning management collaboration tool that uses AI to generate discussion prompts, provide real-time student coaching based on instructor rubrics, monitor engagement, and automate accessibility features like video captions and alt-text. 

Echo360 – Echo Video 

A lecture capture and video management platform that uses AI to automatically generate video captions and transcripts. 

Sample Applications 

This is a sample listing of applications that are AI-focused. These applications are used widely in education for faculty and student use. If you consider using any third-party application that is not provided by the university, please review the app’s privacy guidelines to be sure they align with state law, TAMUS policy, and university guidelines. No Personally Identifiable Information (PII) should be shared with any of these applications. 

Any subscription fees are the individual’s (faculty) responsibility. Additionally, you will want to disclose the use of these applications with your students and whether they carry any subscription fees. 

Canva 

Uses AI through Magic Studio to generate text, design, and videos from prompts; automatically adds images and layouts to create professional presentations, social media graphics, and documents in minutes. 

Google NotebookLM 

Powered by Gemini, this source-grounded AI research tool generates flashcards, quizzes, audio overviews, mind maps, and study guides directly from your uploaded documents and sources. 

Magic School 

A K-12 education platform with 80+ teacher tools and 50+ student tools for lesson planning, rubric creation, IEP writing, and differentiated instruction while maintaining FERPA compliance and student privacy. 

Gamma 

An AI presentation maker that converts prompts, text, or files into polished card-based presentations, websites, and documents with themes and real-time collaboration; exports to PowerPoint and PDF. 

Goblin Tools 

A free collection of AI-powered microtools designed for neurodivergent users that help with task breakdown (Magic To-Do), tone checking, brainstorming, decision-making, and content formalization. 

Anthropic’s Claude 

A conversational AI assistant developed by Anthropic that engages in open-ended dialogue, helps with writing, analysis, coding, math, and complex reasoning tasks across any domain. 

Open AI’s Chat GPT 

OpenAI's GPT-powered chatbot that provides conversational AI for writing, question-answering, brainstorming, coding, tutoring, and creative tasks with customizable instructions and plugins. 

Perplexity 

ResearchRabbit 

Use this for your research needs such as literature databases, brainstorming, and gathering resources. 

SciSpace 

Research assistance to find, summarize, and better understand the literature within any topic. Additional features exist to find key themes and other data. 

Office Hours 

The PROF Center will offer weekly faculty office hours where faculty can drop in to discuss any AI or other teaching and learning topics, ask questions, share ideas, and explore strategies to enhance their teaching practices. 

See the schedule with Microsoft Teams/Bookings. 

Webinars or F2F 

Ongoing sessions will be available throughout the Fall and Spring semesters. General topics include: 

• AI Assessment Scale Overview 

• AI in Teaching and Learning 

• AI & Assessments 

• AI and Syllabus Statements 

Find registration and schedule using Microsoft Teams. 

Communities of Practice [CoP] 

Ongoing meetings for faculty to gather and discuss concerns, best practices, or share an interest in a specific topic (Wenger-Trayner, 2015). During CoP’s, faculty identify and work toward individual and group goals while collaboratively creating new knowledge for professional growth. 

Find registration and schedule using Microsoft Teams. 

TAMUS/TAMIU Grow with Google 

For faculty, staff, and students, Grow with Google offers a series of online certificate programs organized into modules covering a variety of topics and skills areas. Specifically, Google AI Essentials and Google Prompting Essentials provide general online and on-demand instruction for AI use. Contact Mrs. Yelitza Howard at TAMIU’s Office of Career Services for access. 

NFCDD Teaching Toolkit in the Age of AI 

This four-week online course helps faculty make clear, sustainable choices about teaching, assessment, feedback, and workload in today’s higher education environment. It is designed for instructors who are cautious about AI, actively using it, or still deciding how it fits their teaching. 

NCFDD is a professional development, training, and mentoring organization that partners with colleges and universities to support faculty success. 

Professional Learning Resources – On Your Own 

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s (THECB) Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Adapting to Innovation Group 

For faculty, this online community with vetted resources THECB's Division of Digital Learning faculty. Create an account within the THECB OERTX site to join the group. 

Auburn University Teaching with Artificial Intelligence Course 

This self-paced, online course covers the essentials of teaching with AI. This course requires about 5 to 7 hours and is organized in sequenced modules. 

Microsoft Learn’s Educator Center 

Earn professional development hours with these various learning paths, modules, interactives, and other curated and Microsoft specific online trainings.  

Educause Artificial Intelligence (AI) Library 

A wide-reaching range of AI resources about campuses, in the classroom examples, and policies.  

WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies [WCET] AI resources 

A curated repository of resources from policy frameworks to AI Literacy facts, toolkits, and more. 

American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) AI’s topic list 

Informational and curated list of topics, resources, and events on AI 

Podcasts 

• Teaching in Higher Ed. The Teaching in Higher Ed podcast explores all there is about effective teaching. 

• Intentional Teaching, a show about teaching in higher education 
  This podcast explores new ideas in teaching for faculty. 

• The Opposite of Cheating Discussion about teaching and learning with cheating being an exception and integrity the norm. 

• Faculty Focus Live Quick n easy podcast about strategies, tips, tricks, and ideas for faculty. 

• The Grading Podcast “Reimagining Grading as a Tool for Student Success” 

• The EdSurge Podcast “A podcast about the future of education, featuring insightful conversations with educators, tech innovators and scholars, hosted by EdSurge reporters.” 

Books 

• The opposite of cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI by Tricia B. Gallant and David A. Rettinger 

• The science of learning meets AI by Lewis D. Ludwig and Todd D. Zakrajsek 

• AI For Educators by Matt Miller 

• Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI: Evidence-Based Approaches to Pedagogy, Ethics, and Beyond by Joseph Rene Corbeil, Maria Elena Corbeil