Use Blackboard's AI Design Assistant to Generate Assignment, Discussion, and Journal Topics

This guide offers a streamlined approach to utilizing Blackboard's AI Design Assistant for creating engaging assignment, discussion, and journal topics, enhancing your course with constructively aligned content. By following the steps, educators can easily generate tailored prompts that cater to various cognitive levels, saving time and fostering deeper student engagement.

Adam Palczewski
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Humber

Navigate to your course at [https://learn.humber.ca/ultra/courses/](https://learn.humber.ca/ultra/courses/_237405_1/outline)

Click on the '+' icon where you would like to add your discussion or journal.

Click "Create".

Click on the Discussion or Journal options to create the Discussion or Journal.

Click the 'Auto-generate' button in the top right corner of the page.

Tip! If you do not see the 'Auto-generate' option, please clear your browser cache. You can learn how to do that by accessing the following Humber Faculty resource: <https://humber.ca/facultyblackboard/knowledgebase/clearing-browser-cache/>

You can enter prompts into the "Description" field, if you would like.

You can also 'Select course items' to indicate what information the AI Design Assistant should choose information from in your course.

You can then choose the desired cognitive level for the Discussion or Journal prompt. Selecting the 'Inspire me!' option will generate 3 different Discussion or Journal topics with different cognitive levels.

You can also change the complexity of the Discussion or Journal topic by using this slider.

If you would like to generate a discussion title, please select "Generate discussion/journal title". If you already have a discussion or journal title in mind, please de-select this option.

Click "Generate" when you are ready!