Understand AI at Riverdale
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| Summary | Guide to AI at Riverdale |
| Author | Maintained by Matthijs van Mierlo |
| Help | Get help with this article |
| Status | Up-to-date for the 2024-2025 school year. |
🤖 Introduction
As AI evolves, schools must understand how different AI tools fit (or don't fit) on campus. These resources help you explore AI in your teaching practice and also support your daily work.
🛠️ Recommended Tools
AI is rapidly changing and being integrated into familiar tools. Riverdale continuously monitors and vets AI platforms to support your work while protecting your data. Many free AI tools use your activity to train their models, so we prioritize protecting everyone's online presence. Refer to the resource below for acceptable AI platforms at Riverdale. To suggest a useful AI tool, email the Technology Department at support-ticket@riverdale.edu.
📝 Prompt Engineering Tips
Effective AI use requires strong prompts. Detailed and focused input yields the best output. Find prompt engineering resources below for students, faculty and administrators.
Tip: Prompting is iterative. Experiment, be patient, and refine your prompts for better results. For help with prompt development, email support-ticket@riverdale.edu! We're happy to help you brainstorm and develop better prompts.
📜 Riverdale AI Policy
Riverdale's AI policy guides AI use for students, faculty and other community members:
- Students: Can only use AI as directed by teachers and utilize school-approved platforms (Flint).
- Faculty: Must clearly define how AI can be used and can choose the appropriate level of AI use for their classes (AI Tutor Chart).
For details:
- Employees: Access the AI Policy, AI Tutor Chart, and Cover Sheet on the Employee Portal MS/US Page under Academics
- Students: Ask your teachers about the policy and find it in the Student Handbook soon.
🔎 Detecting AI Work
AI text detectors are unreliable and often inaccurate. Riverdale recommends against them. Instead, use reliable methods like revision history in Google Workspace or Turnitin's plagiarism detection.