As online courses have grown in popularity, history faculty have continued to navigate the many challenges that come with safeguarding academic integrity. This presentation will examine the main issues that history faculty teaching online courses have encountered given the rise of popular artificial intelligence (A.I.) software such as ChatGPT. Specifically, the presentation will focus on the varied ways that A.I. software has undermined the traditional structure of online history courses, particularly discussion forums and written assignments. The presentation will begin by surveying the fledgling literature on A.I. and online learning. The presenter will then propose strategies for creating assignment prompts that will make student use of A.I. software untenable. The strategies can be broken down into three categories: (a) creating dialogue between primary and secondary sources; (b) leveraging multimedia resources against A.I. in course assignments; and (c) rethinking assessment techniques for online teaching. Example prompts will be given for each of these categories. The presentation will also examine ways that faculty can use A.I. to forecast the problems that might arise with different types of assignments.
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