Customizing Cogniti: Aligning for Different Learning Goals

Facilitators: 
Derek Hunt, Educational Developer, Teaching, Learning, and Technology, CTSI
Victoria Sheldon, Educational Developer, Teaching, Learning, and Technology, CTSI 
Once your Cogniti tutor is up and running, the real work begins: aligning it to what you want students to learn and how you want them to engage. Different learning goals call for different tutor designs, and changes to your system prompt can shift how students interact with AI support in your course. 
In this session, you will: 
• Explore how system prompts can be tailored to support different learning goals, from concept checking and writing feedback to study support and guided inquiry 
• Compare tutor designs across disciplines and course contexts 
• Discuss strategies for communicating your tutor’s purpose and boundaries to students 
• Explore advanced Cogniti features that expand what your tutor can do 
This session is designed for instructors who have completed Cogniti Onboarding or already have a tutor deployed and are ready to take it further. 
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