For this class, we will integrate our understanding across multiple learning objectives by reflecting on how you seek help and discussing your progress on the infographic.

We strongly recommend you make some progress on your infographic before this class day so that you have something to receive feedback on before you need to submit it for the first time.

Goals

Infographic goal: Create an infographic that will help future you decide when and in what context to use AI in your learning.

Learning Goal: Integrate across the course’s learning objectives (LOs) and your own understanding of your learning, such that you can explain which LOs are in the infographic and how they relate to your learning.

Requirements

Infographic Poster

The infographic is like a one-page poster that you would put on your wall, use as a laptop wallpaper, or keep in a folder. You will only be submitting it digitally. The requirements are:

1. At least one chart that is based on your learning log data.
2. At least 2 LOs that are not LO7, LO8, or LO9 are present in some way, shape, or form.
   1. LO7 – LO9 (kinds of AI, intro to information visualization, and building charts) are already inherently present by the nature of the infographic.
3. Provides guidance on when and in what context to use AI.
4. Formatting:
   1. 1 page, 1-sided.
   2. Font is 11 pt or larger.
5. It is legible and clear.
   1. This means no text that overlaps or tiny fonts. Design choices should support understanding. Make it easy for others to read as if it were on a table and the person was standing a step or two back.
   2. It does not have to be artistic, aesthetically pleasing, or fancy. Clarity is key! Random decoration might actually make it harder to understand.

Write-up

In addition to the infographic, you will submit a write-up explaining it by answering the following questions. Each question only needs 2-5 sentences for its answer.

1. What is the primary message of your infographic?
2. Explain generally what each chart in your infographic is about. Why did you choose this/these chart(s)?
3. Which LOs are represented in your infographic? How are they each represented?
4. Why did you choose these LOs?
5. Provide 2 realistic future situations where your infographic would guide you to make different choices on how/whether you use AI.
6. AI Disclosure – This should cover both your poster and your write-up.

Rubric

1. Exemplary
   1. Poster
      1. Has at least one chart using the student’s learning log data.
      2. All the charts support the infographic’s overall message.
      3. Has at least 2 LOs that are not LO7 – LO9.
      4. Follows the required format.
      5. It is legible and clear.
   2. Write-up – Answers for each question are clear, thorough, draw on course materials, and connect to what is present in the infographic.
   3. Correctly uses relevant terminology.
2. Satisfactory
   1. Poster
      1. Has at least one chart using the student’s learning log data.
      2. At least one chart supports the infographic, even if there are others that do not.
      3. Has 1 LO that is not LO7 – LO9.
      4. Follows the required format.
      5. It is mostly legible and clear, such as a bit of text is cramped or overlapping, but otherwise it can still be read.
   2. Write-up – Answers for each question are reasonable, but:
      1. Lack some clarity or thoroughness.
      2. Are not always connected to what is present in the infographic.
   3. Uses relevant terminology with some occasional omissions or imprecisions.
3. Not Yet
   1. Poster
      1. It is missing a chart using the student’s learning log data.
      2. Has no LOs present that are not LO7 – LO9.
      3. Does not follow the required format.
      4. Part of the infographic cannot be read.
   2. Write-up
      1. Answers are vague, incomplete, or incorrect, such that it is not clear how well the author understands the concepts from class.
      2. The answers are not connected to what is present in the infographic, such that they could be said about any infographic.
   3. Key terminology is misused.

How to create it

What should it look like?

This is the most open-ended part of this assignment. It is entirely up to you! This is supposed to be a document that you would find compelling to pull up whenever you are wondering whether AI is right for the situation. No one can decide what that looks like except you.

When in doubt, opt for clarity, not fancy. Your design choices should focus on making it easy to understand.

Guiding Questions

1. Think of specific situations where you may or may not use AI and how you would use AI, such as a homework assignment, writing a paper, studying for an exam, answering a take-home quiz, what can you put in your infographic that will help you choose wisely in these situations?
2. When you are considering using AI, which of the LOs are most relevant? Perhaps motivation (LO6)? Or maybe you are struggling to recognize the purpose of a task, so articulating its learning objectives would help (LO2). On the other hand, perhaps you are struggling with executive function (LO3).
3. Given your learning log, what trends do you see? Could an LO explain the trend?
4. To figure out what chart to create, start with the chart’s message. For example, you can finish the sentence “I want my chart to show that…” to help you figure out what to create.
5. Given your learning log data and the chart you want to design, what LOs are present in the data you have?

Tool/Software

This is up to you. There are many options: PowerPoint, Word, Google Slides, Canva, Photoshop, etc. Choose one that you are most comfortable with. You just need to make sure to choose a tool that will let you export or print to pdf.

To create your chart, you learned how to make them using Excel, but you do not have to. You can use whatever you are comfortable with. You can even use AI to help you create it! Just make sure that the resulting graph represents your actual data.

Need more ideas? Here are some potential ways to design your infographic

Generated by ChatGPTv5 and updated/fixed by Prof. Stephens-Martinez

There is no single “right” way to design your infographic. What matters is that it communicates your key message clearly — when and how you plan to use (or not use) AI in your learning. Below are several possible ways you could organize or visualize your ideas. You can mix and match, or come up with something entirely your own. You can even ask AI to generate even more ideas!

• The AI Use Spectrum – Design a continuum or slider graphic that shows situations ranging from “Definitely Don’t Use AI” to “Definitely Use AI.”
• The Before–During–After Model – Use a timeline or 3-column design showing how AI fits into different stages of a learning task.
• The Data Story – Center your design around one key chart from your learning log that tells a story.
• The AI-as-Coach Metaphor – Make a visual metaphor infographic comparing AI to a “coach,” “study partner,” or “toolbox.”
• The Comparison Poster – Create a side-by-side comparison of “Using AI” vs. “Not Using AI.”
• The Personalized Rules Poster – Make your infographic look like a personal rulebook or checklist for yourself.
• The Decision Flowchart – Create a yes/no or branching diagram that helps you decide whether to use AI for a task.

TeachFront is a grading platform designed for the kind of grading system we use in this course. It is a fairly new platform, and yet to be integrated with other systems we use, which means you have to create an account on your own by following the steps below:

1. Navigate to https://teachfront.com/
2. Create an account using your Duke email (either  netid@duke.edu or firstname.lastname@duke.edu)
3. The platform will send you a verification email. This might take a few minutes, and the email might show up in your junk folder.
4. Click on the verification link in the email to finish registering your account. Chances are you will see an error upon clicking the link. If this happens, simply refresh and try login into your account again.
5. Enroll into our course using the code here.
6. You should be able to see Homework 1. If so, you are all set for using the platform.

We will use TeachFront for all six homeworks, the infographic project, and all LO checkpoints. For LO checkpoints, this means we will scan your in-person work in class, grade it on TeachFront, and release the feedback to you directly on TeachFront. The other components of the course (e.g., engagement points) are not tracked in TeachFront. Therefore, the gradebook in TeachFront is incomplete, and does not display your final letter grade, which depends on things such as engagement points and quizzes that are not in TeachFront. However, we do configure TeachFront for you to easily track your LO progress in it; that is exactly the reason we use it.

Log Creation Due: 9/05

Late due: 9/06

The purpose of the learning log is to consistently reflect on your learning. You will submit to this log at least once a week, and you will use the data you generate in your Infographic final project. We recommend that you pick a particular kind of learning that you want to track. It could be a specific course, a specific thing within a course (e.g., writing exercises), a common task across multiple courses (e.g, homework), etc. The more care you take in picking what to track and the more consistently you fill out the form, the more informative your data will be.

Logistics and Grading

You can earn up to 2 engagement points per week as follows:

• 1 point – For the first entry for the week.
• 1 point – For the second entry for the week.
• The third entry and beyond do not earn more points, but you are welcome to log more to support your learning.

Each week starts on a Monday and ends on a Sunday. The week your entry belongs to is based on the timestamp associated with that entry. This timestamp is automatically generated when you fill out your form.

Steps to create the learning log

1. Open the Microsoft Form template [Update: since everyone has finished the creation of their own learning log form, this link is closed to prevent confusion.]
2. Make sure you log in with your Duke NetID
3. Click on the “Duplicate it” button
4. Update the questions to better reflect your context, including the following:
   1. “Which course/thing were you learning for?”
   2. “What time did you do the learning?” – Feel free to change the options for this if you want
5. Add 2+ questions to capture what you care about and any other information you think would be helpful for you to reflect on.
6. Submit the share link to your form in this Microsoft Form. [Update: since everyone has finished the creation of their own learning log form, this link is closed to prevent confusion.] You cannot start earning engagement points without submitting the link.

Example Additional Questions

You do not need to limit yourself to just these questions. They are examples to help you think about what you would find interesting to capture.

1. Did you ask for help? Yes/No
   1. From whom? [open textbox]
2. How energized did you feel on a scale from 1 to 5?
3. Where did you do the activity?
4. Who did you do the activity with? Solo, 1 friend, study group, etc.
5. How often did you take breaks?
6. How motivated were you to do the activity? Very motivated, motivated, neither, unmotivated, very unmotivated
7. What tools/apps did you use?
8. How were you feeling as you did the activity? (Look up feelings wheels to get ideas of what to list)
9. Did you use AI to help you with the activity? Yes/No
   1. If yes, how? [open textbox]