AI Literacy in the Age of ChatGPT

Our approach to information literacy allows us to teach students the "why" instead of only the "how," and it helps them think of themselves as creators and participants in scholarly communications. It also addresses competencies that students need to develop in order to become skillful researchers.

Learn more about our approach and our instructional support.

We can work with you to embed information literacy (including AI literacy) into your courses.
Set up an instruction consultation with your liaison librarian.

Tutorials about ChatGPT and Generative AI (created in Aug. 2023, updated in July 2025)

These tutorials are also available in the libraries D2L site, where students can earn a certificate of completion.

1. The technology behind ChatGPT
2. How does ChatGPT aim to prevent harmful use?
3. What is generative AI?
4. Using ChatGPT effectively
5. Creating multimedia with AI tools 

We also have an assignment for helping students plan library research:

• Generate Topics for Your Research Paper with ChatGPT - Google Doc
  ChatGPT can be a useful tool when it comes to deciding what your topic should be for a research paper. Learn how in this guide.

See also our other tutorials and classroom assignments (not AI-related).

FAQs about generative AI - from UA Libraries

See also FAQs from Artificial Intelligence at UA.