The Office of Technology and Digital Innovation training team has a new AI training opportunity: Generative AI: AI for University Business Writing.
AI for University Business Writing
This course offers assistance with writing is one of the most common ways to use AI tools. AI tools can help with grammar, tone, clarity and more. But how can you use it most efficiently and without making your writing sound like generic AI slop? When you have completed this 15-minute course, you will be able to understand the security and ethical concerns of using AI tools; use AI tools to brainstorm and outline before writing your first draft; identify and edit telltale AI tool writing patterns; and explain the importance of human review.
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OTDI's training team works to ensure that Ohio State staff members have opportunities to build their technology expertise. This includes a variety of courses to help you build your skills using AI tools.
- Generative AI: Identifying Use Cases: Discover how to identify when AI tools can take on tasks and how it can help you.
- Generative AI: Using AI Securely and Ethically: Explore the security, privacy, and ethical considerations surrounding AI use.
- Introduction to Agentic AI: Learn how agentic AI works and how to determine if agentic AI would be useful in your work
- AI Prompts: The Basics of Effective Prompts: Learn to write effective prompts that minimize the risk of incorrect or made up information from the AI tool.
- AI Prompts: Constraints: Sharpen your prompts using smart constraints—like tone and personas—to guide AI’s focus, tailor its responses, and get outputs that better match your goals and audience.
- AI Prompts: Few-Shot Prompts: Tackle more complex tasks with confidence using few‑shot prompting—an advanced technique that shows AI exactly what “good” looks like by providing clear examples
- AI Prompts: Mitigating Bias: recognize and reduce bias in AI‑generated outputs—so you can use AI more thoughtfully, apply counter‑factual prompting techniques, and ensure your work reflects Ohio State’s mission, values, and commitment to ethical decision‑making
Don’t forget that Ohio State also offers you access to LinkedIn Learning, where you can continue to build your general AI knowledge and take a deeper dive into specific AI tools. You can access LinkedIn Learning classes through BuckeyeLearn, which records completed courses on your transcript.
These resources and more are listed on the AI website "Learn to use AI" page. Onsite in-person and virtual training can be found on the AI Resources and Events page.