Because Blackboard's AI Course Design Assistant is powered by Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service which has a very broad range of uses cases, it may be possible to use the prompt functionality in the AI Design Assistant to request output beyond the intended functionalities. We strongly discourage you from using AI Course Design Assistant for any purpose beyond the scope of its intended functionalities. Doing so may result in the generation of outputs that are not suitable for or compatible with the Ultra course environment and the measures put in place to minimize inaccurate output.
In particular, the points below should be followed when prompting:
- Only use prompts that are intended to solicit more relevant output from the AI Design Assistant (e.g., provide more details on the intended course structure)
- Do not use prompts to solicit output beyond the intended functionality. For instance, you should not use the prompt to request sources or references for the output. In our testing, we determined that there are accuracy issues with such output.
- Be mindful that prompts requesting output in the style of a specific person or requesting output that looks similar to copyrighted or trademarked items could result in output that carries the risk of intellectual property right infringement.
- Suggested output for sensitive topics may be limited. Azure OpenAI Service has been trained and implemented in a manner to minimize illegal and harmful content. This includes a content filtering functionality. This could result in limited output or error messages when the AI Design Assistant is used for courses related to sensitive topics (e.g., self-harm, violence, hate, sex).
- Do not use prompts that violate the terms of our agreement with Anthology or that violate Microsoft’s Code of Conduct for Azure OpenAI Service and Acceptable Use Policy in the Microsoft Online Services Terms.