• A Passion for AI · Learning Lab

    Demo Online High School on Moodle

    The Learning Lab is the hands-on side of A Passion for AI. It is a working Moodle LMS built and administered by Lisa Villary. It is a fictional online high school with five courses, five teachers and fifteen students. Everything was set up the way a school systems administrator would do it: CSV imports, roles and permissions, groups and cohorts, completion tracking, accessible course design, reporting and backups.

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    Users and enrolments

    20 fictional accounts uploaded by CSV, with a cohort, Groups A, B and C, and role-based enrolments.

    Flagship course

    How to Use ChatGPT for Research has 5 lessons, 2 practical assignments, an essay with a rubric, and a final exam built from a GIFT question bank.

    Accessible by design

    Content follows WCAG 2.2 AA principles: nested headings, alt text and captioned tables. Learners choose their submission format, and quiz time can be extended privately.

    Reporting and operations

    Completion and gradebook reports, a completion badge, scheduled cron jobs, HTTPS, and documented backup and restore.

    Privacy note: every person on this site is fictional and uses a reserved example.com email address. No real student data is stored here.
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How to Use ChatGPT for Research

Learn to use ChatGPT as a research assistant while keeping your own judgment in charge. You will verify evidence, cite sources, protect your privacy and follow academic-integrity rules.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  1. Explain appropriate and inappropriate uses of ChatGPT in research.
  2. Turn a broad topic into a focused research question.
  3. Write prompts that specify purpose, scope, evidence, output format and uncertainty.
  4. Verify AI-generated claims using reliable, independent sources.
  5. Organize evidence, cite original sources and disclose meaningful AI assistance.
  6. Recognize bias, uncertainty, hallucination and privacy risks.

Audience: high-school learners  |  Format: 5 lessons, 4 graded assessments (100 points), 5 optional brain teasers

Digital Citizenship and Online Safety

Privacy, digital footprint, online safety and respectful communication. (Demonstration shell with lighter content.)

English Communication and Media Literacy

Reading, writing and critical analysis of news, advertising and social media. (Demonstration shell with lighter content.)

Foundations of Mathematics

Number sense, algebraic thinking and problem solving for Grade 11 learners. (Demonstration shell with lighter content.)

Student Success and Learning Strategies

Time management, study skills, goal setting and wellbeing for online learners. (Demonstration shell with lighter content.)