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Staff
As UNC Charlotte staff, your choices shape the University’s culture of responsible innovation. AI is here to enhance your work and streamline routine tasks—always keeping human judgment and creativity at the center. When using AI, think about the level of data involved and embrace our AI guiding principles.
AI Resources for Staff
Software
Policies & Guidelines
Learning Opportunities
Committees & Groups
Get Started with AI in Your Work
1. Before You Start
- Use data protected enterprise software
- Know what level of data is involved and decide if using AI is appropriate
- Take a course on prompt engineering
2. Using AI
- Experiment with different tools (Copilot and Gemini) to determine which you prefer.
- Start simple and refine your prompts.
- Make sure you don’t enter any private, sensitive or protected data into an AI resource.
3. When complete
- Critically review output; look for errors and bias.
- Be transparent with your use of AI; document as appropriate.
- Share your experience with colleagues; brainstorm other ways AI can help.
Common Administrative AI Use Cases
Writing Assistance
Leverage AI at specific stages of your writing process to:
- Brainstorm ideas
- Organize content
- Adjust style for your audience and purpose
- Check clarity, grammar and citations
Creative Assistance
Use AI as an early step in your creative process.
- AI can inspire your creativity in art, graphic design, music, performing arts and other expressions.
- Always credit original creators.
Research & Information Gathering
Synthesize and find information.
- Ask AI to simplify complex concepts in an understandable way.
- Locate sources and then verify AI output for credibility and relevance by reading original sources.
Data Analysis & Visualization
Simplify complex data.
- Use AI to interpret data and create visualizations.
- Ensure you can explain and justify the results. It’s important that you understand the data and how to process it to spot mistakes and explain outputs.