Make It Theirs: Designing Media Assignments Students Have to Own

Event Instances

• Thursday, September 10, 2026 12:00 P.M.

Event Details

AI can help a student script a video, draft a podcast outline or generate an infographic layout. What it cannot do is make the judgment calls that come from actually knowing something, caring about a specific audience or having a perspective worth sharing. This session introduces the friction arc framework: the idea that the best media assignments are not designed to block AI, they are designed to require the kind of human thinking AI cannot replicate. We will look at how to identify the decision points in a communication task where student judgment is irreplaceable, and how to build your assignment around those moments.

This live session will be virtual via Microsoft Teams. Please register for the event to receive the Teams link.

This session kicks off the Media and Communication Series and sets up the three format-specific sessions that follow.