The AI for Today’s Classroom Certificate is a forward-thinking professional certificate designed for educators, administrators, and educational support staff that are ready to lead the next wave of educational innovation with the use of AI. Participants will gain experience with AI-powered technologies while customizing a learning path that works for them and their classroom. This flexible, “choose your own path” certificate allows you to customize your learning journey by selecting the AI competencies most relevant to your specific classroom or leadership needs.
Participants will need to successfully complete a total of 8-units by choosing a combination of courses listed below to earn the AI for Today’s Classroom certificate.
NOTE: Courses used to earn one certificate cannot be used towards a second certificate.
This course provides the fundamentals of how to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into your teaching, and explores the ethical considerations, as well.
Once you have enrolled in your course, log in to your account to access the course Welcome Letter, which includes directions on how to access the New Student Orientation and your online course.
This comprehensive course addresses the critical legal and ethical considerations surrounding artificial intelligence integration in educational settings.
Participants will engage students in applying media literacy, AI, and computer science principles, encouraging them to create informed and ethical media content.
This course offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the world of generative AI, its foundational technologies, and its wide-ranging applications, with a focus on understanding how AI “voices”—such as chatbots, virtual assistants, and text generators—are built, trained, and used across industries.
This course explores how AI is transforming the world of music. In this course, you’ll explore how generative AI can help compose music, write song lyrics, and even clone your voice to cover songs.
Explore the emerging role of generative AI in music and vocals. This course introduces what AI can do in composing music, working with vocals, enhancing audio quality, and cloning voices.
This hands-on course introduces Magic School AI—a platform built specifically for teachers—to streamline lesson planning, differentiate instruction, generate assessments, and support student engagement.
This unique course takes the form of a podcast, allowing participants to listen to expert teachers from various grade levels and content areas, discuss how they leverage AI to save time, increase efficiency, and better serve students.
Our courses offer a convenient yet rigorous learning experience designed to fit your schedule while keeping you on track toward your educational goals.
Online self-paced courses are asynchronous, meaning you can work anytime. Content is delivered through learning modules that typically include:
Most courses include a final project, paper, or exam that synthesizes the material covered throughout the modules.
Professional development courses offered by the University of San Diego’s Division of Professional & Continuing Education are taught by faculty that possess a depth and breadth of academic and real-world professional experience.
Requirements for completing a certificate can be found on the certificate page.
Professional and Continuing Education courses that are transferrable to a USD master degree will be stated on the course or certificate page. If you wish to transfer credit, it is your responsibility to confer with the receiving institution before enrolling, as each individual academic institution decides whether or not to accept USD Professional and Continuing Education credit.
You have five years to complete the certificate.
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Prospective students can request to be placed on a waitlist. Should a space open up in a course, those on the waitlist will be notified. We encourage you to register early for courses.
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