📖 Module 1: Optional Resources
What is GenAI?
How to Use This Resource Library
This resource library is organized into three tiers — Essential, Recommended, and Optional — to help you plan your available class time and meet your students’ needs. Essential materials form the core of the module and directly address the learning outcomes. Recommended materials add depth. Optional materials extend the module or offer additional support to students.
The materials below are the Optional resources for Module 1. Each entry includes a brief description to help you decide how and when to use it.
Section 1: Different GenAI Platforms Compared
Note: This section also appears in Module 3 and can be addressed there instead of — or in addition to — here, depending on your course sequencing.
💻 Instructor Preparation
📽️ Video
Full Tutorial: GPT-5 vs Claude 4.5 vs Gemini 2.5 for 10 Tasks (Peter Yang ~25 minutes)
🔗 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfBMNaE5kRo&t=760s]
A 25-minute video comparing three major LLM platforms. Useful instructor background for leading platform comparison discussions or activities in class.
📚 Reading
The Best GenAI Tools for 2026 (Medium / Artificial Corner) 🔗 [https://medium.com/artificial-corner/the-best-ai-tools-for-2026-933535a44f8b]
A clear and accessible overview of the similarities and differences between the most widely used large language models, updated for 2026. Note: Sign-in may be required to access the full article.
🖥️ Slide Deck
GenAI Platform Comparison Slides (Dr. Lilla Toke Canva) 🔗 [https://www.canva.com/design/DAG-9oQpLqk/ukrcaGuZwQqJEtynVt-bdg/edit]
A ready-to-use slide deck for explaining the overlaps and differences between major GenAI platforms developed by Dr. Lilla Toke of the English Department at LaGuardia Community College, CUNY. Can be used as-is or adapted to fit your course context.
📝 Student Materials
📽️ Video
Full Tutorial: GPT-5 vs Claude 4.5 vs Gemini 2.5 for 10 Tasks (Peter Yang ~25 minutes) 🔗 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfBMNaE5kRo&t=760s]
(See description under Instructor Preparation above.) Can be assigned as homework before a platform comparison discussion or used as an in-class viewing activity.
📚 Reading
The Best GenAI Tools for 2026 (Medium / Artificial Corner) 🔗 [https://medium.com/artificial-corner/the-best-ai-tools-for-2026-933535a44f8b]
(See description under Instructor Preparation above.) Can be assigned as pre-class reading or used to anchor a platform comparison activity. Note: Sign-in may be required.
Section 2: GenAI Frameworks for Educators
These frameworks offer valuable context for understanding how GenAI literacy is being defined and assessed across higher education. Instructors who want deeper grounding in the broader landscape will find them useful as background reading and course planning resources.
When introducing students to GenAI frameworks, please include Using GenAI at LaGuardia: A Student Guide [link needed]. While the frameworks below reflect important thinking about GenAI in higher education, the LaGuardia Guide is designed specifically for our students offering a clear, consistent, and easy-to-use system that centralizes the conversation in a way that moves well across courses and contexts.
💻 Instructor Preparation
👉 Using GenAI at LaGuardia: A Student Guide (LaGuardia Specific Resource)🔗
[https://laguardiaaihub.commons.gc.cuny.edu/using-genai-at-laguardia-a-student-guide/]
Digital Education Council (DEC) GenAI Literacy Framework 🔗 [https://www.digitaleducationcouncil.com/post/digital-education-council-ai-literacy-framework]
A five-dimension framework for comprehensive GenAI literacy developed by the Digital Education Council. Provides a useful map of the competencies students need and can help instructors articulate the goals of GenAI literacy instruction across the curriculum.
GenAI Assessment Scale (AIAS) 🔗 [https://aiassessmentscale.com]
A framework for ethical GenAI integration in assessment design. Helps instructors think through how to design assignments that account for different levels of GenAI use — from no GenAI permitted to full integration. A practical resource for course and assignment planning.
EDUCAUSE — GenAI Literacy in Teaching and Learning (ALTL) 🔗 [https://www.educause.edu/content/2024/ai-literacy-in-teaching-and-learning/executive-summary]
EDUCAUSE’s four-pillar framework for GenAI literacy in higher education. Grounded in current research and practice, this is a useful reference for understanding how peer institutions are approaching GenAI literacy at the course and program level.
