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AI Landscape by Region
Spring 2025 baseline · June 2026 update
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Victor Valley College

Region: Inland Empire / Desert

At a glance

Victor Valley College's Distance Education Department leads AI adoption, offering "Ally," a PlayLab AI-powered faculty assistant trained on VVC policies and Canvas resources, and maintaining a curated AI resources hub that emphasizes equity, accessibility, and digital literacy. The library provides an AI Literacy LibGuide (updated March 2026) covering prompt engineering, citation formats, and ethical considerations. Academic integrity policy defers to individual instructors, with no institution-wide AI policy; faculty are encouraged to articulate course-specific expectations in syllabi.

Updated Scan Findings

2 new 🆕· 7 source-verified findings from the updated web scan
AI Policies · 1
  • AI academic-integrity guidance defers to instructor policy. The library guide states that 'using AI tools in ways that violate your instructor's policies or misrepresent your work can be considered a form of academic dishonesty or plagiarism' and that appropriate use varies by course, assignment, and instructor; no single institution-wide AI integrity policy is presented, with authority deferred to individual instructors. 2026 · high confidence — source
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 6
  • 🆕Ally the VVC DE Guru (PlayLab AI faculty assistant). The Distance Education Department offers 'Ally,' an AI faculty-support assistant built on PlayLab AI and trained specifically on VVC DE policies, faculty training materials, and Canvas resources; it answers faculty questions on Canvas setup, course design, accessibility, and compliance (Title 5, ACCJC, RSI, CVC-OEI) and 'won't make up information.' Faculty interested in using PlayLab AI for instruction are directed to contact the DE Department. undated · high confidence — source
  • 🆕AI equity framing. VVC's DE AI page addresses AI equity in higher education, flagging access disparities between resourced and under-resourced students, algorithmic bias affecting admissions/grading/personalized learning, and privacy/surveillance concerns, urging that AI not exacerbate existing inequalities. undated · high confidence — source
  • AI Literacy LibGuide for students. The VVC Library maintains an 'AI Literacy' research guide focused on generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and LLMs, covering AI literacy competencies, generative AI vs. search engines, ethical considerations (hallucination, bias), prompt engineering, and evaluating outputs. Last updated March 31, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • How to Cite AI guidance (MLA/APA/Chicago). The library AI Literacy guide includes a 'How to Cite AI' page giving MLA, APA, and Chicago citation guidance for generative AI use, and instructs students to 'always defer to your instructor on their requirements for GenAI use and citation' since some instructors prohibit GenAI entirely. Last updated March 31, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • DE Department AI resources page for instructors. The Distance Education Department hosts an 'Artificial Intelligence' resources hub framing AI in education as a 'transformative shift,' advising instructors to promote digital literacy, ensure accessibility, be transparent about AI tools and how they affect grading, and engage students in ethical AI discussions. undated · high confidence — source
  • Curated external AI learning resources. The DE 'Artificial Intelligence Resources' subpage links curated learning materials including Wharton's 'Practical AI for Instructors and Students,' University of Helsinki's 'Elements of AI,' 3Blue1Brown and Andrej Karpathy explainers, Sal Khan's TED talk, an NYT AI glossary, and equity-focused materials (Timnit Gebru, Black in AI, 'BlackGPT'). undated · high confidence — source

Spring 2025 baseline

AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines

V2030: People
Team/Lead: Victor Valley College/Distance Education/English Faculty
  • Per Survey:
  • Distance Education (in re some discussions and training); some English faculty are integrating into lesson plans in an English composition course

AI Policies

V2030: Policy
Team/Lead: Victor Valley College
  • Not yet found. Appears to rely on Student Conduct Standards: academic integrity
  • Academic Senate Syllabus Checklist
  • AI Policy for your classroom
  • Focus on asset mindset language, not deficit mindset
  • What is your expectation for its use
  • What is acceptable and unacceptable
  • Any specific gpts that would help them in your course
  • Notation that this policy is for your specific course, this semester and for no others

AI Courses, Tools & Resources

V2030: ResourcesV2030: SystemsV2030: People
Team/Lead: Victor Valley College

Entities from the knowledge graph

college: Victor Valley Collegeinitiative: AI: Welcome to a Brave new world!organization: Victor Valley College Distance Educationorganization: Victor Valley College English Facultyorganization: Victor Valley College Academic Senateorganization: Distance Education Department

Links & artifacts

AI Policies · 3
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 4