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Las Positas College

Region: Bay Area

At a glance

Las Positas College has developed a distributed AI governance model led by Distance Ed Committee Co-Coordinators Kat King and Angelo Bummer, Instructional Technology Specialist Wanda Butterly, and Academic Integrity Liaison Catherine Suarez, coordinating across senate committees and a districtwide work group. The college adopted a course-level AI policy framework in 2024–25, piloted Canvas-integrated Nectir AI and Playlab custom bots (including an in-house ComplyBot for accessibility), and now offers a 21-unit AI Certificate and two transferable CS courses with ethics components. LPC is in mid-adoption, systematically vetting Canvas AI features and third-party tools while providing faculty workshops, self-paced AI literacy courses, and sample syllabus templates.

Updated Scan Findings

10 new 🆕· 14 source-verified findings from the updated web scan
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines · 4
  • 🆕Academic Senate 'AI Vetting Efforts' presentation and Districtwide AI Work Group. A Nov 12, 2025 Academic Senate document, 'AI Vetting Efforts: New Guidance, New Tools + New Dilemmas' (by DE Committee Co-Coordinators Kat King and Angelo Bummer), maps AI governance across the Distance Ed Committee, Technology Committee, Prof Dev Committee, Academic Senate, and a district-level 'Districtwide AI Work Group,' and lays out how decisions to adopt Canvas AI features and third-party AI tools should be made. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕LPC faculty presenting at 'Reclaiming Joy: Human-First Teaching in the AI Era' (April 2026). Wanda Butterly (LPC Instructional Technology Specialist) is a presenter in the April 17, 2026 statewide CCC session 'Shift Happens: Using Custom Bots to Reclaim Time for Human Connection,' demonstrating FERPA-compliant Playlab custom chatbots for automating compliance tasks, alongside faculty from Skyline and Glendale colleges. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Named AI/instructional-technology leadership and liaison roles. LPC has designated AI-related leadership: Kat King (Instructional Technology Coordinator and DE Committee co-chair), Catherine Suarez (Professor and 'AI and Academic Honesty Liaison'), and Wanda Butterly (Instructional Technology Specialist supporting generative AI on the Professional Development and DE committees). 2025 · high confidence — source
  • AI workshops and self-paced AI literacy courses for faculty. The AI Resources page promotes ongoing AI workshops and recommends self-paced offerings including '@ONE: Generative AI' and 'AI Literacy for Educators: Supporting Student Success,' plus recordings from the 'Reclaiming Joy: Human-First Teaching in the AI Era' professional development event. 2025 · high confidence — source
AI Policies · 2
  • Academic Senate integrity statement addresses AI explicitly. LPC's Academic Senate academic-integrity statement names AI directly: defining cheating as 'using an artificial intelligence generator without the instructor's knowledge/permission,' treating submission of AI-generated papers as one's own as plagiarism, and permitting AI use only with instructor permission; it references MLA citation guidance for generative AI (accessed July 12, 2024). 2024 · high confidence — source
  • Course-level AI syllabus policy approach with sample template. LPC encourages faculty to set AI policies at the per-course level (rather than a single campuswide rule) and provides a sample course AI policy on the AI Resources page covering acceptable use, acceptable tools, transparency requirements, ethical considerations, and detection/consequences. 2025 · high confidence — source
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 8
  • 🆕Dedicated AI Resources page for faculty. LPC maintains an official 'AI Resources' page providing faculty guidance on understanding AI, developing classroom AI policies, AI tools for educators (ComplyBot, Khanmigo, Nectir AI, Playlab AI), detection tools (Turnitin, Canvas Quiz Logs, Respondus LockDown Browser, Google Doc revision history), and a sample AI course policy template covering acceptable use, acceptable tools, transparency requirements, and detection/consequences. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Nectir AI pilot (Canvas-integrated) launched Spring 2025. Per the official AI Resources page, LPC began piloting Nectir AI in Spring 2025 as a Canvas-integrated tool that lets instructors build FERPA-compliant, customizable course assistants for students. Spring 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Playlab AI pilot for faculty and staff (Fall 2024). Playlab AI was made available system-wide starting with a Fall 2024 pilot for faculty, classified professionals, and administrators, used to build custom bots (e.g., ComplyBot for accessibility remediation, DesignerBot for Canvas design) that support teaching and learning. Fall 2024 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕ComplyBot accessibility AI tool built in-house. LPC Instructional Technology Specialist Wanda Butterly built 'ComplyBot' to help instructors align course content to accessibility and Universal Design for Learning standards; it is listed among recommended AI tools for educators. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Vetting of Canvas built-in AI features. The Nov 2025 AI Vetting Efforts document lists specific Canvas AI features under institutional review for adoption: Discussion Summaries, Smart Search, AI Translations, LLM-enabled Assignments, AI Rubric Generator, AI-assisted grading, plus paid add-ons such as Ignite Agent; tools must be 'turned on' and adoption is guided by CCCCO 'Evolving Instructional Technology Tools in Canvas' guidance. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕AI and machine learning courses with ethics components (2025-2026 catalog). The 2025-2026 catalog lists CS 4 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence' (3 units; search algorithms, knowledge representation, logic-based reasoning, Bayesian networks, with 'ethical considerations of artificial intelligence') and CS 5 'Introduction to Machine Learning' (3 units; supervised/unsupervised/reinforcement learning, addressing 'safety and ethical concerns of machine learning'); both are CSU-transferable. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Artificial Intelligence Certificate of Achievement (21 units). LPC's Computer Science department offers a 21-unit Certificate of Achievement in Artificial Intelligence (including CS 1, CS 2, CS 7, CS 4 Introduction to AI, CS 5 Introduction to Machine Learning, and STAT C1000) preparing students for AI programming, machine learning engineering, data science, and business intelligence roles. 2025 · medium confidence — source
  • Non-credit Community Education AI courses. Through its ed2go Community Education program, LPC offers online self-paced courses 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence' and 'Introduction to Machine Learning' open to the public. undated · medium confidence — source

Spring 2025 baseline

AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines

V2030: PeopleV2030: Policy
Team/Lead: Catherine Suarez, Spanish Prof & Academic Integrity Liaison
Team/Lead: LPC/Senate/Ashley Young
  • Oct 2024 LPC's Academic Senate is currently working on developing their own policy

AI Policies

V2030: Policy
Team/Lead: CLPCCD/LPC
  • Policy not yet found. Per District meetings, College Senates discussing and taking different approaches. PD requested.

AI Courses, Tools & Resources

V2030: ResourcesV2030: PeopleV2030: Systems
Team/Lead: CLPCCD/LPC
  • AI Resources
  • Las Positas College had participating representation in PlayLab in November Inaugural cohort with UC Berkeley

Entities from the knowledge graph

college: Las Positas College