The Environmental Scan, made filterable
Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 4 entries, 20 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 9 source-verified findings (6 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.
Bay Area
filter to regionEngaged People
- 🆕AI Syllabus 'Teaching and Learning + Education' faculty section. Section of the AI Syllabus aimed at educators with curated resources (e.g., revised Bloom's Taxonomy for AI, U.S. Dept. of Education AI report, Universal Design for Learning frameworks) plus suggested activities including discipline-specific hackathons and researching faculty/student perspectives on AI in learning. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Contra Costa CCD AI Taskforce (DVC faculty leadership). DVC representatives Rayshell Clapper, John Freytag, and Anne Kingsley presented at ASCCC 2025 events on a districtwide AI Taskforce spanning three Contra Costa Community College District colleges that, in under a year, developed AI policy emphasizing trust, transparency, and culturally responsive teaching, setting the stage for a districtwide commitment to AI Critical Literacy training. 2025 · medium confidence — source
PeoplePolicy
Team/Lead: DVC Academic Senate/AI Team/Instructional Design
- DVC appears to have posted a student-facing policy before sister colleges
- DVC Acceptable Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy
- Spring 2024 Senate Approved DVC AI Guidance
- Spring 2024 DVC faculty provide PD to other colleges via CVC-OEI
- Instructional Designer Crystala Button
- DVC AI Policy language differs from drafts reviewed by sister colleges
PeoplePolicy
Team/Lead: 4CD/DVC Academic Senate/AI Team/Instructional Design
- Dec 2024 reviewing District policy as well to start spring 2025
Policies
- DVC Acceptable Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy. Official college policy stating DVC recognizes generative AI's impact and encourages critical digital literacy, responsible use, and ethical awareness; individual instructors set course-level AI policies (allowing or disallowing tools) that must be communicated in syllabi, and AI use must adhere to existing academic integrity policies, with unauthorized/unattributed AI use potentially constituting plagiarism or cheating per the district Student Code of Conduct. undated · high confidence — source
- Syllabus disclosure of AI parameters required. The acceptable use policy requires instructors to clearly communicate the parameters of permitted AI use in course syllabi, and directs students who are unsure of course AI policies to ask their instructors for clarification. undated · high confidence — source
- Academic Integrity Policy applied to AI. DVC maintains an Academic Integrity Policy defining academic dishonesty as claiming credit for another's work or using unauthorized materials/fabricated information; the AI acceptable use policy ties AI usage to these existing standards. undated · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: 4CD/DVC
- DVC Acceptable Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy
- Senate reviewing district policy as well as DVC specific AI policy
Resources
- 🆕The AI Syllabus library research guide (updated May 2026). DVC Library guide created by Anne Kingsley (Dean of Educational Technology & Learning Resources) and Emily Moss (Teaching Librarian), structured as an annotated bibliography of AI literacy resources, learning outcomes, and assignment ideas across sections including Fundamentals of AI; Biases/Ethics/Racial and Social Justice; Teaching and Learning + Education; Creating and Knowing; Healthcare; Film/TV; Grief and Memory; Data/Archives; and Citation/Attribution/Copyright. Last updated May 26, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI Syllabus 'Fundamentals of AI' learning module. A section of the DVC Library AI Syllabus covering core concepts (machine learning, large language models, generative vs. algorithmic AI, narrow vs. general AI, deep learning, natural language processing) with multimedia resources and hands-on activities such as training models via PlayLab and evaluating AI output for bias. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Introduction to AI Programming course. Computer Science professor Dr. Gene Khaja developed the Introduction to AI Programming class, first offered in summer 2024, in which students train computers to sort/categorize data using different machine-learning models; the course reportedly filled with a waiting list within days. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Planned 12-unit AI Programming Certificate. Per a July 2025 DVC news article, the Computer Science Department plans a 12-unit AI Programming Certificate (tentative launch 2027) with courses in Python Language Programming, Introduction to AI Programming, and Advanced AI Programming (covering chatbots and AI agents). 2025 · high confidence — source
PeoplePolicySystemsResources
Team/Lead: DVC/Senate and DEDE (Distance Education & Digital Equity) Team
- Spring 2024 Senate Approved DVC AI Guidance
- DVC Canvas Support Hub: AI Support Materials (behind Canvas wall)
- Neat DVC DEDE Resources
- AI Learning Series Recordings
- AI Learning Session 1 - AI as a Learning Process
- AI Learning Session 2 - Ethics & AI: Digital Citizenship and Student Engagement
- Faculty FLEX - Humanizing AI (FA23) & Humanizing AI - Student Voices (SP24)
- Online Course Design Hub AI Templates Module
- If you have not already enrolled in the Course Design Hub, please do so to access the above templates.
- To import the templates into your course, use the Canvas Commons and search for "DVC Distance Education" to locate and import.
- Anne Kingsley and Emily Moss: AI Syllabus