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San Mateo County Community College District

District

Region: Bay Area

At a glance

SMCCCD launched a district-wide AI Community of Practice in fall 2025, coordinated by the District Teaching and Learning Committee under the Academic Senate, with named leads including Jennifer Howze-Owens, Sarah Harmon, and Allison Hughes. The district published formal Plagiarism and AI Guidance (March 2026) emphasizing assignment design over detection, provides students access to Google Gemini and NotebookLM, and offers faculty a Stoplight AI syllabus framework and curated resources through Skyline's CTTL repository.

Updated Scan Findings

8 new 🆕· 16 source-verified findings from the updated web scan
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines · 6
  • 🆕District AI Community of Practice launched (fall 2025). SMCCCD established a district-wide AI Community of Practice (ai.smccd.edu) in fall 2025, coordinated by the District Teaching and Learning Committee (a subcommittee of the District Academic Senate). The framework was approved at the September 2025 Academic Senate meeting; fall 2025 faculty survey results identifying four priority areas were presented at the October 2025 senate meeting. 2025 · high confidencesource
  • 🆕Guidance and Ethics Committee within the AI COP. The AI Community of Practice includes a Guidance and Ethics Committee tasked with developing a guide, presentation, and professional development module on the ethical issues raised by generative AI tools, weighing both potential benefits and concerns. Named leads include Jennifer Howze-Owens (COP launch), Sarah Harmon (DTLC plagiarism/AI guidance), and Allison Hughes (AI-resistant assignments). 2025 · high confidencesource
  • 🆕Standalone DTLC Guidance on Plagiarism and AI (Version 1, March 2026). The District Teaching and Learning Committee published a dedicated guidance site (guidance.ai.smccd.edu) with Version 1 released March 2026, providing faculty guidance, guides, webinars, and tool resources for navigating AI's impact on teaching and learning. 2026 · high confidencesource
  • 🆕AI COP webinars and conference programming (2026). The AI Community of Practice lists current professional development including an 'Addressing the Challenge of Agentic AI' webinar on Jan 30, 2026 (1:00-2:30 p.m. online) and promotes the 'AI and Academia 2026: Navigating the Future' conference (March 19-21, 2026, Costa Mesa). Flex Day presentation slides and videos are archived for faculty. 2026 · high confidencesource
  • Inaugural AI/VR/AR MiniConference (Jan 2024). SMCCCD hosted its first 'Leveraging AI' Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality Conference on Jan 11, 2024 at Skyline College, featuring faculty/student sessions and a keynote by Santa Clara University's Maya Ackerman on AI and creative expression. Winter 2024 · high confidencesource
  • Critical information literacy / AI literacy guide. Skyline College's Information Literacy Program guide addresses AI and Critical Information Literacy, helping learners evaluate AI-generated content for credibility, bias, transparency, and authorship and examine the social/ethical/power structures behind AI technologies. undated · medium confidencesource
AI Policies · 2
  • District Academic Senate Plagiarism and AI Guidance. The District Academic Senate adopted 'Plagiarism and Artificial Intelligence Guidance' (approved Dec 9, 2024; last updated Jan 8, 2025) stating the three colleges' existing academic integrity policies cover unauthorized AI use when clarified via syllabi/assignments, and prioritizing assignment design over detection. It warns AI detection tools are 'significantly more unreliable than plagiarism detection tools' and should be used 'with extreme caution or not at all.' 2025 · high confidencesource
  • Syllabus statement guidance and Stoplight AI framework. District guidance recommends faculty include 'clear and transparent statements about the role and implications of AI' in syllabi using compassionate (not punitive) language; Skyline College's CTTL repository provides a 'Stoplight AI Framework' (Red/Yellow/Green) with sample syllabus language and a Google Doc policy template. 2025 · high confidencesource
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 8
  • 🆕Student access to Google Gemini and NotebookLM. SMCCCD provides students access to Google Gemini and NotebookLM through their My.SMCCD.edu student email (Google Workspace) accounts, with step-by-step access tutorials; NotebookLM features include summaries, study questions, and podcast-style audio overviews of uploaded materials. 2025 · high confidencesource
  • 🆕District-provided AI tools for faculty (Gemini, NotebookLM, Canvas AI, Apple Intelligence). The AI COP Tech Tools page documents district-provided/supported AI tools including Gemini (with a '50+ Ways to Use Gemini in Higher Education' resource), Google NotebookLM (ITS guidance), Canvas AI tools, and Apple Intelligence on Mac; ITS works to procure in-demand AI tools and provide support. 2025 · high confidencesource
  • 🆕Skyline College CTTL Faculty Repository AI page. Skyline College's Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning maintains a faculty AI repository (last updated May 12, 2026) with the Stoplight AI framework, AI-resistant assignment strategies, prompt-writing and syllabus-language resources, a UDL Coach PlayLab AI tool, and curated use-case readings. 2026 · high confidencesource
  • 🆕Google AI Certificates / training referenced for faculty. The AI COP Faculty Gateway references 'Google AI Certificates & Training' as a partnership opportunity and links to statewide California Community Colleges AI resources; SMCCCD's three colleges are among the 116 CCC colleges covered by the systemwide Google-CCC AI partnership announced fall 2025 (free Gemini for Education, NotebookLM, and Google Career Certificates). 2025 · medium confidencesource
  • Skyline College CISA 210 Introduction to Applied Artificial Intelligence. Skyline College's 2025-2026 catalog lists CISA 210 'Introduction to Applied Artificial Intelligence' (3 units), a project-based foundations course covering machine learning, neural networks, robotics, computer vision, natural language processing, and algorithm analysis. 2025 · high confidencesource
  • College of San Mateo Machine Learning and AI Certificate of Specialization. College of San Mateo's 2025-2026 catalog offers a 12-unit Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Certificate of Specialization (CIS 400 Probability for Computing, CIS 401 Intro to Machine Learning, CIS 402 Intro to Artificial Intelligence), preparing students for roles such as AI engineer, product manager, and AI ethicist. 2025 · high confidencesource
  • Skyline College Library AI research guide. Skyline College Library maintains an Artificial Intelligence research guide (last updated Apr 28, 2026; created by librarian Jason De Castro with Ame Maloney) covering AI fundamentals, generative AI/ChatGPT, a glossary of GenAI terms, databases, and tools for students and faculty. 2026 · high confidencesource
  • Turnitin AI report included in district license. District guidance notes that as of Fall 2024 Turnitin's AI report is included in SMCCCD's Turnitin license, while cautioning faculty that AI detection is unreliable and should be used sparingly. (Detail surfaced via search summary of the Academic Senate guidance page; exact wording not independently re-fetched.) Fall 2024 · low confidencesource

Spring 2025 baseline

AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines

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Team/Lead: SMCCCD/District/Vice Chancellor McVean/ Professor Sarah Harmon, Chair, District Academic Senate Teaching and Learning Committee & Distance Ed Advisory Committee
  • Work underway at District level.
  • Jan 2024 District Spring Convocation
  • AI/AR/VA Mini Conference
  • References group attending the state online teaching conference
Team/Lead: SMCCCD/Canada/Professor Sarah Harmon, Chair, District Academic Senate Teaching and Learning Committee & Distance Ed Advisory Committee Spanish/Linguistics, OER/ZTC Coordinator

AI Policies

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Team/Lead: SMCCCD/District/Academic Senate
  • DTLC Guidance on Plagiarism and Artificial Intelligence
  • The guidance document admits that we do not have all the answers; it provides links to research and articles about the topic.
  • It will be a webpage that is routinely updated by the DTLC; this is a draft of the information that will be going onto the webpage.
  • Last updated on 8 January 2025.

AI Courses, Tools & Resources

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Team/Lead: SMCCCD

Entities from the knowledge graph

college: San Mateo County Community College Districtinitiative: District Spring Convocationinitiative: AI/AR/VR Mini Conferenceinitiative: Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality Conferenceorganization: District Academic Senate Teaching and Learning Committeeorganization: Distance Ed Advisory Committeeorganization: CSM Senateorganization: Center for Transformative Teaching and Learningorganization: SMCCCD Academic Senateorganization: DTLCorganization: Cañada College Academic Senateorganization: College of San Mateo Academic Senateorganization: Skyline College Academic Senateorganization: East Los Angeles College Academic Senateperson: Vice Chancellor McVeanperson: Sarah Harmonperson: Jennifer Howze-Owensperson: Chris Collinsperson: Andrea Fuentesperson: Ricardo Floresperson: Pia Walawalkarperson: Diana Tedone-Goldstonepolicy: DTLC Guidance on Plagiarism and Artificial Intelligencepolicy: Cañada College Academic Integrity Policiespolicy: College of San Mateo Academic Integrity Policypolicy: Skyline College Academic Integrity Policies

Contacts at this college

Name / RoleEmailPhone
VM
Vice Chancellor McVean
Vice Chancellor
mcveana@smccd.edu
SH
Sarah Harmon
Professor of Spanish/Linguistics, Chair of District Academic Senate Teaching and Learning Committee & Distance Ed Advisory Committee, OER/ZTC Coordinator
(650) 306-3246
JH
Jennifer Howze-Owens
Instructional Designer
howzeowensj@smccd.edu(650) 574-6173
CC
Chris Collins
History and Distance Ed Coordinator Professor
(650) 738-7113
AF
Andrea Fuentes
Instructional Designer
fuentesandrea@smccd.edu(650) 738-7133
RF
Ricardo Flores
Instructional Technologist
floresr@smccd.edu
PW
Pia Walawalkar
Outreach and Equity Librarian
walawalkars@smccd.edu(650) 738-4184
DT
Diana Tedone-Goldstone
Librarian
tedoned@smccd.edu(650) 306-3476
HA
harmons@smccd.edu
AM
Ame Maloney
maloneya@smccd.edu
CO
collinsc@smccd.edu