Business School Teaching Session
The Business School’s Innovative Learning & Teaching Team host regular teaching sessions throughout the year.
Calling all learning technology enthusiasts…
The Innovative Learning Team at the Business School organise seminars and events to promote, in an informal and collegial atmosphere, the sharing of timely and relevant ideas, success stories, and lessons learned from experimenting with specific technologies, pedagogies, and course design approaches.
All University of Auckland staff are welcome to attend these sessions. Please contact Una Lightfoot (u.lightfoot@auckland.ac.nz) if you would like to be added to the mailing list.
Visit the Business School’s Seminars and Events page for past recordings.
Designing AI agents within Canvas for teaching: A live demonstration of Cogniti
Tuesday 17 February 2026, 12–1pm
Presenters: Dr Guy Bate and Dr Nuddy Pillay
This presentation introduces Cogniti, a platform that enables educators to design and deploy purpose-built AI agents embedded directly within Canvas. Rather than relying on generic GenAI chat tools, Cogniti allows teaching staff to create customised agents grounded in course materials, learning outcomes, and existing assessment structures. Drawing on 2025 pilot work conducted in UABS, the session will explore how teaching staff have used Cogniti to experiment with different models of AI-supported learning, feedback, and student support in real course contexts. Attendees will gain insight into the pedagogical possibilities of course-embedded AI, considerations for responsible and effective design, and the kinds of teaching challenges these agents can help address.
The session will be held both in person and online.
Venue: Sir Owen G Glenn Building, Room 321 (260-321), City Campus (Google map)
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