The CRTLE Summer 2025 Webinar Series continued with an engaging session titled “AI in Action: Exploring Khanmigo for Smarter Teaching in Canvas,” featuring Melissa Roach and Joseph Rutledge from UTA’s Center for Distance Education (CDE). This session introduced faculty and staff to Khanmigo, an AI-powered teaching assistant developed by Khan Academy and now integrated into Canvas.
As Melissa and Joseph showed us, whether you’re teaching online or face-to-face, Khanmigo offers tools designed to make your teaching life easier. From building lesson plans and rubrics to generating quizzes, assignment instructions, discussion prompts, and SMART goals, the platform provides a user-friendly AI environment tailored specifically for educators.
Watch the full webinar recording here:
Key Takeaways
- Easy Integration: Khanmigo can be added to your Canvas course menu with just a few clicks. Log in with your Khan Academy account (or quickly create one the first time you log in inside Canvas), and you’re ready to go.
- Designed for Teachers: The tools are instructor-facing only. Students cannot see or access them. It includes lesson planning formats like UDL, a Leveler tool to adjust text complexity, and even a letter of recommendation generator.
- Customizable AI Support: Users can edit AI-generated content, engage in conversation with the tool to refine outputs, and export materials to Word, PDF, Google Drive, or OneDrive.
- Safe and Private: Khanmigo has been vetted by UTA’s Information Security Office and Accessibility team. It does not train on your data and keeps your content private.
- Canvas-Compatible: While Khanmigo doesn’t yet “slurp” rubrics or quizzes directly into Canvas, it gives you a strong starting point for fast copy/paste or upload.
- Bonus for Faculty Developers: Use Khanmigo not just for course planning but also to generate SMART goals or refresh your knowledge on course topics.
Explore the Resources
- AI “Nutrition Facts” PDF: Khanmigo_Teacher_Tools_Nutrition_Facts.pdf
Try It Yourself
From rubric writers to real-world context generators and even personalized student feedback comment tools, Khanmigo is a versatile AI co-teacher. Explore the features at your own pace. Many attendees noted how much time it can save while improving clarity and alignment in course design.
Have Questions?
Contact us at CRTLE@uta.edu or connect with Melissa Roach and Joseph Rutledge directly.
Join the Conversation
We’d love to hear from you! How are you using AI tools like Khanmigo in your teaching, course design, or faculty development work? What excites you—or concerns you—about integrating AI into higher education? Share your thoughts, questions, and experiences in the comments below. Let’s keep the conversation going!