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ChatGPT Edu
Supporting accessibility and innovation, the CSU offers a systemwide license for OpenAI's ChatGPT Edu plan, an education-focused version that offers advanced tools, security, and controls to enhance teaching, learning, and productivity across campus through the responsible use of AI.
ChatGPT Edu Access & Features
While completely optional, all current faculty, staff, and students* (including CCE students and select CCE staff) can create a free account in the Sacramento State ChatGPT Edu workspace:
Create New Sac State ChatGPT Edu Account
*Licensing is currently not available for alumni, auxiliary, College of Continuing Education (CCE) faculty and staff, emeritus faculty, and other campus community members and partners.
Features
ChatGPT Edu offers a more robust experience over Open AI's current free version:
- Unlimited message limits and faster response time
- Use on iOS, Android, Windows, and MacOS
- Advanced capabilities like data analytics, web browsing + document summarization
- Web search allows users to access and retrieve current information from the internet to enhance queries and research
- Create custom GPT's that can be shared within the campus workspace and support research and learning needs
- Support for over 50 languages
- Security and administrative controls
(conversations/workspace data are never monitored or used to train ChatGPT models)
Tool | Cost | Privacy/Security | Usage & Limits |
---|---|---|---|
ChatGPT Edu | Free | Single Sign-On guarantees academic data is secure within the CSU environment. Our OpenAI agreement ensures ChatGPT Edu interactions and data are not used to train/improve ChatGPT's large language models. The CSU only collects basic use statistics to monitor campus interest/adoption, and will not monitor ChatGPT Edu individual user interactions or conversations. |
Unlimited messages Optimized for higher education use |
Personal Account ChatGPT ChatGPT Plus ChatGPT Pro |
Free - $200/mo. | Free or personal versions of ChatGPT pose privacy and intellectual property concerns; OpenAI Privacy Policy | General/personal (non Sac State use) Paid plans can offer higher usage limits/premium features Must be created with a personal (non Sac State) email address |
Using AI Responsibly
The power of AI brings up a host of questions about proper use in academic and administrative settings, the information and data used, and other ethical scenarios.
For using AI in instruction, administrative tasks and research, building chat bots, the types of information you can (and shouldn't) input, and much more - visit these helpful resources:
FAQ's, Training & Support
Training Resources
In addition to their helpful introductory overview, OpenAI provides specific resource hubs to help you optimize your experiences using ChatGPT Edu: