Submission Guidelines for Teaching & Learning with AI

Please review the Guide for Authors for general information such as when entries are published, rights and permissions, accessibility, and how to request changes to existing entries.

Submitting an entry to the Teaching and Learning with AI STARS repository consists of the following steps:

  • Create or ensure access to bepress/Digital Commons account
  • Gather information about the submission
  • Read and accept the Submission Agreement
  • Upload your entry and related artifacts

Create Digital Commons Account

To submit an entry to STARS, you must have a Digital Commons account. This allows the platform to manage your submission and provide the security measures needed for peer-reviewed submissions. Accounts are freely available.

If you do not already have a Digital Commons account, you may create an account now.

Create an Account

Gather Information about Submission

Before you begin, please be sure you have the following items that are required:

  • Entry Title (Required)
  • Name and Contact Information for Author(s)
    • This would include any co-presenters or co-authors on this presentation
  • Publication Date
    • We recommend adding the date the presentation was held
  • Session Type

These are some highlighted fields that are optional in the entry form:

  • Contributors
    • This may be additional individuals outside of the co-presenters/co-authors who contributed to this presentation
  • Alternative Title
  • Entry Description (1-3 sentences)
  • Location
  • Additional Files: This would include any additional materials, such as flyers or resources that was provided along with the presentation. This can include any type of file except .exe files.

Upload Entry and Additional Files

Before uploading the entry and any additional files, ensure that you have:

  • Included accessible content
    • Source documents: When creating a Word document, PowerPoint presentation, or Excel spreadsheet improve accessibility with the built-in accessibility checker for the source software and keep the accessibility panel open to promptly recognize issues as you create the file.
    • PDFs: To create an accessible PDF, it is crucial to begin with an accessible source document and use Adobe Acrobat Pro to create and verify PDF accessibility.
    • Videos: Videos must have captions where text is shown in real time on the screen and is synchronized with audio content.
    • Audio: Audio files must have an accompanying transcript that contains the text version of speech and non-speech content in the audio content.
    • Images: Alternative text that is accurate, equivalent, and succinct must be provided to convey the meaning of an image.
  • Adhered to the policies of Teaching and Learning with AI contained in the Guide for Authors

If you are having difficulties uploading files, please email your additional files to . No part of the submission is final until all steps have been completed and you click the final Submit button. The review process begins as soon as Teaching and Learning with AI receives a readable article. You may revise any of these elements later by clicking the submitted entry's title on your My Account page.

Shortly after submission, you will receive an email confirming your submission.