2026 Virginia Cybersecurity Education Conference

This is a live, tech-talk-style demo on using AI to speed up assignment and rubric design in Canvas. Starting from a single assignment idea, I'll show how AI can help draft measurable learning objectives, transparent (TILT-aligned) student instructions, and a full analytic rubric with categories, criteria, and appropriate descriptions. From there, I'll format that rubric for direct import into Canvas using the Rubric Import template, skipping the manual Canvas Rubric tool entirely, and import it live. Faculty review stays the checkpoint at every step: AI drafts, you decide. Attendees leave with a repeatable workflow they can apply to any assignment, in any discipline.

A demo of the Virginia Cyber Range's new "error state" exercise diagnostic tool being made available to all users! Before now, users and educators had limited visibility into the events that led to the instability of the environment. With this new tool, we can expose the shell history, system logs, and configuration files to users for analysis.

We understand not everyone (especially students) is an expert in these systems so, to help out, we additionally run the information through an AI to try and point you in the right direction. We hope this extra information will help you and your students!

Today’s brilliant minds are being recruited and conditioned to hack without remorse. The growth of CTFs and cybercrime is creating a new threat—Hacker Gangs. It starts with curiosity and then progressively increases to full-on hacking, as small wins receive appreciation from peers that once ignored these amazing minds. Join Jessica Gulick to discuss how we can create a Defender’s Code that helps our youth stay on the right path and make better decisions without hindering innovation and curiosity.