AI Initiatives

The Division of Information Technology’s AI site will help the UMBC community with information on using artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI (GenAI), to support UMBC’s Administrative, Instructional, and Research efforts. This site has been created to help employees advance their use of GenAI.

We recommend that our UMBC community begin by visiting GenAI Tools, a page that highlights free resources and provides guidance on using GenAI while safeguarding UMBC institutional data safely.

For staff seeking support, we encourage people to look at Administrative AI, as a starting point. Our goal is to save folks time, improve the quality of their work, and increase productivity. We showcase tools that DoIT provides to support these objectives.

We have launched myUMBC Answers, an AI-supported search bar. We are seeking partners to expand this tool. The key to leveraging myUMBC Answers is providing validated and accurate content, such as annual FAQs or handbooks.

Faculty, are encouraged to explore Instructional AI and Research AI. The UMBC Center for AI in the College of Engineering is an excellent resource for AI-related research and innovation.  Stay informed by following the center’s social media chnnels on LinkedIn, BlueskyX, and Facebook.

Members of the UMBC community can subscribe to the UMBC AI Group to receive email about AI-related news and events. If you have news to share with the UMBC AI community or suggestions or comments on the site, please send them to umbc-ai@cs.umbc.edu.

 

AI News

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Respondus Helps Curtail Cheating while Protecting Privacy

Supported tools to address your high stakes assessment needs

As technology continues to advance, traditional classroom practices are enhanced with technologies. In-class assessments that used to take up valuable time are often administered through...

Posted: April 10, 2023, 8:57 AM

Four Biology Faculty Give 1st Exam In-class AND Online

WiFi & student laptops turn UC into a "testing center"

Before the Spring 22 semester started, four Biological Sciences professors -- David Eisenmann, Hua Lu, Jeffrey Leips, and Kevin Omland -- reached out to DoIT to see if they could (and should) try...

Posted: March 3, 2022, 4:16 PM

Using Respondus Tools to Address Integrity of Online Tests

EHS prof calls Monitor “a game-changer”

Over the past year, Respondus Monitor, a companion tool to Respondus Lockdown Browser (LDB), has been used by one faculty member to address inherent academic integrity concerns of online learning....

Posted: March 5, 2020, 11:16 AM

Instructor Training for Respondus 4 & the Test Bank Network

Learn how to quickly create and manage online exams!

Quickly Create Online Exams: Respondus 4 and the Test Bank Network Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard....

Posted: January 17, 2019, 3:33 PM

Instructor Training for LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor

Learn about alternatives for in class and online assessment

Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within a learning management system. Used at over 1000 higher ed and K-12 institutions, LockDown Browser is...

Posted: January 10, 2019, 1:04 PM