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, Bluesky, X, 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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Learn how to use VoiceThread with these free workshops!

Add media-rich, asynchronous engagement in your courses

VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in several ways – text, voice, audio file, or...

Posted: August 25, 2020, 12:36 PM

Training on Respondus LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor

Learn to Deliver Online Assessments using these tools

LockDown Browser is a custom browser that prevents digital cheating during an online exam. Respondus Monitor is a companion application for LockDown Browser that deters cheating when students take...

Posted: August 25, 2020, 12:17 PM

USM OnTrack: New Quality Matters Fall Workshops Added!

Sign up now for these newly added Fall workshops!

USM OnTrack has added additional Quality Matters workshops in high-demand topics for the Fall term!  NEW - Quality Matters Fall Workshops   We are excited to announce that we have added a...

Posted: August 24, 2020, 5:14 PM

Create a +1 strategy and support diverse learning styles

Find, fix, or create accessible content for all learners

Does your course offer students multiple ways to consume content, complete activities, and demonstrate learning? Accessible course content is good content, as the saying goes, but how can you...

Posted: August 18, 2020, 12:01 PM

New PIVOT Site Launched for Faculty Professional Development

Access PIVOT Live Webinar Recordings, PIVOT Solo and More!

Instructional Technology has launched a new site devoted to the Planning Instructional Variety for Online Teaching (PIVOT) programs: pivot.umbc.edu. Now available to the campus community...

Posted: August 17, 2020, 9:30 PM