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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Reminder-Clicker Orders Due to Bookstore by October 23!

Faculty who plan to use clickers for instruction during the ​​Spring 2016 semester will need to have device order(s) submitted to the Bookstore no later than Friday, October 23, 2015. This...

Posted: October 23, 2015, 10:27 AM

UMBC's Current Clicker Won't Work in FA2016

DoIT Seeks Faculty & Student Input on Next Steps

By Fall 2016, UMBC’s approach to audience response systems (aka “clickers”) will need to change. Specifically, our clicker vendor, Turning Technologies (TT), has announced that TurningPoint 5 will...

Posted: October 6, 2015, 12:50 PM

Intermittent Delays Connecting to TurningPoint Server

Issue Has Been Resloved

This issue has been RESOLVED and the server is now functioning properly.  Turning Technologies, the company that supports the TurningPoint clickers, is currently experiencing intermittent...

Posted: September 1, 2015, 3:58 PM

July Technology of the Month

Turning Point Clickers

Used by more than 5,000 students, UMBC has standardized its student response system, or “clickers,” on the Turning Technologies  platform. This systems supports instant student feedback to...

Posted: June 30, 2015, 11:55 AM

Reminder-Clicker Orders Due to Bookstore by March 27!

Faculty who plan to use clickers for instruction during the ​​Fall  2015 semester will need to have device order(s) submitted to the Bookstore no later than Friday, March 27, 2015. This deadline...

Posted: February 25, 2015, 10:05 AM