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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New to VoiceThread? Try These Free Workshops

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: February 26, 2020, 11:33 AM

VoiceThread is offering free interactive, hands-on workshops

Extend your asynchronous discussions beyond text!

VoiceThread allows you to integrate digital media such as images, videos, and documents into asynchronous discussions. Faculty and students can contribute to discussions using a keyboard,...

Posted: February 21, 2019, 1:09 PM

Welcome to 2019 - A New Year to Try These Tech Tools

Enhance your teaching toolbox with instructional technology!

It’s no secret that teaching and learning has been expanded to include technology beyond a slide show presentation.  As a matter of fact, today’s students expect it! But do you know what...

Posted: January 28, 2019, 10:43 AM

Faculty Led IT Workshops Featured for Fall 2016

Join us for faculty led workshops this fall!

We are excited to announce that this fall's training schedule features four faculty led workshops!  Topics that will be covered include Blackboard, Blackboard Collaborate, Online and Hybrid...

Posted: August 18, 2016, 10:27 AM

Reminder: VoiceThread Call for Participation SP2016 Pilot

Test drive interactive tools for online discussions

DoIT is looking for faculty volunteers to pilot VoiceThread (VT), a cloud-based application that takes an audio/visual approach to online discussions and presentations. VT also includes a...

Posted: November 24, 2015, 5:45 PM