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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DoIT Recommends Course Copy vs Export/Import

Beginning SU2015: Quickly recycle courses & connect content

Over many years, Blackboard courses at UMBC were exported out of and imported back into the system. This process met a specific need at a specific time, and continues to provide a way for faculty...

Posted: March 24, 2015, 9:49 AM

Instructional Technology Training Scheduled for Spring

Workshops planned for Blackboard, Box, and more

As we look forward to sunnier days and warmer temperatures, the Instructional Technology team has scheduled several useful workshops to support faculty and staff: March Training 10 - "You Did...

Posted: March 9, 2015, 10:00 AM

Blackboard Datacenter Maintenance Scheduled Mar 13, 2-6 AM

Brief Impact to Service Sessions Expected

Date: Friday, March 13th, 2015 Time: 02:00 am to 06:00 am EDT On Friday morning, March 13th, 2015, between the hours of 02:00 am to 06:00 am EST, the Blackboard Managed Hosting Engineers will...

Posted: March 6, 2015, 8:16 AM

March Technology of the Month

Blackboard Achievements

The achievements tool allows instructors to create opportunities for students to earn recognition for their accomplishments in courses.  Instructors can designate criteria for issuing rewards to...

Posted: March 2, 2015, 12:11 PM

Blackboard Downtime Scheduled Saturday Feb 28, 2 AM - 4 AM

Routine maintenance expected

Blackboard engineers will perform server maintenance on Saturday morning, February 28, 2015 from 2 AM - 4 AM. Blackboard will be offline during this period.  In preparation for this downtime:...

Posted: February 20, 2015, 5:37 PM