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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FA2014 Bb Course Shells Created 7/12/14

Bb course shells for FA2014 were created on July 12, 2014 on the Bb production server at http://blackboard.umbc.edu.  Enrollments for FA2014 courses will continue to be updated daily....

Posted: August 21, 2014, 2:15 PM

Known Issue: Course Lists Cannot Exceed 99 Courses

Too Much of a Good Thing

The maximum number of courses displayed within the “My Courses” module under myBlackboard or within the “Courses: Quick View” module under the Courses tab in Blackboard is 99. If you are enrolled...

Posted: August 20, 2014, 4:00 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 7 AM on 8/21

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down 7 AM Thurs 8/21

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down beginning at 7 AM on Thursday, 8/21.  This downtime is outside of the regularly scheduled maintenance window but is necessary for DoIT staff to...

Posted: August 18, 2014, 11:07 AM

SU2014 Bb Course Shells Created 4/17/14

Bb course shells for SU2014 were created on April 17, 2014 on the Bb production server at http://blackboard.umbc.edu.  Enrollments for SU2014 courses will continue to be updated daily....

Posted: May 1, 2014, 11:00 AM

Known Issue: Missing Bb Modules Caused by Editing

DoIT recomends users not edit module settings

5/19/14 Update: This issue is fixed in Service Pack (SP) 14 of version 9.1. We are on SP 13, but are unlikely to upgrade before January 2015 given overlapping dates when final grades are due...

Posted: April 29, 2014, 1:40 PM