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.

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Fall 2014 Bb Updates

UMBC Bb Instructors, The following are selected DoIT News headlines that may be of interest as you start the new semester: Fall 2014 Bb Courses Created July 12 Known Issue: Bb Cannot...

Posted: August 25, 2014, 3:32 PM

New Instructional Technology Staff Start New Semester

If you’re seeing some new faces in DoIT, chances are they work in instructional technology. In March, DoIT announced Sherri Braxton-Lieber as our new Director of Instructional Technology. In July,...

Posted: August 25, 2014, 1:14 PM

Bb Courses Prior to 2009 to be Deleted August 23-24

Courses older than Winter 2009 will be deleted from Blackboard during the weekend of August 23-24, 2014. This includes: Winter 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Spring 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008...

Posted: August 22, 2014, 3:59 PM

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

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