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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Bb Courses 4-6 Years Old to be Archived During WT13 Upgrade

Instructor Access Available Upon Request via RT Ticket

Starting with the Winter 2013 Bb Upgrade on January 4, 2013, DoIT will be "archiving" (not deleting) Blackboard (Bb) courses that are between four (4) and six (6) years old. This will be done at...

Posted: December 3, 2012, 3:01 PM

Blackboard to be Upgraded January 4 - 14, 2013

Bb system unavailable after midnight January 3

As previously announced the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will be upgrading UMBC's production Blackboard (Bb) system from January 4 to 14, 2013.  During this upgrade period the Bb...

Posted: December 3, 2012, 2:06 PM

WT2013 and SP2013 Bb Course Shells Created on 12/1

WT2013 Bb shells are located at http://bb-winter.umbc.edu

Bb course shells for both SP2013 and WT2013 were created on December, 1, 2012.  The course shells for SP2013 are located on the Bb production server at http://blackboard.umbc.edu.  As previously...

Posted: December 3, 2012, 1:20 PM

SP2013 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

DoIT offering F2F and virtual Bb drop-in sessions

DoIT is offering Blackboard Drop-in Sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for spring courses. Virtual Sessions: DoIT will continue offering virtual drop-in sessions using Bb...

Posted: November 26, 2012, 11:35 AM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 11/30 to 1 am 12/1

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 11/30 to 1 am Saturday 12/1.  This down time is during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and is necessary for DoIT staff to...

Posted: November 19, 2012, 6:58 PM