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, BlueskyX, 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 End-User License Option for Bb Mobile Learn

Blackboard, Inc. has announced that starting on September 10, 2012, a new End-User License option will be available for Bb Mobile Learn.   UMBC currently has the free version of this building...

Posted: August 14, 2012, 2:45 PM

Blackboard to be Upgraded Jan. 2-14, 2013

WT2013 Courses Available Dec.1, 2012, on Separate Server

To install the latest version of Blackboard, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will upgrade UMBC's production Blackboard system from January 2 to 14, 2013. During this time, Winter...

Posted: August 14, 2012, 2:02 PM

Hybrid Course Redesign Workshop, January 18, 2013

DoIT and the Faculty Development Center will be offering the Hybrid Course Redesign Workshop on January 18, 2013 from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm in ENGR 023 on UMBC's Main Campus. In the morning...

Posted: August 10, 2012, 4:15 PM

FYI: Bb Courses Older Than FA2006 Will Be Deleted 8/24

In accordance with the Blackboard Course Retention Policy, all Blackboard courses older than Fall 2006 will be deleted. DoIT has scheduled this removal for Friday, August 24, 2012....

Posted: August 8, 2012, 1:00 PM

Blackboard Announces Safe Assign Downtime on 8/4

Blackboard has posted the following announcement regarding maintenance of their plagiarism detection utility: The SafeAssign service will be unavailable on Saturday, August 4th, 2012 from 12:01...

Posted: August 1, 2012, 9:05 PM