Self-paced · UMD-built

Training

Short courses and how-to videos for the tools UMD has approved — for instructors thinking through AI in their teaching, students learning to use these tools well, and staff getting day-to-day-productive with what's on the catalog.

▌ Self-paced courses

Courses

Two structured courses — one built for instructors, one for students. Both run on UMD's own learning platforms, both work at your own pace, and both are free.

For Instructors · TLTC
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Teaching
Course

This digital course called Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Teaching will provide basic information you need to help you think through how new tools like TerpAI, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Adobe Firefly, and others will affect your teaching. After learning some basics about how these tools work, you'll be given the opportunity to think through ways to incorporate and/or deter AI in your assignments and activities.

Find additional live workshops on AI and other teaching topics here.

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For Students · Information Literacy
Artificial Intelligence and Information Literacy
Module

This ELMS-Canvas module will help you:

  • Explain generally how AI-based tools work as well as their benefits and risks
  • Recognize when AI gives inaccurate or misleading answers, and fact-check AI output
  • Cite AI-generated work
  • Begin exploring creative ways to use these tools
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▌ Where to Go Next

Put it to work

Training is the warm-up. These are where you actually use what you learned.

The catalog
Browse Services
Available

Every approved AI tool with its data classification and access details.

Open Services
Curated starting points
Prompt Library
Tested

Tested prompts for common academic, administrative, and personal tasks — organized by use case.

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Education benefits
AI for Coding
Faculty & Students

Find Google Cloud credits, Kiro's UMD rollout status, and GitHub Education and Copilot benefits.

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