Corporate Tools Making Use of Generative AI
Grammarly
Grammarly is designed to help individuals confidently communicate across various devices and platforms. This comprehensive tool aids in improving correctness, clarity, engagement, and the overall delivery of written content. Whether it’s essays, reports, emails, or presentations, Grammarly’s suggestions seamlessly integrate into a person’s writing process.
Grammarly also now has GrammarlyGO, a generative AI writing assistant that operates similarly to CHATGPT. However, GrammarlyGO is uniquely equipped with various guardrails that align with our university’s policies. This ensures that students can make the most of generative AI in legitimate ways aligned with the University’s Policy and Guidance on the use of Generative AI.
You can learn about Grammarly’s approach to responsible use of Generative AI via the links below:
- Grammarly’s Commitment to Responsible Innovation and Development of AI
- Additional Trust and Privacy Resources
- Grammarly’s Approach to Protecting Data Security and Privacy
You can access the risk assessment done on using GrammarlyGO at Westminster.
In addition, you can access Grammarly’s guides using the links below. The best way to use Grammarly is to download it and integrate it with all of the writing applications you use. You should be prompted to do this after signing in for the first time. You can access some of Grammarly’s information and guides via the links below.
Blackboard
By September 7th 2023, we expect a range of staff facing Generative AI functionality for colleagues to use within Blackboard if they wish to. There will be further communication specifically to do this, but in brief, the initial release of the Blackboard AI Design Assistant is expected to include the following:
A course-builder aide for instructors that helps create draft modules, titles, descriptions, etc. The integration of Azure OpenAI Service will enable instructors to streamline some of the content creation processes.
Content-based test generation. AI-powered algorithms analyse a Blackboard document’s content and generate a diverse set of questions for short-answer online tests. (External links and links to PDFs in the body of the Blackboard document are not included in the AI analysis)
Rubric creation. Rubric creation powered by AI streamlines the rubric creation process and helps ensure consistency and fairness in evaluating student performance. Educators can customise and fine-tune these AI-generated rubrics according to specific learning objectives and assessment criteria, providing a balance between automation and tutor expertise.
You can learn about Blackboard’s approach to responsible use of Generative AI via the links below:
- Key Facts on the AI Design Assistant
- Anthology Commitment to Trustworthy AI
- Microsoft’s Responsible AI page
- Microsoft’s Transparency Note for the Azure Open AI Service and Microsoft’s Data
- Privacy and Security for Azure Open AI Service
You can access the risk assessment done on using Blackboard’s AI Design Assistant at Westminster.
To find out more, watch this short video.
You can also read the Blackboard AI Assistant release notes.
Bing Chat Enterprise
Bing Chat Enterprise provides Westminster with AI-powered chat with commercial data protection. Find out more.
See the risk analysis done for Bing Chat Enterprise.
Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe recently announced a new AI-Powered Creative Cloud Release, available at Westminster. Find out more.
See the risk analysis for elements of Adobe Creative Cloud.
Teachermatic
The University of Westminster is part of a national pilot, supported by the JISC, of an AI Assistant for teachers called Teachermatic. For further information on this pilot, please see this blog post.
See the risk analysis for the Teachermatic system.
Microsoft Office 365 Copilot
The University of Westminster is undertaking a limited pilot of Microsoft Office 365 Copilot across Professional Services.
See the risk analysis for Microsoft Office 365 Copilot.
Learnwise
The University is part of a JISC-sponsored pilot of Learnwise. We are using Learnwise to help support students and colleagues with the online learning tools and systems the university supports.