{"id":385,"date":"2024-08-26T14:05:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ai\/?p=385"},"modified":"2024-08-26T14:05:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:05:23","slug":"blackboard-ai-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ai\/blackboard-ai-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard AI Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From early September, the AI Conversations tool will be released in the Blackboard environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In early September, a new AI feature will appear in Blackboard. It&#8217;s called AI Conversations, and it&#8217;s all about helping students get comfortable with AI while potentially making learning more fun. Basically, students get to chat with an AI character about different topics. It&#8217;s a great way to introduce them to AI technology in learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tutors can monitor things and see how their students are doing. They can check the conversations and get a feel for how well students think things through. To read more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthology.com\/news\/anthology-sets-new-standard-in-edtech-with-latest-blackboard-lms-release-emphasizing-ai\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">please see this blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students cannot access the AI Conversation tool unless a tutor has set one up. To find out how to set up an AI Conversation, <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Instructor\/Ultra\/Interact\/AI_Conversation\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">please visit this support page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From early September, the AI Conversations tool will be released in the Blackboard environment. In early September, a new AI feature will appear in Blackboard. It&#8217;s called AI Conversations, and it&#8217;s all about helping students get comfortable with AI while&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai-tools","category-assessment","category-blackboard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":386,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions\/386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}