Create a Classroom AI Tutor with U-M’s Canvas Maizey Integration
ITS has integrated our U-M Maizey custom AI tool with Canvas, enabling faculty and instructors to easily create AI-driven tutors for their courses right within the Canvas interface. In minutes, instructors can configure an AI tutor tailored to their course materials, offering students 24/7 access to a chatbot trained on the course content.
Core Features of Canvas Maizey Integration
- Streamlined Setup: The setup process for the Canvas Maizey integration is designed to be user-friendly, allowing faculty to create their Maizey AI for courses with minimal effort.
- Always-On AI Support: The AI tutor remains available to students at all times, providing responses based on the specific materials within the Canvas course. This facilitates ongoing support for students, enabling them to engage with the course content beyond scheduled class times.
- Trained on Your Canvas Course Content: The AI course tutor you create is trained on the Canvas course content you make available to students, including Announcements, Assignments, Files, Lecture Recordings, Modules, and Pages. Any content that is hidden or locked will not be indexed until it becomes visible to students.
- Faculty Access with No Initial Cost: A free faculty tier is now available, allowing instructors to create a Maizey AI tutor for their courses without requiring a Shortcode. This tier provides a $1000 allocation per Canvas course, per term, which is designed to cover most usage scenarios.
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Prioritized Privacy: The AI tutor can only be trained on your course material if you opt in and grant your permission. The privacy of your materials will always be fully maintained and will not be used to train any AI models or shared with outside organizations.
Interested? Take a look at Getting Started with Maizey Canvas Connector for detailed steps on how to set up a Maizey project in your Canvas course.
Or view this quick video overview on how to get started:
Platform-Wide Enhancements to Maizey
In addition to the new Canvas integration, Maizey AI has undergone several significant upgrades that enhance its capabilities across the entire platform. These improvements are designed to provide U-M faculty with more flexible and powerful tools for managing and interacting with their custom Maizey.
- Multi-Source Data Integration: In addition to Canvas, Maizey can now combine integrating data from multiple sources, including Dropbox, Google Drive, and external websites. This enables the AI to provide responses that are informed by multiple datasets, ensuring comprehensive and informed answers.
- Automated Reindexing: To accommodate evolving course content, Maizey allows for scheduled reindexing of data sources. This ensures that the AI assistant remains current and provides the latest information to students based on the most up-to-date materials.
Please visit Support for more detailed instructions on using U-M Maizey or visit Resources to learn more about the generative AI microlearning courses offered by ITS.
Additional Video Resources
- Adding Data Sources and Scheduled Reindexing
- Controlling Student Access to Canvas Maizey Projects
- How Do Data Chunks Work in U-M Maizey?
Virtual Office Hours
ITS hosts regular virtual Office Hours via Zoom where you can get help and ask questions about the Canvas Maizey integration or any of the other ITS AI Services.
You can view dates/times and register via Sessions @ Michigan or scan the QR code below:
