Welcome! This page provides you with a list of AI tools that the College has approved for use for students, faculty, and employees. This list will be augmented when a new tool is made available.
| College Approved Tool | Platform or System | Students | Faculty | Employees | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Copilot Chat | MS Copilot | Y | Y | Y | Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered assistant built into Microsoft 365 that helps students, faculty, and staff write, summarize, analyze, and organize information more efficiently. Working directly within tools like Outlook, and Teams, Copilot supports everyday academic and administrative tasks. |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot* | MS Copilot | Y | Y | Microsoft M365 Copilot bolsters all of the features of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Office products while adding key benefit to boost personal productivity and content by automating tasks, drafting content, analyzing data, and summarizing information across Microsoft products. Please note: M365 Copilot does not require the installation of new software on your computer, it simply unlocks key features in the application installed on your College issued device. Contact Information Technology Services (ITS) at 5555@algonquincollege.com to request a M365 Copilot license. | |
| Microsoft Teams Premium* | MS Copilot | Y | Y | Microsoft Teams Premium is an add-on license that enhances Teams with advanced features such as AI meeting summaries, live caption translation, improved webinar and virtual event tools, customizable meeting branding, and additional meeting security options. | |
| D2L Lumi Chat | Brightspace | Y | Y | Y | Lumi Chat is an AI-powered help tool in Brightspace designed to make it easy to get the answers you need. Just click the speech bubble icon, and it’ll use smart AI to guide you to helpful articles and resources, all without leaving your course. |
| Workday Assistant | Workday | Y | Workday Assistant is a conversational chatbot that helps workers to quickly complete actions and retrieve information in Workday. When you enable Workday Assistant, you can access assistant capabilities as:
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| Workday Everywhere for MS Teams | Workday | Y | Workday Everywhere for MS Teams integrates Workday with MS Teams. When this tool is paired with the Workday Assistant chatbot functionality, it allows people who don't often need to use Workday, with the ability to look for information and take action within the MS Teams environment rather than Workday. |
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Y indicates what AI tools that the user (student, faculty, or employee) may access.
* Tool access is role dependant.
"The true power of AI lies not in replacing humans, but in working alongside us to achieve what neither can do alone." — Sebastian Thrun