AI for Teaching Learning Toolkit: Tools
UT Austin provides a set of AI tools that are vetted, secure, and free for faculty, staff, and students. If you would like an assessment of the pedagogical efficacy of a particular tool or AI-integration or to request a pilot, contact the Office of Academic Technology.
Using AI technologies, especially generative AI tools like chatbots, come with significant limitations in the context of teaching and learning. All Longhorns should endeavor to use AI responsibly and always follow the acceptable use policy for AI tools. We especially encourage you to:
- Gain AI fluency. Learn about the technologies behind the tools and apply skills that help you use them safely, effectively and ethically. See our Learn page to get started.
- Use AI in ways that supports your learning outcomes. Don’t lose opportunities to learn essential skills. Follow UT Austin’s principles of responsible adoption of AI tools for teaching and learning.
- Be a steward of university data and Longhorn privacy: never share protected data with unauthorized tools. Learn more about what data can be used with which tools.
Explore these on your own time to get oriented and go deeper.
UT Sage
A safe, secure AI tutor built in-house by UT Austin experts on responsible-AI and sound pedagogical principles. Instructors can create interactive AI tutors that support student learning through conversation. Your UT Sage tutorbot uses your content as its knowledge base and integrates directly with Canvas.
- Good for: building course-specific AI tutors, scaffolding student practice, and supporting learning inside your Canvas course.
- Access: free for faculty and staff to create tutors; unlimited access for students; integrates with Canvas.
Learn more: UT Sage Get Started
Claude EDU
An enterprise-grade AI assistant from Anthropic with enhanced privacy and data isolation. Includes access to Cowork. Faculty and Staff have access to Code.
- Good for: long-document analysis, editing, structured reasoning, and coding help.
- Access: free for everyone; sign in with your UT credentials.
- University employees can subscribe to higher subscription tiers for additional usage and HIPAA-compliant accounts.
Learn more: AI Tools and Services
ChatGPT EDU
An enterprise-grade version of ChatGPT with enhanced privacy and data isolation. Includes access to Codex.
- Good for: general drafting, brainstorming, making custom chatbots, coding help, and exploration.
- Access: free for everyone; sign in with your UT credentials.
- University employees can request access to HIPAA-compliant accounts and consumption-based accounts for higher usages.
Learn more: AI Tools and Services
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Available in two forms. Copilot Chat is a free, secure AI assistant for everyone, with enterprise-grade data protection that comes with your Office 365 account. The licensed version is integrated into Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook for deeper, work-aware assistance.
- Good for: drafting, summarizing, analysis, and in the licensed version, working across your Microsoft 365 documents and email.
- Access: Copilot Chat is free; sign in with your UT Microsoft account. The licensed in-app version is a paid upgrade requested through Enterprise Technology.
- Learn more: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat · Licensed Copilot (Enterprise Technology)
Learn more: AI Tools and Services
Google Gemini
A free, multimodal AI tool supporting text, image, and code generation through your UT Mail Google for Education account.
- Good for: quick text, image, and code generation and summarization.
- Access: free; sign in with your UT Mail (utexas.edu) Google account. Approved for published / non-sensitive data only; do not use with student records or other protected data.
Get Started: Google Gemini
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For the full, current catalog see Enterprise Technology: AI.