The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning offers a number of resources, programs and services to support instructors as they engage with pedagogical questions around the use of Generative AI in teaching and learning.
Artificial Intelligence at Brown
AI Tools and Support
Brown-Provided AI Tools
| Tool | What it does | Available to | Cost | Approved data | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Gemini Chat, in Google Workspace | Google's conversational assistant for drafting, summarizing, analyzing files and generating images | Students, faculty, staff | No cost | Level 3 | Gemini documentation |
| Gemini Notebook, in Google Workspace | Grounds its answers in sources you upload; good for reading through a set of documents rather than open-ended chat | Students, faculty, staff | No cost | Level 3 | Gemini documentation |
| Microsoft Copilot Chat | Microsoft's conversational assistant for writing, summarizing and working with documents and images | Students, faculty, staff | No cost | Level 3 | |
| LibreChat | Allows you to interact with many models in one central place, hosted on Brown's own infrastructure; useful when you want to compare how different models answer | Students, faculty, staff | No cost, $20 monthly credit allowance | Level 2 | CCV LibreChat documentation |
| Claude Brown licensed account, pilot (not personal account) | Anthropic's assistant for writing, analysis and multi-step work; pilot licenses only, by request | Pilot participants | By request | Level 3 | |
| Zoom AI Companion | Meeting summaries, notes and action items inside Zoom; the host controls whether it runs | Students, faculty, staff | No cost | Level 3 | Zoom AI Companion documentation |
| Transcribe (Built at Brown by CCV) | Audio and video transcription in more than 20 languages; files are deleted after seven days | Students, faculty, staff | No cost, 20 hours per day | Level 3 | CCV Transcribe documentation |
| GitHub Copilot | Code completion and chat inside your editor | Faculty, staff, students | Usage based | Level 1 |
The AI and Business Enablement Team in the Office of Information Technology (OIT) provides consulting services to enable operational uses of AI, advising departments on selecting AI tools, leading departmental workshops and developing custom AI solutions for specific business needs. Contact them at oit-ai@brown.edu.
Instructional Support
Brown offers dedicated resources and workshops to support faculty and instructors as they navigate AI in the classroom. Whether an instructor is seeking to integrate generative AI into course assignments, establish clear syllabus expectations, or design an AI-free learning environment, campus partners are available to provide expert pedagogical and technical guidance.
The Seminar on AI Literacy (SAIL) is designed to bring together discipline-specific teams of faculty and students to grapple with how to bring AI literacy practices into their curriculum. By partnering with students, instructors gain critical insights into student perspectives, ensuring course objectives remain relevant and engaging.
Research guides from the Brown University Library help library users learn basic information about AI and make choices about using AI tools in academic work.
Research Support
Brown offers dedicated resources and workshops to support researchers and scholars interested in using AI tools in their work. Support staff are able to help provide guidance on carrying out data-centric research, accessing relevant data sources, analyzing text data and more.
Center for Computation and Visualization Resources
The Center for Computation and Visualization (CCV) supports AI-powered research at Brown.
Oscar includes over 800 NVIDIA GPUs with direct access to the open-weight Ollama large language model.
Researchers can collaborate with dedicated staff in the Center for Computation and Visualization specializing in data science, research software development and more.
Training is available on high-performance computing, data science, visualization and other relevant topics.
Other Campus Resources
The Brown University Library offers a wide range of AI resources and support. Through the Critical AI Learning Community, library staff bring together faculty, staff, students and researchers for conversation and learning around AI. The library also provides AI instruction around digital scholarship, the digital humanities and the archives.
Offered through the Division of Research, the AI+X Networking Series bridges the gap between technical AI researchers and domain experts across campus.
The Data Science Institute supports several working groups exploring some aspect of data science, machine learning, AI and their intersection with other disciplines.
The Center for Digital Scholarship is committed to exploring and advancing the use of AI for digital scholarship and digital humanities.