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UTK integrated multiple AI features into its Canvas course platform (Online@UT), now branded as IgniteAI, including an AI-powered course search tool, AI discussion summaries, AI-powered translation of course content, and over 20 AI teaching assistant workflows from Khan Academy called Khanmigo Teacher Tools.
Details
OIT has enabled the following IgniteAI features in Online@UT (Canvas): IgniteAI Search (semantic course content search across pages, assignments, and discussions), IgniteAI Summaries for Discussions (AI identifies central themes in discussion threads, available to instructors only), IgniteAI Translations for Discussions, Announcements, and Inbox (AI translates content into supported languages using Claude 3 Haiku for discussions and AWS Translate for inbox messages), and Khanmigo Teacher Tools (20+ AI-powered educator workflows including drafting recommendation letters, building quizzes, and creating lesson plans). All features are embedded directly in Canvas.
Products affected
Online@UT (Canvas LMS)Khanmigo Teacher ToolsIgniteAI SearchIgniteAI Summaries for DiscussionsIgniteAI Translations
Sources & Evidence
Company Disclosure
Other practices by University of Tennessee
ProductivityUTK offers Zoom AI Companion to all faculty, staff, and students in its university Zoom environment, providing opt-in AI features that automatically generate text summaries of meetings, highlight key moments in recordings, and support interactive whiteboard content creation.ProductivityIn March 2026, UTK deployed the UT AI Hub, a centralized platform giving all students, faculty, and staff free access to full paid versions of multiple leading AI models — including ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Google Gemini, and Meta Llama — through a single secure university portal.ProductivityUTK offers Microsoft Copilot to all students, faculty, and staff at no extra cost through their existing Microsoft 365 accounts. It can summarize emails, draft documents, run Excel formulas using plain-language commands, and generate images — all within familiar Office apps.
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