Approved AI Applications for Grayson College
Recommended AI Tools
IT Policy & Usage Guidelines
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Approved Enterprise Tools: Using Gemini through Grayson College Gmail/Google Workspace accounts or Copilot through enterprise Microsoft accounts is fully approved for teaching, support, and work products
. Grayson College maintains enterprise agreements with both Google and Microsoft, ensuring that prompts, chats, and uploaded content are not used to train public models or shared externally . -
Unapproved Tools & Student Data Protection: Consumer AI tools, including public versions of ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and other third-party AI platforms, must not be used for college business or fed any Grayson College data, confidential information, or protected student records subject to FERPA
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Hardware & Network Restrictions: Personal, unapproved, or unmanaged devices must not be connected to the campus network to experiment with or host AI models
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Recommended AI Applications
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Google Gemini (Enterprise): An approved enterprise generative AI tool available via Grayson College Google Workspace accounts for drafting, research, learning support, and building custom AI agents
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Microsoft Copilot (Enterprise): An approved enterprise AI assistant available via enterprise Microsoft accounts for writing, administrative work, and teaching support
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MagicSchool AI: An AI platform designed specifically for educators to assist with lesson planning, rubric creation, content differentiation, and administrative teaching tasks
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BoodleBox: An educational AI collaboration platform that brings together multiple AI models and custom bots in a secure classroom environment for group work and interactive learning
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