Teacher Chatbot FAQs

We understand that integrating an AI tool into your course can feel overwhelming and requires thoughtful planning. Below, you'll find answers to common questions about setting up and managing your chatbot. Each question addresses a specific part to ensure that the adoption process will be as smooth as possible. If your question isn't answered here, our team is ready to assist you via the Contact form.

Tilburg.ai Chatbot

Our chatbot offers some advantages over commercial alternatives like ChatGPT:

First of all, related to privacy and security: All data remains within the walls of Tilburg University. Instead of sending data to external companies such as OpenAI, we use a copy of a language model (LLM). This keeps all student interactions, and course material within our secure environment.

Second, inclusivity and equal opportunities: We make the chatbot available to every Tilburg University employee and student. This ensures equal access to this assistive technology for everyone within our university community.

Third, remain in control as a teacher of AI usage and responses. You as a teacher will have control over your own chatbot(s). You can easily create or delete a new chatbot via a personal dashboard. You also have the option to add or delete material from the chatbot's "knowledge base". With direct references to your own uploaded documents by the chatbot, students are always updated on the origin of answers. In short: you as a teacher remain fully in control, with students receiving exactly the knowledge that you find important.

Getting Started with Implementation

When you log in with your Tilburg University account, you as a lecturer are immediately recognized as an employee of the university and you get access to a personal dashboard. Within this portal you have the possibility to create your own chatbot.

Managing Content and Access

As soon as a chatbot is created, an invitation link is automatically generated. As a teacher, you can easily copy this link and share it with your students, for example via Canvas or another communication tool. Anyone who has this invitation link and a valid Tilburg University login will be given access to the chatbot. This means that you as a teacher do not have to add separate email addresses to grant students access.

Trust, Privacy & Data Retention

  • - Retention: Chat messages are retained for up to 30 days for continuity and then deleted.
  • - Storage: Uploaded documents and chat data remain within Tilburg University-managed infrastructure.
  • - Usage: Data is not shared with external model providers for training.
  • - Access: Access is restricted to authorized personnel for support and compliance only.

See the full Terms of Use & Privacy Policy for details.