Streamline Daily Work Tasks with U-M Maizey

U-M Maizey is a tool that enables U-M faculty, staff, and students to use custom datasets to enhance their GenAI experience, helping them extract insights, discover patterns, and gain deeper knowledge from the data.

Enhance your productivity by harnessing U-M Maizey for various staff-related tasks, including managing Dropbox, Google Drive, and public website data efficiently. This workshop is aimed at staff members who want to utilize Maizey to streamline their workflows, manage large data sets, and automate routine tasks. Participants will learn how to set up and configure Maizey projects, customize system prompts, and adjust settings to improve Maizey’s performance, and customize Maizey projects and their associated apps.

Synchronous Workshop Content:

Practical Applications for Staff

• Streamlining Administrative Tasks
• Automating Data Processing
• Enhancing Document Management and Retrieval

Customization and Advanced Settings

• Understanding Maizey Data Sources and File Types
  • How to create customized apps within Maizey
• Defining System Prompts for Apps for Various Staff Roles
• Adjusting Temperature Settings for Apps for Accurate Responses
• Demo
  • Creating and Customizing Maizey Projects and Apps
  • Crafting Effective System Prompts
  • Experimenting with Settings to Optimize Performance
• Q&A and Best Practices
  • Sharing Use Cases and Success Stories
  • Troubleshooting Common Issues

Audience: Staff

Recommended Prerequisites:
A or B:
A. Introduction to GenAI: Unpacking Key Concepts (Mini Workshop)
B. Generative AI Basics (Full Workshop)

C or D:
C. Critical Challenges in GenAI: Exploring Privacy, Ethical Implications, Integrity, and Bias (Mini Workshop)
D. Generative AI Basics (Full Workshop)

E or F:
E. From Basics to Brilliance: Prompt Engineering with U-M GPT (Mini Workshop)
F. Generative AI with U-M GPT (Full Workshop)

Zoom join URL: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98888582214

This workshop is part of the new ITS Generative AI Mini-Workshop Series designed to offer a rich, engaging experience in just 60 minutes per session. With an expanded range of topics, these ten workshops are tailored to meet the varied interests and needs of instructors, staff, and students.

Participants will be able to earn new badges for participating in the series. Visit the ITS Generative AI Workshop Series page to learn more about the series.