The University of Insubria is the first in Italy to trial Artificial Intelligence on Moodle in the Cineca environment.

The University of Insubria has activated the new Artificial Intelligence features on the University’s Moodle platform, as part of the Software as a Service, SaaS, provided by Cineca.

This is a pre-production and controlled experimentation phase, designed to assess the AI tools integrated into the e-learning platform from a technical, functional and organisational point of view. It is a preliminary but already significant step: the University is among the first, and currently the first in Italy, to activate these Artificial Intelligence features on Moodle in the Cineca SaaS environment.

The new applications open up interesting prospects for teaching, particularly in terms of content creation and reorganisation, support for lecturers in designing educational activities, and improving the learning experience of students, also in terms of personalisation and inclusiveness.

The activation of Artificial Intelligence on Moodle is part of a broader strategy, promoted by the University governance and by the Rector’s Delegate for Artificial Intelligence, Professor Davide Tosi, and developed by the Information Systems Area to gradually and consciously introduce innovative tools to support teaching.

The same pathway also includes Panopto, already adopted as the University video portal and integrated with Moodle, with advanced features for automatic analysis of multimedia content, from indexing to subtitling and speech search, as well as Elai, used to experiment with new ways of producing and presenting digital teaching materials.

The aim is to make innovative tools available to lecturers and students, while keeping the quality of teaching, the sustainability of the solutions adopted and compliance with regulations on data protection and the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence at the centre.

The experimentation phase will be used to collect feedback, identify benefits and critical issues, and define methods of use consistent with the university context. Only at the end of this process will a broader extension of the AI features on the Moodle platform be considered.

With this initiative, the University confirms the role of Information Systems in promoting technological innovation to support teaching, experimenting with advanced solutions in a structured and responsible way.