Following a successful year-long pilot, Show-Me AI is now available campuswide for faculty and students, marking a major step in Mizzou’s commitment to being an AI-forward institution. Show-Me AI provides a safe, secure and responsible way to use generative AI for teaching and learning, aligning the innovation and opportunity of AI with our institutional values.
Show-Me AI uses several large language models to aid users with course development and guidance for coursework completion. See Show-Me AI training and resources for more information.
Teaching support and efficiency:
- Streamline course content development and lesson planning.
- Draft emails, posts or other messages for class communication.
- Create custom AI assistants that can locate course documents for students, answer course content questions, offer assignment feedback, provide practice test questions, facilitate role-playing scenarios and more.
- Show-Me AI enables faculty to create groups for each of their classes, allowing them to easily share custom assistants, track conversations on assignments and more. Email showmeai@missouri.edu to get help setting up a custom group for your class.
Learning assistance and enhancement:
- Gain real-world experience using generative AI.
- Draft emails, posts or other messages.
- Build custom AI assistants using your own assignments, rubrics and notes.
- Use your class’s group to access your instructor’s custom assistant to get support on assignments, keep up with conversations and more.
Show-Me AI FAQ
More information about Show-Me AI can be found in the FAQ below and in these training resources. If you have additional questions about the walled garden AI tool, contact showmeai@missouri.edu.
All Mizzou faculty, instructors and students now have access to Show-Me AI. Previously, access was only available to a limited number of users during a year-long pilot project.
Access to Show-Me AI is provided through a dedicated portal using your University of Missouri System single sign-on ID.
Show-Me AI will have the following features during the pilot:
- Selectable AI models. Options include ChatGPT, Claude and others.
- Custom AI assistants. Assistants can be assigned individually, duplicated, shared and given special instructions.
- Secure file uploads. Files can be uploaded for use with class assistants, student progress tracking and more.
- Data classification level 3 secure. FERPA and other personal data are protected and will not be shared with any third parties or used for AI training.
Some possibilities for instruction assistance include:
- Upload course materials (syllabi, assignments, rubrics, etc.) to receive feedback on course or assignment design.
- Receive help with lesson planning.
- Generate potential test questions.
- Facilitate role-playing scenarios or case studies.
- Aid in drafting emails, posts or other messages for class communication.
- Utilize AI assistants to track student progress on assignments and practice items.
- Receive assistance in providing personalized feedback to students on their learning.
- Build custom AI assistants to support student learning.
- Create groups for each of your classes, allowing you to easily share custom assistants, track conversations on assignments and more. Email showmeai@missouri.edu to get help setting up a custom group for your class.
Some possibilities for learning enhancement include:
- Gain real-world experience using generative AI.
- Upload completed coursework and assignments for help with course content.
- Ask questions about assignments or course content.
- Access practice test questions.
- Aid in drafting emails, posts or other messages for class communication.
- Receive personalized course assistance through a custom AI assistant that’s always available.
- Use your class’s group to access your instructor’s custom assistant to get support on assignments, keep up with conversations and more.
Custom AI assistants are a powerful feature in Show-Me AI.
AI assistants can be:
- Created and customized by faculty and instructors for student use.
- Pre-loaded with all relevant course content (syllabi, assignments, rubrics, documents, etc.) for comprehensive learning support.
- Individually assigned to each student for a personalized experience.
- Adaptive, learning and evolving with each student's needs throughout the semester.
- Configured with custom instructions (e.g., to withhold direct answers for assignments or quizzes).
- Designed for specific assignments and various learning scenarios, including interactive role-playing.
- Programmed to provide faculty with analytics on student interactions and prompt histories.
Students can use AI assistants to:
- Receive instant, personalized feedback on assignments and various learning activities.
- Access comprehensive course support 24/7, even when instructors are offline.
- Ask specific questions about course information, deadlines and where to find materials.
- Prepare for assessments through sample quizzes, study aids and detailed answers to course content questions.
- Engage in interactive role-playing scenarios, such as practice interviews, with tailored feedback.
Training andResources
Learn how to take advantage of all of the features and capabilities Show-Me AI has to offer with Show-Me AI training and resources.
Show-Me AI anddata security
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) oversees the university’s information technology operations, including AI strategy and innovation.
Show-Me AI is hosted entirely within Mizzou’s dedicated and secure infrastructure, ensuring full compliance with DCL-3 data standards. Leveraging a walled garden architecture, the platform is purpose-built to protect personal, academic, and institutional data. All user inputs remain private, encrypted, and fully shielded from unauthorized access or external use, giving users complete control over their information.
Choosing the right model for the job
Choose the right model for the job.
Show-Me AI is optimized for common academic and productivity tasks, not large research datasets, extensive coding workflows or other high-volume AI workloads.
Your access to Show-Me AI includes a monthly usage limit. Most users will have plenty of capacity for everyday teaching and learning needs, and additional access can be provided for approved instructional use cases.
Show-Me AI support
Enhance your use of Show-Me AI or receive help getting started. Submit a help ticket, email us your questions or schedule a consultation.
Show-Me AI proof-of-concept project
We conducted a one-year proof-of-concept project to test the capabilities of the portal and further refine how faculty, instructors and students can use it for teaching and learning. Over the course of one year, starting in summer 2025, we gathered feedback to improve Show-Me AI. Pilot users shared that having access to secure AI tools for their classroom provided opportunities for new learning experiences.