About This Website
How this website was created and how you can help make it better
A Living Document Approach
This website is designed to evolve. We update content regularly based on community feedback and changing needs. AI moves fast. Our guidance and resources should too. This approach lets us keep information current and useful for the UM community.
How This Website Was Created
Technical Foundation
UM IT built and maintains this site, and is responsible for keeping it accurate, accessible, and up to date.
Human-Led Strategy
The Future Project gathered information and UM community input to help define the vision and principles. We engaged with UM experts to provide knowledge and context. Humans made final decisions on all content and messaging.
AI-Enhanced Creation
AI tools helped draft initial content based on human-provided frameworks and guidelines. The site itself, including its 2026 redesign, was built with an AI coding assistant (Claude Code), directed and reviewed by UM IT staff.
Human Oversight
All decisions, content direction, and final approval remained with human input. AI was used as a drafting and coding tool, not for decision-making.
What AI Did NOT Do
Make strategic decisions about priorities or values, determine university policies or positions, create content without human oversight and approval, or replace human expertise and judgment in any capacity.
Our Human-Centered AI Commitment
This website shows our dedication to human-centered AI. We prioritize transparency, keep humans in control of all decisions, and focus on benefiting the community above all else.
Transparency First
Complete openness about how and where AI tools are used
Human Control
All significant decisions remained with human experts
Community Benefit
Efficiency gains focused on serving our users' needs
Ways to Contribute
Share Your Experience
How have you used AI tools in your work or studies? What challenges have you encountered? What worked better than expected?
Suggest Resources
Know of helpful tools, articles, or examples we should include? Found gaps in our current coverage that need addressing?
Request Content
What questions do you have that aren't answered here? What scenarios or use cases should we address for the UM community?
Provide Feedback
Is something unclear or confusing? Could navigation be improved? What would make the site more useful for your work?
Contribution Guidelines
When reaching out, please include:
- Your affiliation (student, faculty, staff, department)
- Type of contribution (experience, suggestion, feedback)
- Specific details about your input
- Whether you're comfortable being acknowledged
Ready to contribute?
Email us at AI-help@umontana.edu with:
- Subject line: “Website Contribution”
- Your input, feedback, or suggestions
- Relevant context about your experience
Our Commitment to You
This community page represents more than transparency: it's a promise. We commit to ongoing evolution, responsive feedback, maintained quality, and open communication about changes and improvements. Thank you for being part of this approach. Together, we're creating something that truly serves our community's needs while modeling responsible AI use.
Questions About Our Approach?
Learn more about our living document philosophy and how to get involved.