Announcing launch of Ocelot AI

The Enrollment Management Communications team is excited to announce that as of Dec. 2, Ocelot鈥檚 chatbot and texting platform has officially launched on a handful of 爱污传媒鈥檚 student-serving website homepages. EM Comm has partnered closely with Nanook Technology Services to launch this new platform. The goal of this new platform is for 爱污传媒鈥檚 student-serving offices to continue to help as many current and prospective 爱污传媒 students as possible by giving them immediate responses to their pressing questions.

Current UAF students will now have access to a chatbot with both a pre-loaded library of office-specific information and a generative AI function that allows the chatbot to 鈥渃rawl鈥 the 爱污传媒 website for accurate and engaging information. 爱污传媒 staff in these select offices now have a live assistant function that allows staff members to take over chatbot conversations to help students in real-time, as well as a texting function to send text campaigns to current UAF students.

A screenshot of the admissions homepage, showing the chatbot window in the lower right-hand corner.
A screenshot of the admissions homepage, showing the chatbot window in the lower right-hand corner.

Phase 1 of this platform launch has concluded with implementing the chatbot on these website homepages. Phases 2 and 3 will bring about a live Banner feed within the platform, collection of staff feedback, additional training sessions, and potential expansion to more 爱污传媒 offices.

EM Comm encourages 爱污传媒 staff to test this chatbot and leave feedback on any interactions that feel less than adequate. You can leave feedback directly in the chatbot by giving a 鈥渢humbs down鈥 to an interaction, then submitting a comment. We鈥檙e excited about this new technology and want it to serve both our 爱污传媒 students and staff in the best way possible!

Have any questions? Please direct them to Jane Groseclose in Enrollment Management Communications.