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Buffalo State has now made Lumi (Brightspace's AI components for faculty only) available in all courses. These tools can assist Instructors and Course Builders with:
- Quiz Question Generation (link to help document)
- Assignment ideas generation (link to help document)
- Discussion ideas generation (link to help document)
- Module overview ideas generation (link to help document)
SUNY will be covering the cost of the Lumi add-on to Brightspace until September 23, 2026, at which time, each campus will likely need to decide on purchasing it individually going forward.
Training Opportunities
Trainings will be offered by SUNY Online throughout the months of August and September. Please register for the date of your choice at the following link:
SUNY Online Lumi Training link
About Lumi
Lumi leverages Anthropic’s Large Language Model (LLM) Claude by using content provided by the course creator. SUNY’s agreement with D2L protects Faculty IP by ensuring that:
- D2L does not own input content.
- D2L does not own output content.
- D2L will not use input content to train the Generative AI models.
SUNY’s agreement with D2L requires that users will not represent that output content is human generated when it is not.
Syllabus statements/notifying students
Because of SUNY's agreement with D2L, instructors need to disclose when they are using AI components in their courses. The following are some examples of General AI Statements and AI Content Generation Statements:
General AI Statements
AI Content Generation Statements
INSTRUCTOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AI USE
Your instructor acknowledges the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate ideas, assessment, and assist with the design of lessons in {INSERT COURE NAME}. The prompts were entered into the Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)* systems in the {INSERT YEAR} The output from the prompts was used to create lessons, discussions questions, assignments, and activities that are aligned with the weekly objectives and learning outcomes of this course. The AI generated content was professionally reviewed for accuracy and relevance to the course learning outcomes.
MODULE LESSONS AI CONTENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Note: Portions of this module were created with the assistance of AI *and have been professionally reviewed for accuracy and relevance.
*If D2L LUMI was utilized, specific reference to LUMI should be included.
(Motley, 2025)
Resources:
Motley, LaTonya. (2025, July28 27). Citing AI for Course Design? [Online forum post] Educause. https://connect.educause.edu/discussion/citing-ai-for-course-design
Ethical concerns
Cornell University: Ethical AI for Teaching and Learning
MDPI: Ethical challenges and solutions of generative AI: an interdisciplinary perspective.
Purdue University: How to cite generative AI use
Environmental impacts
MIT News: Generative AI’s environmental impact (1/17/2025)
CNN: Study reveals how much energy AI uses to answer your questions
Scientific American: A computer scientist breaks down generative AI’s hefty carbon footprint
Support/SUNY Help Desk Contact Information
All support for Lumi and Brightspace should go though the SUNY Online Support Services Help Desk