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Artificial Intelligence Introduction Project
CMSC 307 – Artificial Intelligence Applications
Overview
This project serves as an introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) terminology, concepts and
applications. After completing this project, you should be comfortable discussing AI concepts and
applications as well as accessing, navigating, using and exiting the cloud based environment you will use
to complete the projects for this course.
Environment Description
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Academy classrooms will be used to complete the hands-on exercises and
activities for this course. AWS Academy provides access to cloud services, classrooms, content and
programs designed to prepare students and educators for careers in growing fields such as AI.
UMGC works with AWS Academy administrators to provide credits and free access to specific cloud
services through an assigned AWS Academy classroom such that no out of pocket expenses are required
for using state-of-the-art cloud-based tools and applications.
AWS Academy versus UMGC LEO
AWS Academy is a separate environment from your UMGC LEO classroom. You will still use the UMGC
classroom as you have done in the past for completing tasks such a
s submitting assignments,
participating in discussions, reading UMGC embedded content, completing quizzes and other tasks
associated with the UMGC LEO classroom.
You enter your AWS Academy Classroom through a specific URL (which will be described in this project)
and then follow detailed instructions to complete the activities. You then prepare your submission,
based on the assignment instructions, and submit to the UMGC LEO classroom.
Project Submission
After completing the steps and activities associated with this project, you will submit the required
results and findings to the associated assignment area in the LEO classroom. Specific details related to
the format and content of the submission are found in the last step of this project.
Grade Percentage
This project is worth 100 points and represents 18% of your final grade.
Project Steps
This project includes several steps resulting in the successful completion of this project. These steps
include reading introductory AI content in an online digital textbook, reading additional open source
literature, registering, activating and accessing your assigned AWS Academy classroom, and finally
documenting and submitting the results of your activities.
Step 1