Harnessing the AI Chatbot in Humber’s Classrooms: A Multi-disciplinary + Cross-Faculty Approach
This is a cross-faculty collaborative project between the following courses:
| Course | Professor | Program | Faculty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BME 5001 Entrepreneurship Fundamentals | Business Owners (99 Ideas): develop business ideas to solve a problem | Susan Kates | Business Management Entrepreneurial Enterprise | Longo Faculty of Business |
| BUS 2504 Web Development | Web Developers: develop websites for our assigned clients (BME 5001) class, use AI to generate images and videos for the websites, and use the web copy provided by Copywrites (MSCP 1000). Web Developers will also submit a blog post reflecting on their experience working on a collaborative project and using AI to generate content | Hanadi Alnawab | Bachelor of Commerce: Digital Business Management, Fashion Management | Longo Faculty of Business |
| MSCP 1000 Media Writing Fundamentals | Copywriters: create clean, clear web copy that will serve the voice and vision of our assigned clients (BME 5001) and provide the web copy to the Web Developers (BUS 2504) above | Meaghan Strimas | Bachelor of Creative and Professional Writing | Faculty of Media and Creative Arts |
Funding
Funding for this project is provided by Humber College under Priority 3 of the Academic Plan – Empowering Teaching and Learning at Humber. The funds will be used to hire students to support the project. View Project Plan (in progress).
Project Progress
Tuesday Oct 17:
The BUS 2504 visited the BME 5001 class and listened to their business ideas, the following ideas were presented:
- Bridge Across Generations
- Vital Flavours
- Mobile Cafe’
- Nakama
- Coffee Subscription Service
- Hasda Student Marketplace
- Eco-friendly Packaging
- Group Buy – Good Deals
After the visit, BUS 2504 teams met with Hanadi Alnawab and discussed the projects presented, and agreed on choosing three projects based on the project requirements, scope, and skillset of our Web Development course. The three chosen presentation slides are available in this folder.
Friday Oct 27:
- The domain HarnessingAI.org is purchased and website setup, expires October 27, 2025
- Gretta Castelino is hired as Research Assistant and will be supporting the website development work
Tuesday Oct 31:
- BUS 2504 groups matched with BME 5001 groups (ideas)
- Contact info in the following sheet
| Project | BUS 2504 | BME 5001 | MSCP 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gennections | Kaelani, Ethan, Deepjot, Zaid, Bao | Yi Wen, Anitha, Heli, Mehul, Chaitanya | Darcy, Jazmin, Alice, Olivia & Vanessa |
| Vital Flavours | Jade, Cara, Archie, Nicole, Duy | Nandiini, Namrata, Iyabo, Pamela, Mfon | Lea, Kiara, Imelda, MJ & Jessica |
| Mobile Cafe’ | Clayson, Shoshana, Riddhi | Maria, Nino, Minal, Hsin-Rong, Kashif, Abhiraj | Lindsay, Sara, Ashley, Pola & Marrium |
Thursday Nov 23:
Web copy provided by Meaghan’s students for the three businesses above (link to web copy PDF)
Tuesday Nov 28:
- We presented the first draft of the website to Susan’s class, discussed feedback, and made the final changes
- Visited the Idea Lab to explore options to improve our presentations
Process
BME 5001 class presenting their business ideas to the BUS 2504 class on Oct 17, 2023 
BME 5001 class presenting their business ideas to the BUS 2504 class on Oct 17, 2023 
BME 5001 class presenting their business ideas to the BUS 2504 class on Oct 17, 2023 
BME 5001 class presenting their business ideas to the BUS 2504 class on Oct 17, 2023 
BME 5001 class presenting their business ideas to the BUS 2504 class on Oct 17, 2023 
Susan Kates & Hanadi Alnawab explaining the assignment and answering questions to both BME 5001 and BUS 2504 classes on Oct 17, 2023 
Oct 17, 2023 BUS2504 visiting BME5001 class
Final Presentations
Event Photography: Anton Lewis & Tiffany Lin
The Digital Hub 