# AI Readiness Assessment — Is Your Institution Ready for AI?

> Source: https://ibl.ai/ai-readiness-assessment

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5 Questions · 2 Minutes

Is Your Institution Ready for AI?

Answer 5 quick questions and get a personalized readiness score with actionable next steps for your institution.

## Assessment

Progress: Question [current] of 5

### Question 1: How many users would need AI access?

Students, faculty, staff, or employees who would interact with AI tools.

- **Under 100** — Small pilot or department (1 point)
- **100 – 500** — Department or school-wide (2 points)
- **500 – 2,000** — Multi-department rollout (3 points)
- **2,000 – 10,000** — Institution-wide (4 points)
- **10,000+** — University system or district (5 points)

### Question 2: What's your current AI vendor situation?

Where your institution stands today with AI tools and platforms.

- **No AI tools yet** — Starting from scratch (2 points)
- **Individual experiments** — Faculty/staff using personal accounts (3 points)
- **Single vendor** — One platform (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot) (4 points)
- **Multiple vendors** — Several tools across departments (5 points)

### Question 3: What's your biggest concern with AI?

The primary challenge your institution faces in adopting AI at scale.

- **Cost at scale** — Per-seat licensing is too expensive (4 points)
- **Data privacy & compliance** — FERPA, SOC 2, student data protection (5 points)
- **Vendor lock-in** — Tied to one provider's ecosystem (4 points)
- **Faculty / staff adoption** — Getting people to actually use it (3 points)

### Question 4: Do you need on-premise or air-gapped deployment?

Some institutions require AI to run entirely within their own infrastructure.

- **Yes, required** — Data must stay on our servers (5 points)
- **Preferred but not required** — Would be ideal for compliance (4 points)
- **Exploring options** — Open to cloud or on-premise (3 points)
- **No, cloud is fine** — SaaS deployment works for us (2 points)

### Question 5: What's your timeline for deploying AI?

When do you need AI tools available for your users?

- **Immediately** — Ready to start this month (5 points)
- **This semester** — Within the next 3 – 4 months (4 points)
- **This academic year** — Within the next 12 months (3 points)
- **Just exploring** — Building a business case (2 points)

Navigation: Back | Next (or "See My Results" on the final question)

Step indicators: Scale, Vendor, Concern, Deploy, Timeline

## Your Results

### Score: [score] / 25

### Result Tier: AI Pioneer (Score 21 – 25)

Your institution is ready to lead with AI.

You have the scale, urgency, and infrastructure awareness to deploy AI now. The biggest risk is waiting — competitors are already moving.

#### Recommended Next Steps

1. Start a 30-day pilot with ibl.ai on your infrastructure
2. Use the AI Cost Calculator to quantify savings for your CFO
3. Schedule a technical architecture review with our team

### Result Tier: AI Ready (Score 15 – 20)

Strong foundation — a few steps to full deployment.

Your institution has clear AI needs and the organizational maturity to execute. Addressing your top concern will unlock rapid deployment.

#### Recommended Next Steps

1. Run a departmental pilot to build internal champions
2. Compare your current vendor costs against ibl.ai flat-rate pricing
3. Engage IT and academic leadership in a joint planning session

### Result Tier: AI Explorer (Score 5 – 14)

Early stage — but the path forward is clear.

You're building the case for AI at your institution. Starting small with a free pilot is the fastest way to get buy-in from stakeholders.

#### Recommended Next Steps

1. Start free with ibl.ai MentorAI to demonstrate value
2. Identify one high-impact use case (advising, tutoring, or course creation)
3. Build a 1-page AI business case with our cost savings data

### Your Answers

Summary of your selected answers for each question.

### Actions

- Calculate Your Savings (link to /ai-cost-calculator)
- Retake Assessment

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