Here's this week's platform update: A quick summary of new features across Data Manager, mentorAI, and skillsAI, plus a highlight from our ongoing collaborations and reflections on AI's role in education.

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Highlighted Features

Flagged Prompts (mentorAI)

Built-in governance tools let instructors review sensitive or policy-relevant messages directly inside mentorAI.

LTI Administration

Centralized controls for managing LTI deployments, permissions, and configuration across LMS environments.

MCP Configuration & Management

Configure, govern, and manage MCP servers and connections to support advanced agent workflows and integrations.

Proactive Notifications

Send timely, mentor-branded nudges with customizable templates, HTML formatting, and learner-specific composite keys for precise outreach.

New Mentors

• CoursePath Mentor: Helps students navigate degree requirements, course sequencing, and academic pathways

• Study Support Mentor: Supports learners with organizing study sessions, reviewing materials, and reinforcing key concepts

• FAFSA Mentor: Guides students through the FAFSA process with clear explanations and step-by-step support

• Student Life Mentor: Connects students to organizations, events, and wellness resources to improve campus engagement

• Transfer Navigator Mentor: Assists prospective and current transfer students with eligibility, articulation, and documentation

• Career Launch Mentor: Helps students explore careers, build resumes, and prepare for interviews

• Completion Coach Mentor: Supports students nearing graduation with checklists, deadline reminders, and milestone tracking

Embedded Chatbox Size (mentorAI embed)

Customize the size of embedded mentorAI chatboxes with new advanced settings for better LMS and website integration.

In-Chat Message Persistence (Canvas LTI)

Messages inside mentorAI now persist across LTI launches in Canvas, ensuring continuity even after navigating away.

Screenshare + Voice Transcript Sync

Screensharing sessions now produce synced chat + voice transcripts, giving students and instructors a unified record of shared sessions.

Image-Aware Answers (mentorAI)

Explicit image handling in chat and markdown, plus an optional image description field to improve retrieval precision.

In-Chat Controls (mentorAI)

New settings to show/hide attachments, voice record, and voice call buttons in the main app, independent of embed settings.

OAuth-Linked MCP Servers (Data Manager)

Full CRUD for MCP connections, generic OAuth pipeline, and updated Google Docs/Slides/Calendar toolkits, designed for non-blocking resolution.

Reflections

How agentic AI is transforming student recruitment—from capturing interest to fostering genuine intent.

Why continuing education programs are leading the way in sustainable AI-driven growth.

See how ibl.ai's AI Operating System for Higher Education is helping institutions scale personalized learning experiences.

Highlighted Partnerships

We're excited to partner with Empire State University (SUNY Empire) on a multi-campus initiative, alongside Alfred State, Stony Brook University, SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and SUNY Schenectady, to explore human-centered, faculty-led AI teaching across the SUNY system.

Sponsored by the SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) program, this collaboration uses mentorAI to support outcome-aligned instruction, multi-LLM experimentation, and shared research on the real impact of AI in teaching and learning, while ensuring institutions retain full control over pedagogy, data, and governance.

This week, we're proud to spotlight our ongoing work with Morehouse College, highlighted in a recent post from their faculty leadership. During a visit to St. John's University, Morehouse leaders shared how they are actively partnering with ibl.ai to scale and sustain the Morehouse PILOT Fellowship Program: a model for responsible, student-centered AI enablement in higher education.