UMT expands SimpliTaught AI platform to seven courses after successful pilot

The University of Management and Technology is widening its partnership with SimpliTaught after a pilot of the AI-enabled learning platform in three ERP courses. The next phase adds four more courses and extends the platform to seven classes across multiple academic programs.

Why it matters: - The expansion gives UMT a broader test case for AI-enabled learning across multiple disciplines, not just one department. - SimpliTaught gets a deeper institutional rollout that could validate how personalized academic support works at scale. - The next phase is designed to improve student onboarding, engagement, course resources, and assessment integration.

What happened: - SimpliTaught and the University of Management and Technology expanded their academic partnership after completing a successful pilot. - The pilot ran with UMT’s Department of Information Systems in the Hasan Murad School of Management. - The initial rollout supported students across three ERP courses. - UMT will now add four courses: Management Information Systems, Web Marketing and Analytics, Introduction to Data Science, and Data Communication and Networking. - The expanded rollout will bring SimpliTaught to seven courses in total. - The platform will serve students in Information Systems, Finance, Management, Marketing, Supply Chain, Economics, and Quantitative Methods.

The details: - Ali Rizvi, CEO of SimpliTaught, said the pilot helped the company learn how students engage with the platform and how to better support faculty. - Rizvi said the expanded phase is not just about adding courses but about building a deeper academic partnership. - UMT said the initial work helped the university explore how AI-enabled learning technology can complement its academic environment. - Salwa Muhammad Akhtar, Acting Chairperson of UMT’s Department of Information Systems, said the university will continue evaluating how the technology supports faculty and students across different academic programs. - SimpliTaught says the next phase will focus on deeper faculty collaboration, streamlined student onboarding, stronger engagement and communication, expanded course-specific resources, and greater integration of assessments and academic activities. - SimpliTaught’s platform connects students with course-specific learning content, academic resources, assessments, and personalized learning support. - The company also provides educators with tools intended to strengthen student learning and engagement.

Between the lines: - The expansion suggests the pilot cleared an important early hurdle for adoption inside a university setting. - The move from ERP courses into broader academic subjects indicates UMT wants to test the platform outside a single use case. - Rizvi said the system uses preferences, behaviors, and interactions to improve relevance over time, and that Emma, SimpliTaught’s personalized AI agent, will support that experience. - SimpliTaught frames the rollout as a validation step for personalized AI in institutional education, not just a product demo.

What's next: - UMT and SimpliTaught will continue the expanded pilot across the seven courses. - The partnership will emphasize closer faculty involvement and more integrated student support. - The university will keep evaluating how the platform performs across different academic programs. - SimpliTaught will use the rollout to refine its AI-driven personalization features and institutional deployment model.

The bottom line: - UMT is moving SimpliTaught from a narrow ERP pilot into a broader academic deployment, signaling growing confidence in the platform’s fit for campus-wide use.