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    • Learn on how to use Generative AI in Adobe Express

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    Level Up Your Designs: Generative AI in Adobe Express  Description: Discover how Adobe Express’s AI-powered features can help you create stunning course visuals, handouts, presentations, and marketing materials. Learn to generate images, refine layouts, and streamline your creative workflow, even with no design experience.  Hosted by: Megan Jones, MA  Pathways: Responsible AI in Teaching and… Continue reading Learn on how to use Generative AI in Adobe Express

    Instructional graphic for Adobe Express for beginners, featuring steps to create content with categories, templates, and design sharing options.

    Anyone Can Create a Podcast with Adobe Podcast

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    Create Studio Quality Podcasts with No Experience Required  Description: Learn how Adobe Podcast uses AI-powered features to make audio creation more accessible and approachable. This workshop introduces participants to tools for recording, enhancing speech, reducing background noise, and producing polished audio content without advanced editing experience. Faculty, staff, and students will explore how these tools… Continue reading Anyone Can Create a Podcast with Adobe Podcast

    Adobe Podcast workshop featuring a purple microphone and key features like "Enhance Speech," "Collaborate," and "Publish Anywhere." Logos for Adobe and CSUN Academic Technology are present.

    • If you don’t know AI Basics, now is the time to learn!

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    AI Basics: Getting Started with Tools, Teaching Strategies, and Responsible Use Description: Explore the fundamentals of generative AI and discover how to use it effectively in your teaching. This workshop introduces faculty to ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and practical prompting techniques while highlighting CSUN-supported AI tools and resources. You'll also learn best practices for responsible AI… Continue reading If you don’t know AI Basics, now is the time to learn!

    A workspace with a laptop displaying "AI Basics & Prompting," a notepad with notes, and a coffee mug with the CSUN logo, alongside a small potted plant

    Features of Panopto Video, Editing, Annotating, and Captioning

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    Enhance Your Recorded Lectures: Edit, Annotate, and Transform Videos with Panopto Description: Learn how to edit, annotate, and add on to your previously uploaded class recordings. With the key features from Panopto’s video editor and file management system, you can turn a recorded lecture or lesson into a prolific and engaging living document for your… Continue reading Features of Panopto Video, Editing, Annotating, and Captioning

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    AI Beyond the Basics (AI Fluency)

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    AI Fluency: Applying AI Confidently in Teaching and Learning Description: Take your AI skills to the next level by learning how to apply generative AI effectively in academic and instructional settings. This workshop explores advanced prompting techniques, strategies for evaluating and refining AI-generated content, and practical approaches for integrating AI into authentic coursework, lesson planning,… Continue reading AI Beyond the Basics (AI Fluency)

    An infographic titled "AI FLUENCY / AGENTS" showing students collaborating with AI agents. Features icons and texts highlighting AI's role in task assistance, with a central focus on "YOU" as a user.

    Just in time for finals, learn about New Canvas Quizzes

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    Master Canvas Quizzes: Build Question Banks, Assign Points, and Manage Grades Description: This workshop provides an overview of building and using quizzes in your Canvas course. Topics will include: Creating questions and question banks, Assigning points, and Gradebook Hosted by: Herbert Serrano, MLIS Register Now!

    A desktop workspace features a computer monitor displaying a "Cell Structure Quiz" interface for a university course, accompanied by a CSUN-branded mug, notebook, and a succulent plant.

    Canvas Analytics

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    Learn Practical Tips for Canvas Analytics Description: Canvas Course Analytics helps faculty review course grades, student activity, participation, submission status, and communication patterns through interactive graphs, tables, and downloadable reports Hosted by: Herbert Serrano, MLIS Pathways: Informed Teaching with Course Data Register Now!

    A woman in a black shirt sits at a desk, focused on a computer screen with a spreadsheet. A "CSUN" mug, potted plant, and red notebooks are visible on the desk.

    Still looking for information on AI, learn more with AI Basics

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    AI Basics: Getting Started with Tools, Teaching Strategies, and Responsible Use Description: Build a strong foundation in generative AI with an introduction to the tools and strategies that can support teaching and learning. In this workshop, you'll explore ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and effective prompting techniques while learning how to use AI responsibly within a CSUN-supported… Continue reading Still looking for information on AI, learn more with AI Basics

    A workspace with a laptop displaying "AI Basics & Prompting," a notepad with notes, and a coffee mug with the CSUN logo, alongside a small potted plant

    AI Beyond the Basics (AI Fluency)

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    AI Fluency: Applying AI Confidently in Teaching and Learning Description: Move beyond the fundamentals and discover how to use generative AI as a practical teaching and productivity tool. This workshop explores advanced prompting techniques, strategies for evaluating and refining AI-generated content, and effective approaches for integrating AI into course design, instructional materials, and authentic learning… Continue reading AI Beyond the Basics (AI Fluency)

    A workspace with a laptop displaying "AI Basics & Prompting," a notepad with notes, and a coffee mug with the CSUN logo, alongside a small potted plant

    • Securing Canvas Exams with LockDown Browser

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    Secure your Canvas exams and support your students with LockDown Browser - including guided installation and troubleshooting help. Description: This in-person workshop helps faculty use LockDown Browser to secure quizzes and exams in Canvas, while also learning how to guide students through downloading, installing, and testing the tool. We’ll walk through enabling LockDown in your… Continue reading Securing Canvas Exams with LockDown Browser

    A student in a CSUN hoodie uses a laptop displaying the Respondus LockDown Browser logo. The desk has a red mug and notebook, with palm trees visible in the background.

    Want to find out more about Creating Chatbots?

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    Build Your Own AI Assistant: Creating Custom GPTs Description: Creating Custom GPTs - Learn how to build your own AI assistant using ChatGPT's no-code tools. This workshop covers how to upload documents, set behavior instructions, and align your GPT with course goals. We'll also discuss ethical use and share CSUN-specific examples for teaching and support.… Continue reading Want to find out more about Creating Chatbots?

    A workspace for creating chatbots with a laptop displaying a chat interface, colorful sticky notes, a notebook, a “Creating Chatbots” poster, a flowchart, and pens in a cup.