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Faculty Technology Center

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    • Learn how to Create Custom ChatBots to share with your students

    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 Learn how to Create Custom ChatBots to share with your students

    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.

    Create lecture videos to insert into your course with Panopto

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    Get Started with Panopto: Record, Edit, and Manage Videos for Your Canvas Courses Description: Learn how to start recording instructional video content for your Canvas courses using Panopto! Whether it’s a class recording, lecture, lesson, or demonstration, this workshop will show you how to access Panopto as your primary video platform. You’ll learn how to… Continue reading Create lecture videos to insert into your course with Panopto

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    Check out all the new features of 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: Avo Topjian 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.

    • As you prepare for mid-terms check out the features of 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 Pathways: Teaching Effectively with Canvas  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.

    Still thinking about mid-terms? Check out the features on 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: Avo Topjian 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.

    Do you have course reading for your students? Learn how to set up Google Notebook LM for your course materials

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    Transform Course Materials with Google Notebook LM: AI-Powered Summaries, Flashcards, and Mind Maps Description: Google Notebook LM turns your course readings, lecture notes, and research articles into interactive, AI-powered workspaces. In this workshop, you’ll see how to generate instant summaries, outlines, flashcards, and even mind maps to support student learning and streamline lecture prep. We’ll… Continue reading Do you have course reading for your students? Learn how to set up Google Notebook LM for your course materials

    Collection of materials for Google NotebookLM, including a sign, notebooks with notes, sticky notes, and a mug, all creating a welcoming educational space.

    Learn how to design graphics and interactive slideshows with the New Adobe Express

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    We are an Adobe For All Campus.  Come learn how to create polished graphics for teaching, learning, and campus communication. Description: Looking for an accessible graphic design tool supported by CSUN? This workshop introduces Adobe Express as a flexible platform for creating visual projects including infographics, flyers, posters, slide decks, and social-style graphics. Participants will… Continue reading Learn how to design graphics and interactive slideshows with the New Adobe Express

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

    Curious about AI? Learn How to Get the Most out of ChatGPT

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    Learn Practical Tips on AI & Academic Use Cases Description: Learn how to use ChatGPT more effectively for teaching, learning, and productivity. This session covers prompt techniques, verification strategies, classroom applications, and ethical considerations, helping you get higher-quality results with less effort. Hosted by: Charles Mahoney, M. Ed. Pathways: Multi-Media and Interactive Teaching with Technology … Continue reading Curious about AI? Learn How to Get the Most out of ChatGPT

    A workspace featuring a sign for "CHATGPT BASICS" from CSUN, a poster with ChatGPT functionalities, colorful sticky notes with tips, an open notebook, and a red "CSUN" banner, along with a potted plant and water bottle.

    Use Canvas Analytics in your course

    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.

    Adobe ePortfolios

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    Provide AI-resistant assignments by showcasing creative digital storytelling; build digital ePortfolios with Adobe Express.  Learn how Adobe Express can be used to build AI-resistant assignments. By creating an assignment in Adobe Express it can support the creation of engaging digital ePortfolios for academic, professional, and creative purposes. In this one-hour workshop, faculty, staff, and students… Continue reading Adobe ePortfolios

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    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.

    Canvas Insights as Early Alerts and Continuity

    Online via Zoom; Connection details provided upon registration

    This in-house tool helps us Canvas gradebook to identify students who need a nudge. Description: This hands-on workshop shows faculty how to use CSUN’s Canvas Insights for early alerts. Canvas Insights lets faculty provide support to students who need assistance and positive feedback to students who are doing well. Register for Canvas Insights. Hosted by:… Continue reading Canvas Insights as Early Alerts and Continuity

    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.