You can always book a virtual or in-person meeting with Academic Technology at lnk.mcla.edu/bookactech.
Most Wednesdays
12-1 PM
Murdock 209 / Teams
Stop by with questions from 12-1PM (most) Wednesdays! Join in-person (Murdock 209)
or on Teams. Topics can include: AI, digital accessibility, Canvas, course design,
or any other tech-adjacent topics on your mind.
AcTech Open Hours Teams link
Thursday, September 18
12PM-1PM
Murdock 209 / Teams
Academic Technology has a new book scanner! In this hands-on workshop we'll go through
the workflow to turn physical course materials into accessible PDFs. Bring course
materials to scan if you like!
Book Scanner & PDFs Teams link
Thursday, October 30
12PM-1PM
Faculty Center / Teams
Join us for a nuts & bolts workshop exploring some of the practical questions about
AI tools, specifically large language models (LLMs): What are these tools good at?
What are they not good at? How can I prompt them more effectively? What are the privacy
risks and how can we mitigate them? How might I think about the environmental impact
of regular use? (Note that this workshop will focus more on our own individual use
of these tools and less on their use in the classroom; for that, see the Nov 6th workshop
with CTL.)
Practical Use of AI Teams link
Thursday, November 6
12-1 PM
Faculty Center / Teams
"...a tool capable of reducing (or eliminating) the friction that makes thinking, writing, and problem-solving challenging is often going to be at odds with the messy and difficult process of learning" -Jane Rosenzweig, When the friction is the point
In this workshop, we'll discuss "useful friction" as a framework for exploring where
we might invite students to use AI and where (and how) we might discourage it. There
will be time to think through your own courses, so come with sample assignments in
mind!
AI & Assignment Design Teams link
