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Description: This course introduces participants to the Zoom AI Companion and its practical applications within a university setting. The course covers key features such as meeting summaries, real-time Q&A, interactive smart recordings, and whiteboard tools for generating sticky notes, tables, mind maps, and flowcharts. Participants will learn how to apply these tools to enhance productivity, collaboration, and learning in academic and administrative contexts through guided demonstrations and hands-on activities.

This course is an elective that counts toward receiving a digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program.   

Objectives: In this course, you will learn to: 

• Describe the main features of Zoom AI Companion
• Identify practical scenarios where Zoom AI Companion can enhance productivity, collaboration, or learning outcomes
• Demonstrate how to use Zoom AI Companion features to accomplish specific tasks

Duration: 90 minutes

Experience Level: Little or no familiarity with generative AI tools necessary

Description: This course explores the critical analysis of generative AI to support responsible use of this technology. Learn how AI models are trained and why misinformation and biases may occur in AI-generated content. Develop strategies to analyze AI outputs and assess AI tools for quality and ethical considerations. Participants will be expected to engage in the evaluation process through collaborative, hands-on activities and reflective discussions.

This course is an elective that counts toward receiving a digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program.   

Objectives: In this course, you will learn to:  

• Describe how AI models are trained on data
• Summarize how misinformation and biases occur from training data
• Identify types of biases that arise in AI outputs
• Critically analyze AI outputs for accuracy and potential biases
• Explain how to critically evaluate AI tools

Duration: 90 minutes

Experience Level: Basic familiarity with generative AI chatbots like Microsoft Copilot or ChatGPT

Description: This course offers a focused exploration of prompting and iteration strategies for generative AI chatbots like Microsoft Copilot. Through collaborative, hands-on activities and interactive exercises, participants will learn to write clear, effective prompts, apply refinement techniques such as prompt chaining, and assess AI-generated outputs for accuracy and relevance to achieve more reliable and useful results in a variety of academic and non-academic contexts. 

This course is required to receive a digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program.

Objectives: In this course, you will learn to: 

• Write effective prompts to get accurate and useful results from AI tools
• Refine and improve AI outputs using practical feedback and iteration techniques
• Evaluate AI-generated content to determine its accuracy and relevance to your needs

Duration: 90 minutes

Experience Level: Basic familiarity with generative AI chatbots like Microsoft Copilot or ChatGPT

Description: This course introduces generative AI to those with little or no prior experience engaging with this emerging technology. Participants obtain a foundational understanding of generative AI, its associated opportunities and implications, and basic strategies for composing and iterating prompts. Participants will be expected to engage in hands-on interaction with the Microsoft Copilot chatbot to begin generating practical outputs for personal and professional use cases. 

This course is an elective that counts toward receiving a digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program.   

Objectives: In this course, you will learn to:  

• Summarize what generative AI is, how it works, and how it differs from other AI types
• Describe accuracy and ethical considerations associated with generative AI
• Identify task-related opportunities with generative AI
• Apply foundational prompting strategies to produce practical outputs with generative AI chatbots

Duration: 90 minutes

Experience Level: Little or no familiarity with generative AI and/or AI chatbots necessary

ChatGPT Day is a hands-on, on-campus event designed to spark curiosity and creativity around AI. It’s a chance for students, faculty, and staff to explore what’s possible with ChatGPT and hear how peers are already using it to teach, learn, and build. The day includes interactive sessions, live demos, and conversations with the OpenAI team.

Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Location: LIB 280

Agenda

Please RSVP to reserve your spot at SFSU ChatGPT Day.

This workshop covers the basics of using ChatGPT Edu, including overviews of the interface and fundamentals for usage. This workshop is designed as a technological primer for the tool and is designed for those who are curious but have never used it before.

Learn more about ChatGPT Edu for SFSU

This workshop covers the basics of using ChatGPT Edu, including overviews of the interface and fundamentals for usage. This workshop is designed as a technological primer for the tool and is designed for those who are curious but have never used it before.

Learn more about ChatGPT Edu for SFSU

Join Academic Technology and J. Paul Leonard Library for an “Affordable Instructional Materials Review Workshop” via Zoom. This hands-on session will guide faculty in evaluating the quality of published open educational resources and free-to-use materials exploring strategies for creating high-quality course content.

Spaces are limited to the first 15 registrants. Please note that only faculty teaching this semester are eligible to apply; participants in the faculty early retirement program are not eligible. Honoraria of $100 will be available for faculty who participate, with additional funding opportunities for those adopting affordable instructional materials.

Please register via Qualtrics.

For questions or more information, please visit the Affordable Learning website or email Academic Technology at at@sfsu.edu.

Join Academic Technology and J. Paul Leonard Library for an Affordable Instructional Materials Review Workshop, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from 11:00 PM – 12:30 PM via Zoom.

This hands-on session will guide faculty in evaluating the quality of published Open Educational Resources (OER) and Free-to-Use materials exploring strategies for creating high-quality course content. We will discuss how these materials can enhance student learning by providing engaging, equitable, and cost-effective course materials.
This session will guide faculty in evaluating the quality of published Open Educational Resources (OER) and Free-to-Use materials exploring strategies for creating high-quality course content. We will also discuss how these materials can enhance student learning by providing engaging, equitable, and cost-effective course materials.

Spaces are limited to the first 25 registrants. *Please note that only faculty teaching this semester are eligible to apply, and FERP faculty are not eligible.

Honorariums of $100 will be available for faculty who participate, with additional funding opportunities for those adopting Affordable Instructional Materials.

Register for the OER Review Workshop

The Affordable Learning Initiative at SFSU is committed to reducing learning costs and narrowing the equity gap by supporting the adoption of low-cost or free instructional materials. Since 2014, our faculty have helped students save more than $9 million in instructional material costs.

For any questions, please email at@sfsu.edu.

We hope to see you there!