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Summer AI Professional Development Series - Register Now
The SFSU AI Literacy Education Program will be facilitating AI workshops over the summer period. Engage in guided inquiry of this emerging technology, catch up on your digital badging progress, or level up your understanding of generative AI during June, July, and August.
New for Summer: Working with Generative AI
This course is designed specifically for SFSU staff looking to integrate generative AI in your daily work. Learn how to prepare for effective and responsible AI use, write goal-oriented prompts to accomplish particular work tasks, evaluate AI-generated content for quality and reliability, and refine outputs to enhance efficiency and productivity in your professional context. Participants will engage in hands-on activities with Microsoft Copilot or ChatGPT to employ strategies in real-world work scenarios, share practical insights and use cases with peers, and assess additional opportunities for integrating generative AI tools in specific practice areas.
Start your AI journey and register now!
Schedule below, or on Event pages for each course offering.
| Date | Time | Registration Link |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, June 4, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Register here |
| Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Register here |
| Wednesday, August 13, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Register here |
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
| Date | Time | Registration Link |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, June 5, 2025 | 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. | Register here |
| Wednesday, June 25, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Register here |
| Thursday, July 24, 2025 | 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. | Register here |
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
| Date | Time | Registration Link |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, June 11, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Register here |
| Wednesday, July 2, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Register here |
| Wednesday, July 30, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Register here |
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 required to receive 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
| Date | Time | Registration Link |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, June 12, 2025 | 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Register here |
| Thursday, July 31, 2025 | 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Register here |
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
| Date | Time | Registration Link |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Register here |
| Wednesday, August 6, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Register here |
Description: This course offers an exploration of visual generative AI (GenAI) tools for image and design generation. Participants will gain a primer on visual GenAI tools, considerations for using GenAI, and some best practices for creating effective and accessible designs. Through hands-on activities, participants will develop skills in crafting descriptive prompts and selecting appropriate visual styles to generate unique images using Adobe Firefly. Additionally, they will learn how to generate visual elements to be incorporated into designs using Adobe Express.
This course is an elective for the digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program.
*Disclaimers:
- This course utilizes Adobe tools which are available to faculty, staff, and select student populations. Students will need to ensure they have access to Adobe apps before attending this workshop.
- Adobe Firely and Express are accessed via the web; you do NOT need to download Adobe Creative Cloud.
Objectives: In this course, you will learn to:
- Understand the basics of AI image and layout generation technology
- Write descriptive prompts and use visual style options to generate images that meet their needs. (Adobe Firefly)
- Write effective prompts to generate elements for graphic design. (Adobe Express)
- Understanding of general best practices for visual design while we use Adobe Express, including:
- Accessibility considerations (color contrast, font size, etc.), creating compositions (weight, size, repetitiveness, spacing), and exporting files
Duration: 90 minutes
Experience Level: Little or no familiarity with generative AI tools or visual design
| Date | Time | Registration Link |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, July 16, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Register here |
| Thursday, July 17, 2025 | 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. | Register here |
| Thursday, August 14, 2025 | 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. | Register here |
Description: This course is designed specifically for SFSU staff looking to integrate generative AI in your daily work. Learn how to prepare for effective and responsible AI use, write goal-oriented prompts to accomplish particular work tasks, evaluate AI-generated content for quality and reliability, and refine outputs to enhance efficiency and productivity in your professional context. Participants will engage in hands-on activities with Microsoft Copilot or ChatGPT Edu to employ strategies in real-world work scenarios, share practical insights and use cases with peers, and assess additional opportunities for integrating generative AI tools in specific practice areas.
This course is an elective for the digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program, and is recommended specifically for SFSU staff.
Objectives: In this course, you will learn to:
- Identify appropriate use cases for generative AI in individual work contexts
- Determine what and how to prepare before engaging with generative AI tools
- Develop effective, goal-oriented prompts to accomplish particular work tasks with
generative AI chatbots - Evaluate the quality, reliability, and effectiveness of AI-generated content for
professional use cases - Assess opportunities to integrate generative AI tools in particular practice areas
Duration: 90 minutes
Experience Level: Basic familiarity with generative AI chatbots like Microsoft Copilot or ChatGPT
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Khan Academy, in collaboration with Instructure, have released a series of AI powered tools within Canvas for teachers called Khanmigo. These tools help instructors with various specific class-related tasks like creating rubrics, writing letters of recommendation, and grouping elements of long lessons into more digestible modules.
For more information on how you can use these tools in Canvas, check out the support guide: https://athelp.sfsu.edu/hc/en-us/articles/39481219689363-Get-started-with-Khanmigo
To learn more about AI tools and features available within campus-licensed products and services, visit the Tools page on the AI website (https://ai.sfsu.edu/tools).
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