Streamline how you organize and interact with complex information using Gemini Notebook, Google’s AI-powered research assistant. Unlike general chat tools, NotebookLM grounds its responses exclusively in your uploaded source files with direct citations, dramatically minimizing hallucination risk compared to standard open-ended chatbots. This is an interactive, hands-on working session, bring your laptop and real workplace tasks, and you will leave with completed work and customized AI prompts ready to use immediately.
Hands-On Examples Covered:
For Faculty: Synthesizing complex research papers, building grounded study guides, and creating audio overviews of required readings.
For Staff: Extracting quick insights from long university policy manuals, converting departmental documentation into quick Q&A guides, and organizing committee resources.
Key Takeaways:
Learn how to upload PDFs, Docs, and Google Slides to build custom knowledge hubs.
Generate audio summaries, outlines, and structured FAQ documents in seconds.
Discover how Gemini can act as an AI thought partner for your everyday work. Whether you are teaching, conducting research, or managing departmental operations, this interactive session will show you how to securely draft, plan, and analyze using AI embedded within Google Workspace. This is an interactive, hands-on working session, bring your laptop and real workplace tasks, and you will leave with completed work and customized AI prompts ready to use immediately.
Hands-On Examples Covered:
For Faculty: Drafting syllabi, designing active-learning prompts, creating quiz rubrics, and summarizing literature.
For Staff: Drafting policy updates, summarizing long email threads/meeting notes, organizing event logistics, and building project outlines.
Key Takeaways:
Master prompt engineering techniques tailored to higher education.
Learn how enterprise-grade privacy protects institutional and student data.
Support for Canvas and integrated tools (Panopto, Qwickly Attendance, PollEverywhere, Turnitin, and more).
Exploration of generative AI to enhance learning, teaching, and assignment updates.
PLAI Lab in HCH 101 is a workspace for developing and experimenting with AI tools and assistants.
Finding, adapting, or creating Open Educational Resources (OER).
Support for classroom technology, wireless projection, or designing classes for active learning.
Information on the ITEC Hub in HCH 101, a faculty working space.
Identifying and aligning learning outcomes.
Planning learning activities.
Building Canvas courses for in-person and online delivery.
Support for students with multimedia assignments, including studio production spaces, a computer lab, and equipment checkout.
In-class training for multimedia tools.
Exploration of available AI tools for multimedia development.
Articles on supported technologies at support.stedwards.edu.
Generative AI Faculty Hub in Canvas, featuring resources, policies, guidelines, model assignments, and discussion.
LinkedIn Learning, offering a vast library of expert-led courses.