Start the New Year by setting a goal to enhance your mental well-being through meditation. Discover three simple techniques—relaxation, rejuvenation, and meditation—in just three master classes. Relaxation brings your body into a calm, steady state, fostering physical stillness and preparing the mind for meditation. Rejuvenation clears the mind, helping to release stress and complex emotions, leaving you feeling light and refreshed. Meditation is a mindful … Continue reading Learn to Meditate in 3 days »

Join this informative workshop to explore two exciting new AI tools now available to all University of Michigan faculty, staff, and students: Google Gemini and NotebookLM. Gemini is a versatile AI assistant that allows you to brainstorm ideas, answer questions quickly, summarize content, and generate various creative text formats and images. Learn how to leverage Gemini for in-the-moment assistance, practice materials, and real-time feedback in … Continue reading New Mini-Workshop: From Idea to Insight: Exploring Gemini and NotebookLM for Education »

When writing a data management plan or sharing out research data, it can be challenging to find the right data repository. In this workshop, we will review the different types of data repositories (institutional, subject, and generalist) and the “Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories for Federally Funded Research.” Scenarios and group discussions will help attendees apply what we learn, and attendees will then be able … Continue reading Introduction To Data Repositories: Finding The Right Fit For Your Data »

Boost Teaching and Learning Productivity with GenAI Ready to transform your teaching and free up valuable time? Join our interactive workshop and discover how Generative AI (GenAI) tools, specifically U-M GPT, can streamline your approach to creating syllabi, assignments, rubrics, and lesson plans. Dive into practical ideas for designing assignments and instructional materials in a GenAI era, and engage in hands-on opportunities using U-M GPT … Continue reading New Mini-Workshop: Boost Teaching and Learning Productivity with GenAI »

Tackle writing your research papers, conference abstracts, and even your dissertation with greater ease! This online workshop explores powerful but often-overlooked features in Google Docs and Microsoft Word that streamline writing, formatting, and organization. You’ll also learn how to enhance document accessibility, ensuring your work meets WCAG 2.1 and ADA guidelines. This session will be valuable for anyone doing complex academic writing (case studies, research … Continue reading Essential Tools for Grad Students: Mastering Docs & Word »

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. What you will learn?  The Guided Meditation practice involves three simple steps: Relaxation Rejuvenation Meditation Relaxation brings your body to a calm, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

This workshop is intended for people with little or no experience using R and little or no experience in programming. In this workshop, you will learn how to use the RStudio interface and scripts to code in R; what “objects” are and how to use them; how to use and write basic functions; and how to work with numerical vectors. Note that this workshop will … Continue reading Intro to R with RStudio »

You are an expert in your field, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. In this online workshop, the experts from the Library will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that will help you ensure consistent formatting through the document, as well as manage margin size, insert captions, and create an automatic Table … Continue reading Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word »

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. What you will learn?  The Guided Meditation practice involves three simple steps: Relaxation Rejuvenation Meditation Relaxation brings your body to a calm, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

This workshop is intended for beginner R coders who want to understand how to work with different types of data. We will use RStudio to learn the rules for storing and handling these different types of data in R. We will also learn basic ways to create, manipulate, import, clean, and summarize data. Note that this workshop will NOT cover any statistical modeling. This is an in-person-only event. Computers with all the necessary software will be … Continue reading Intro to Data handling in R »

Looking for an efficient way to analyze a large group of publications? SciVal allows you to explore topic analysis, co-authorship networks, and citation-based metrics to track trends and learn more about groups of papers of interest to you. This introduction to SciVal will show you how to create a group of papers (e.g., by authors, topics, or other characteristics) and help you select metrics appropriate … Continue reading Research Impact Metrics and Visualizations using SciVal Database »

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. What you will learn?  The Guided Meditation practice involves three simple steps: Relaxation Rejuvenation Meditation Relaxation brings your body to a calm, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. What you will learn?  The Guided Meditation practice involves three simple steps: Relaxation Rejuvenation Meditation Relaxation brings your body to a calm, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

Start the New Year by setting a goal to enhance your mental well-being through meditation. Discover three simple techniques—relaxation, rejuvenation, and meditation—in just three master classes. Relaxation brings your body into a calm, steady state, fostering physical stillness and preparing the mind for meditation. Rejuvenation clears the mind, helping to release stress and complex emotions, leaving you feeling light and refreshed. Meditation is a mindful … Continue reading Learn to Meditate in 3 days »

Get to know your engineering librarians in this 30 minute Zoom session and discover how U-M Library can support you academically—from research strategies to finding the perfect study nook. This friendly session is designed especially for international engineering grad students and covers tools, spaces, and people ready to help you succeed.

Secure testing uses a locked down browser to prevent students from navigating to another site during the exam for looking up answers. Previously, LSA faculty used the Respondus Lockdown Browser for this purpose. In Fall of 2025, we offer TopHat testing, with a native lockdown browser that does not require students to download any software. Learn how to set up a secure exam environment with … Continue reading Secure Testing and Exams »

Gain insight into the resources and services available at the U-M Library and learn strategies for efficiently finding information for your research projects. Join a U-M Librarian as the questions below are explored: How can I access library resources remotely or in person? How can I find scholarly books and articles? What are some of the research tools the library provides that can help me … Continue reading U-M Library Basics – Central Campus »

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. What you will learn?  The Guided Meditation practice involves three simple steps: Relaxation Rejuvenation Meditation Relaxation brings your body to a calm, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

This session will go over the following topics: AI Question Creator Refresh your classroom questions by discipline, topic, learning taxonomy, and more with this new tool. Questions are customizable and can be downloaded as a PDF or slide deck! Polling Drive classroom engagement by utilizing iClicker’s most popular feature, using multiple question types to allow students to actively learn and participate. Pre-Created Quizzing & Asynchronous … Continue reading New and Advanced Features with iClicker »

The Book Arts Studio is sponsoring a workshop at Buhr to make your own miniature accordion book! Lara Unger has designed a Drop Cap ABC Book, featuring drop capitals (decorative initial capital letters) chosen from Digital Conversion Unit scans of the University of Michigan Collections. This pre-printed book is simple to assemble and can be personalized with a few cover and closure options. The finished … Continue reading Make a Drop Cap ABC Book »

From formative assessments to high-stakes exams, Top Hat makes it simple to create, manage and deliver assessments. Attendees will learn about Top Hat’s non-monitored and monitored testing options and the dedicated support available to University of Michigan, LSA faculty. Topics include the process for creating, administering and grading assessments on Top Hat, the advanced support available to help you recreate your existing question banks, and … Continue reading TopHat Secure Exam Overview »

As generative AI tools become more prevalent, instructors face growing challenges in determining whether student work truly reflects individual thinking and effort. In this session, participants will explore how to design in-class assessments that require students to complete handwritten responses. These may include problem-solving tasks, visual explanations, reading responses, or reflections. Students can either upload their work to Gradescope (available to all U-M instructors) before … Continue reading Back to Paper Without the Pain: Assessment That Reflects Students’ Original Thinking »

This presentation offers faculty practical strategies for forming and managing student groups. We will discuss common challenges faced by both students and instructors, such as unequal effort, unfair grading, and confusion around group assignments. It explores different methods of group formation; self-selected, randomly assigned, and instructor-assigned, highlighting when and why each approach is appropriate and how technology can support these decisions. There will be a … Continue reading Strategies for Forming and Managing Quality Groups – Made Easier with the Right Tool »

Do your students seem disengaged, uninterested, or distracted by what’s going on outside of the classroom? Want to create a space where they feel seen, heard, and ready to learn? This workshop will provide practical techniques and activities to boost student engagement and make learning more enjoyable for everyone.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework that improves course accessibility for all students. Following the UDL framework improves the accessibility of learning spaces, course content, and learning activities. This session will introduce attendees to the UDL framework and provide examples of UDL in practice. Attendees will also receive an overview of resources and tools to support them in applying UDL principles.

Tired of answering the same student questions? Learn how to set up a shared, searchable Q & A space where students can ask questions about course content and important class information. Since everything is in one place, the search feature allows students to search for answers to all questions asked throughout the semester.

Accessible course materials play an important role in creating an equitable learning experience for all students. Accessible documents are ones that are available to all viewers and interpretable by assistive technology such as screen readers. In this session, you’ll learn how to structure documents with headers, use styles for consistency and meaningful structure, choose accessible colors or fonts, choose meaningful link text, and save a … Continue reading Creating Accessible Text Documents »

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. What you will learn?  The Guided Meditation practice involves three simple steps: Relaxation Rejuvenation Meditation Relaxation brings your body to a calm, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

Gain insight into the resources and services available at the U-M Library and learn strategies for efficiently finding information for your research projects. Join a U-M Librarian as the questions below are explored: How can I access library resources remotely or in person? How can I find scholarly books and articles? What are some of the research tools the library provides that can help me … Continue reading U-M Library Basics – Central Campus »

Are you interested in organizing your course materials to make them more accessible for your students? This workshop will offer best practices for organizing your content within U-M’s learning management system, Canvas.

As teaching methods evolve, the College of LSA is exploring the value of innovative course modalities. When planning their courses, faculty are invited to explore a range of course modality options—including HyFlex, blended, and online formats. This session will outline the criterion of each course modality and provide guidance to help instructors consider the potential benefits of these innovative course modalities.

This session addresses a core question: How do we encourage students to do their own writing? We’ll focus on teaching and learning strategies, not on GenAI course policy or detection technologies. Join us to share your approaches to writing and learn how colleagues are structuring approaches to writing. You’ll leave with practical ideas and talking points you can use in your classroom. In-class writing: structuring … Continue reading [Zoom] Approaches to Writing for World Language Instructors »

Getting Started with Canvas This workshop provides a general overview for instructors who are new to Canvas. Participants will be provided with demos on how to begin setting up a Canvas course. There will also be an hands-on opportunity to set up a test course, create a page, make an assignment, set up modules, and publish the course. Visit the ITS Instructional Support page to … Continue reading Getting Started with Canvas (Fall 2025 Prep) »

What tools are available for LSA Faculty to engage students and avoid GenAI pitfalls? This session offers an overview of Canvas plugins and engagement methods that include Harmonize, YellowDig, Gradescope, Google Drive, iClicker and Peerceptiv.

Accessible course materials play an important role in creating an equitable learning experience for all students. But how do we do it? In this session, you’ll learn how to create more accessible images (including best practices for charts and diagrams) and video by considering alternative text, color and contrast, sizing, captioning and transcripts, and even the tools we use to create and share our content.

This session addresses a core question: How do we encourage students to do their own writing? We’ll focus on teaching and learning strategies, not on GenAI course policy or detection technologies. Join us to share your approaches to writing and learn how colleagues are structuring approaches to writing. You’ll leave with practical ideas and talking points you can use in your classroom. In-class writing: structuring … Continue reading [Zoom] Approaches to Writing for World Language Instructors »

Student assignments using graphic tools generate engagement and provide students with technological and visual literacy instruction. Use Dalle to create images for your own syllabi or presentations.

This session will outline the basics of GenAI: What it is, how it works, and recommendations for responsible use. With the strengths and limitations of the technology at the forefront, instructors will begin crafting an AI policy for their course. Whether a course encourages students to use GenAI tools or prohibits its use, this session will help instructors clearly articulate to students how the course … Continue reading Crafting an AI Policy to Support Student Learning »

Only a half hour to spare? Join us for a brief presentation of two specific things you can do to make your course materials more accessible!  Have another 30 minutes? Stay for hands-on support as you work on your materials! 

Introduction to GenAI: Unpacking Key Concepts This mini-workshop introduces instructors, students, and staff to the basics of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and its applications in academic and everyday settings. Participants will gain a foundational understanding of common GenAI tools and their relevance in various educational and professional contexts. Workshop Outline: What is GenAI? Definition and Overview Introduction to U-M GPT Exploring Key Concepts and Terminology … Continue reading Mini-Workshop: Introduction to GenAI: Unpacking Key Concepts »

In the wake of generative AI, could media projects provide an alternative to traditional papers that would be difficult to accomplish with AI? In this workshop, we’ll dive into the topic and discuss the ways media projects can be used to demonstrate students’ mastery. Other topics discussed will include how to spot multimedia created by AI and the tools students can use to produce media … Continue reading Media Projects: The Answer to AI? »

Looking for a faster, more consistent way to grade paper-based and multiple-choice exams? This hands-on workshop introduces a way to streamline your exam grading workflow using Gradescope (available to all U-M instructors). You’ll learn how to digitize paper exams, use AI-assisted features to grade question-by-question with a dynamic rubric, and manage regrade requests with ease. We’ll also cover how to create and grade bubble sheet … Continue reading Efficient Grading for Paper and Bubble Sheet (Scantron-style) Exams »

Join us to infuse music and pictures in vocabulary activities! Create custom images and songs that feature the vocabulary you are covering in your course. We will share workflows and talk about GenAI tools that facilitate the process. Together we will share examples and brainstorm how we envision using such vocabulary songs and images with students. Please bring a vocabulary list or two that you … Continue reading [Zoom] Learning Vocabulary with Songs and Images »

Join us to infuse music and pictures in vocabulary activities! Create custom images and songs that feature the vocabulary you are covering in your course. We will share workflows and talk about GenAI tools that facilitate the process. Together we will share examples and brainstorm how we envision using such vocabulary songs and images with students.   Please bring a vocabulary list or two that … Continue reading [Zoom] Learning Vocabulary with Songs and Images »

Setting Up Your Canvas Gradebook This workshop will guide participants on how to manage their Canvas Gradebook and Speedgrader throughout the term, and how to finalize a Gradebook at the end of the term. Overview Finalizing your gradebook Importing grades into Wolverine Access Using Speedgrader Rubrics Using the New Speedgrader’s Comment Library New Submissions Reassignment Feature Hiding Scores While Grading in New Quizzes Visit the … Continue reading Setting Up Your Canvas Gradebook (Fall 2025 Prep) »

Classes are incorporating more and more multimodal projects that ask students to produce final products that are public-facing. Accessibility is an essential component to creating digital content available on the internet. It is important that instructors are incorporating accessible design into their teaching and requirements of public-facing projects. This session will cover what accessibility is, why it is important, and guidance on what to teach … Continue reading Digital Accessibility Considerations for Public-facing Student Work »

In this workshop we will explore easy to use video editing and generation tools, as well as OER resources that can be added to your videos. We’ll explore practical ways language faculty can create, edit, and enhance video content using both professional tools like Adobe Premiere Pro and a range of free, easy-to-use alternatives. We’ll also look at AI-powered video tools that can save time, … Continue reading [Zoom] Create and enhance video assignments with AI »

In this workshop we will explore image-based resources and learning activities with Generative AI tools that will offer opportunities for students to apply their language skills and analyze cultural representations based on the prompts they use to generate the images. U-M GPT DALL-E and Adobe Firefly are two tools provided by the University within a protected environment.  We will spend time learning about examples that … Continue reading [Zoom] Image-based GenAI Activities for World Languages »

Only a half hour to spare? Join us for a brief presentation of two specific things you can do to make your course materials more accessible!  Have another 30 minutes? Stay for hands-on support as you work on your materials! 

Only a half hour to spare? Join us for a brief presentation of two specific things you can do to make your course materials more accessible!  Have another 30 minutes? Stay for hands-on support as you work on your materials!