Join this workshop to unlock the full potential of Google Gemini, the versatile AI assistant now available to all University of Michigan faculty, staff, and students. Gemini goes beyond simple Q&A, offering a powerful, multimodal platform to enhance your daily work and exploration. Learn how to use it for in-the-moment assistance, rapid content summarization, and generating various creative text formats.

Recent Updates & Key Takeaways Include:

• Guided Learning Mode: Discover how Gemini can act as a personalized AI tutor, walking students and faculty through complex topics step-by-step rather than just providing a single answer.
• Deep Research: See demonstrations of generating comprehensive, synthesized reports on complex topics with citations, saving hours on initial research.
• Custom AI Experts (Gems): Learn to create and share custom versions of Gemini (Gems) personalized to be experts on any topic, from a learning coach to a specialized brainstorming partner.
• Multimodal Capabilities: Explore using images as prompts to analyze lecture notes, textbook problems, or research diagrams, and seamlessly integrate visuals.

Workshop Outline:

• Introduction to Google Gemini:

• • • What is Gemini, its multimodal capabilities, and how to access it (web and mobile apps).
    • Overview of potential educational and research applications at U-M.

• Exploring Key Features and New Updates:

• • • Hands-on with Guided Learning for step-by-step exploration.
    • Demonstrating Deep Research for comprehensive report generation.
    • Leveraging image and text generation for practice materials and creative content.
    • Creating and Sharing Custom Gems.

• Privacy and Terms of Service:

• • • Overview of the ITS AI Services Privacy Notice and Terms of Service.

• Wrap-up and Resources

Audience: Students, Instructors, Staff

Recommended Prerequisites:
A or B:
A. Introduction to GenAI: Unpacking Key Concepts (Mini Workshop)
B. Generative AI Basics (Full Workshop)
C or D:
C. Critical Challenges in GenAI: Exploring Privacy, Ethical Implications, Integrity, and Bias (Mini Workshop)
D. Generative AI Basics (Full Workshop)
E or F:
E. From Basics to Brilliance: Prompt Engineering with U-M GPT (Mini Workshop)
F. Generative AI with U-M GPT (Full Workshop)

Zoom join URL: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98888582214

This workshop is part of the new ITS Generative AI Mini-Workshop Series designed to offer a rich, engaging experience in just 60 minutes per session. With an expanded range of topics, these ten workshops are tailored to meet the varied interests and needs of instructors, staff, and students.

Participants will be able to earn new badges for participating in the series. Visit the ITS Generative AI Workshop Series page to learn more about the series.