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 educational settings, and discover its integration capabilities with some Google Workspace services. Access Gemini through its web app or mobile applications to enhance your research, creative work, and exploration of complex topics.

Discover the power of NotebookLM, an AI-powered research and note-taking assistant designed to help you understand and synthesize information from your own documents. By uploading your lesson plans, lecture notes, research papers, and more, you can utilize NotebookLM to generate real-time summaries, guided lesson plans, discussion questions, quizzes, and audio overviews for on-the-go learning. This workshop will guide you on how to effectively use NotebookLM to accelerate learning, facilitate knowledge sharing, and make content more accessible and engaging.

Workshop Outline:

• Introduction to Google Gemini
  • What is Gemini and its multimodal capabilities?
  • Exploring key features: text and image generation, brainstorming, summarization, and question answering.
  • Accessing Gemini via the web and mobile apps.
  • Brief overview of potential educational applications.
• Hands-on Exploration of Gemini
  • Demonstration of various Gemini functionalities.
  • Examples of using Gemini for brainstorming, drafting, and summarizing.
  • Q&A on Gemini features and usage.
• Introduction to NotebookLM
  • Understanding NotebookLM as an AI-powered research and note-taking assistant.
  • How NotebookLM utilizes uploaded documents for information synthesis.
  • Exploring features: summaries, questions, audio overviews, and AI-assisted exploration.
• Practical Applications of NotebookLM
  • Demonstration of uploading documents and interacting with NotebookLM.
  • Examples of generating summaries, discussion questions, and audio overviews from different document types.
  • Q&A on NotebookLM features and usage.
• Privacy and Terms of Service
  • Overview of the ITS AI Services Privacy Notice and Terms of Service applicable to Gemini and NotebookLM.
• Wrap-up and Resources
  • Summary of key takeaways.
  • Links to support resources and further information on Gemini and NotebookLM.

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 45 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.