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In addition to the in-person sessions listed below, you may also be interested in the IT4U Webinars offered by ITS. You can either attend the live webinar or review it later at your convenience.

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Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word

Sponsor(s): UM Library
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Date: 04-07-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-12:50 pm
Status: Open
Description:

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 »

12:00 pm-12:50 pm 04/07/2026 Open

Learn to Meditate in 3 days

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 04-07-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Status: Open
Description:

Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation, rejuvenation, and inner connect in just three session. Meditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration, heightened awareness, and presence … Continue reading Learn to Meditate in 3 days »

12:00 pm-1:00 pm 04/07/2026 Open

From Basics to Brilliance: Prompt Crafting with U-M GPT

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 04-07-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Status: Open
Description:

From Basics to Brilliance: Prompt Crafting with U-M GPT This workshop equips faculty, staff, and students with the essential skills to effectively use U-M GPT, the University of Michigan’s equitable, accessible, and secure text-based Generative Artificial Intelligence tool. The session includes foundational and advanced techniques for crafting effective prompts, exploring creative AI interactions, and leveraging U-M GPT for various educational applications. Participants will engage in … Continue reading From Basics to Brilliance: Prompt Crafting with U-M GPT »

12:00 pm-1:00 pm 04/07/2026 Open

Prompt to Picture: How AI Can Help You Create Custom Visuals

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 04-09-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Status: Open
Description:

Prompt to Picture: How AI Can Help You Create Custom Visuals Need unique visuals for a presentation or assignment? Join us to see how university-supported AI tools can help. We will guide you through the basics of “prompt crafting” — the art of telling the AI what you want, while comparing the unique features of U-M GPT (GPT Image -1.5) and Google Gemini’s (Nano Banana) … Continue reading Prompt to Picture: How AI Can Help You Create Custom Visuals »

12:00 pm-1:00 pm 04/09/2026 Open

Heartfulness Meditation

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 04-10-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-12:30 pm
Status: Open
Description:

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?  This is a weekly guided meditation drop-in session so prior knowledge of meditation is needed. The session involves 3 simple steps: Breathing Relaxation Meditation Deep breathing bring a pause followed by Relaxation brings your body … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

12:00 pm-12:30 pm 04/10/2026 Open

The GenAI Educational Landscape: Best Practices for Instructors

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 04-14-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Status: Open
Description:

The GenAI Educational Landscape: Best Practices for Instructors This workshop is designed to equip faculty with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively integrate Generative Artificial Intelligence into the classroom setting. Faculty members will explore its impact on students and instruction, learn how to discuss Generative AI (GenAI) with students and receive guidance on writing a GenAI syllabus statement. Although this workshop is designed for … Continue reading The GenAI Educational Landscape: Best Practices for Instructors »

12:00 pm-1:00 pm 04/14/2026 Open

Exploring NotebookLM for Education

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 04-16-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Status: Open
Description:

Discover the power of NotebookLM, the advanced AI-powered research and note-taking assistant available to all University of Michigan faculty, staff, and students. Designed to help you understand and synthesize information from your own documents, NotebookLM transforms your lesson plans, lecture notes, and research papers into a dynamic knowledge base. By grounding its responses entirely in your sources, it becomes your most trusted research partner. Recent … Continue reading Exploring NotebookLM for Education »

12:00 pm-1:00 pm 04/16/2026 Open

Heartfulness Meditation

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 04-17-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-12:30 pm
Status: Open
Description:

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?  This is a weekly guided meditation drop-in session so prior knowledge of meditation is needed. The session involves 3 simple steps: Breathing Relaxation Meditation Deep breathing bring a pause followed by Relaxation brings your body … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

12:00 pm-12:30 pm 04/17/2026 Open

Boost Work Productivity with GenAI

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 04-21-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Status: Open
Description:

Boost Work Productivity with GenAI Ready to transform your work tasks and free up valuable time? Join our interactive workshop and discover how Generative AI (GenAI) tools can streamline your approach to work tasks, course data management, and administrative tasks. Enhance your productivity and increase your time engaging with your colleagues and higher-order tasks. Workshop Outline: Effortless Content Creation: Using GenAI to generate materials such … Continue reading Boost Work Productivity with GenAI »

12:00 pm-1:00 pm 04/21/2026 Open

Introduction to the Unix Shell

Sponsor(s): UM Library
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Date: 04-22-2026
Time: 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
Status: Open
Description:

Are you interested in using command-line file systems, but maybe also a little intimidated? This basic introduction to the Unix shell will help demystify the command line! We’ll cover: basic file system structure and navigation; creating new directories; moving and renaming files; and basic use of a text editor. This is a hands-on workshop, so plan to bring a laptop with you; we’ll also ask … Continue reading Introduction to the Unix Shell »

1:00 pm-3:00 pm 04/22/2026 Open

Boost Teaching and Learning Productivity with GenAI

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 04-23-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Status: Open
Description:

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 Boost Teaching and Learning Productivity with GenAI »

12:00 pm-1:00 pm 04/23/2026 Open

Heartfulness Meditation

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 04-24-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-12:30 pm
Status: Open
Description:

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?  This is a weekly guided meditation drop-in session so prior knowledge of meditation is needed. The session involves 3 simple steps: Breathing Relaxation Meditation Deep breathing bring a pause followed by Relaxation brings your body … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

12:00 pm-12:30 pm 04/24/2026 Open

Create Images using AI: Get Started with Adobe Firefly

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 04-28-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Status: Open
Description:

Create Images using AI: Get Started with Adobe Firefly Are you ready to stop searching for that perfect image and start creating it!   Join us for a hands-on tour of Adobe’s Generative AI tools. We’ll show you how to turn text prompts into great images, and make fast edits like adding, expanding, or removing objects usin Adobe’s Generative Fill feature.  Perfect for anyone who … Continue reading Create Images using AI: Get Started with Adobe Firefly »

12:00 pm-1:00 pm 04/28/2026 Open

Tile Mini Accordion Book

Sponsor(s): Book Arts Studio, UM Library
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Date: 04-28-2026
Time: 3:30 pm-4:30 pm
Status: Open
Description:

Create a simple accordion book—complete with tile covers! In this quick, beginner-friendly workshop (sponsored by the Book Arts Studio), you’ll make a small artist book using a simple accordion-fold structure. All materials are provided. Choose a pre-designed, ready-to-go book or a blank version to fill with your own drawings, writing, collage—anything you like. Plan for about an hour. Please sign up for only one of … Continue reading Tile Mini Accordion Book »

3:30 pm-4:30 pm 04/28/2026 Open

Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word

Sponsor(s): UM Library
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Date: 05-01-2026
Time: 10:00 am-10:50 am
Status: Open
Description:

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 »

10:00 am-10:50 am 05/01/2026 Open

Tile Mini Accordion Book

Sponsor(s): Book Arts Studio, UM Library
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Date: 05-01-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Status: Open
Description:

Create a simple accordion book—complete with tile covers! In this quick, beginner-friendly workshop (sponsored by the Book Arts Studio), you’ll make a small artist book using a simple accordion-fold structure. All materials are provided. Choose a pre-designed, ready-to-go book or a blank version to fill with your own drawings, writing, collage—anything you like. Plan for about an hour. Please sign up for only one of … Continue reading Tile Mini Accordion Book »

12:00 pm-1:00 pm 05/01/2026 Open

Heartfulness Meditation

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 05-01-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-12:30 pm
Status: Open
Description:

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?  This is a weekly guided meditation drop-in session so prior knowledge of meditation is needed. The session involves 3 simple steps: Breathing Relaxation Meditation Deep breathing bring a pause followed by Relaxation brings your body … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

12:00 pm-12:30 pm 05/01/2026 Open

Learn to Meditate in 3 days

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 05-05-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Status: Open
Description:

Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation, rejuvenation, and inner connect in just three session. Meditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration, heightened awareness, and presence … Continue reading Learn to Meditate in 3 days »

12:00 pm-1:00 pm 05/05/2026 Open

Heartfulness Meditation

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 05-08-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-12:30 pm
Status: Open
Description:

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?  This is a weekly guided meditation drop-in session so prior knowledge of meditation is needed. The session involves 3 simple steps: Breathing Relaxation Meditation Deep breathing bring a pause followed by Relaxation brings your body … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

12:00 pm-12:30 pm 05/08/2026 Open

Learn to Meditate in 3 days

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 06-02-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Status: Open
Description:

Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation, rejuvenation, and inner connect in just three session. Meditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration, heightened awareness, and presence … Continue reading Learn to Meditate in 3 days »

12:00 pm-1:00 pm 06/02/2026 Open

Learn to Meditate in 3 days

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 07-07-2026
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Status: Open
Description:

Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation, rejuvenation, and inner connect in just three session. Meditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration, heightened awareness, and presence … Continue reading Learn to Meditate in 3 days »

12:00 pm-1:00 pm 07/07/2026 Open