| ISN | Date | Title | Location | Seats Available | Open For | Description |
| 9385 | 4/4/2025 3:30:00 PM | Create Engaging Course Content with CourseArc | Webinar | 28 | Faculty | Join this session to learn more about CourseArc, a web-based content authoring and management tool available to TAMIU instructors to help you easily create engaging, interactive, and accessible online courses or course content. CourseArc content seamlessly integrates with Blackboard Learn and can be used alongside content you already have in Blackboard for online, hybrid, and traditional courses. |
| 9386 | 4/4/2025 3:30:00 PM | Top Hat in Action: Smarter Engagement with AI-Assisted Questions | Cowart 112 | 29 | Faculty | Enhance student engagement with Top Hat's interactive tools! This session will cover how to set up your educator account, integrate Top Hat with Blackboard, and create dynamic content with formative assessments. Plus, explore the AI-powered question generation feature, designed to help you quickly develop high-quality questions to support student learning. |
| 9419 | 4/7/2025 9:00:00 AM | Emburse Cardholder Training | AIC 128 in person | 129 | FacStaff | Navigation of the new travel and expense management platform. ECT |
| 9420 | 4/7/2025 9:00:00 AM | Emburse Cardholder Training | Via Zoom | 135 | FacStaff | Navigation of the new travel and expense management platform. ECT |
| 9421 | 4/7/2025 2:00:00 PM | Emburse Delegate Business Administration Training | AIC 128 in person | 182 | FacStaff | Navigation of the new travel and expense management platform. DBAT |
| 9422 | 4/7/2025 2:00:00 PM | Emburse Delegate Business Administration Training | Via Zoom | 170 | FacStaff | Navigation of the new travel and expense management platform. DBAT |
| 9389 | 4/7/2025 3:30:00 PM | AI in Blackboard: Automate, Engage, and Innovate | Cowart 112 | 29 | Faculty | Want to streamline course development while maintaining full creative control? Blackboard's AI Design Assistant simplifies the process by generating learning modules, assessments, rubrics, and even role-playing activities. This session will show you how AI can automate routine tasks, freeing up more time for student interaction and deeper learning experiences. |
| 9390 | 4/7/2025 3:30:00 PM | ChatGPT & Perplexity: AI Essentials for Educators | Webinar | 26 | Faculty | Explore the fundamentals of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity, along with essential prompt engineering techniques. This session will cover how faculty can effectively use AI for brainstorming, content generation, research support, and refining student interactions. Gain hands-on experience in crafting effective prompts to get the most out of these tools in an educational setting. |
| 9423 | 4/8/2025 9:00:00 AM | Emburse Cardholder Training | AIC 128 in person | 152 | FacStaff | Navigation of the new travel and expense management platform. ECT |
| 9424 | 4/8/2025 9:00:00 AM | Emburse Cardholder Training | Via Zoom | 152 | FacStaff | Navigation of the new travel and expense management platform. ECT |
| 9425 | 4/8/2025 2:00:00 PM | Emburse Cardholder Training | AIC 128 in person | 166 | FacStaff | Navigation of the new travel and expense management platform. ECT |
| 9426 | 4/8/2025 2:00:00 PM | Emburse Cardholder Training | Via Zoom | 150 | FacStaff | Navigation of the new travel and expense management platform. ECT |
| 9427 | 4/9/2025 9:00:00 AM | Emburse Approver Training | AIC 128 in person | 185 | FacStaff | Navigation of the new travel and expense management platform. EAT |
| 9428 | 4/9/2025 9:00:00 AM | Emburse Approver Training | Via Zoom | 179 | FacStaff | Navigation of the new travel and expense management platform. EAT |
| 9429 | 4/9/2025 1:30:00 PM | Emburse Approver Training | AIC 128 in person | 192 | FacStaff | Navigation of the new travel and expense management platform. EAT |
| 9430 | 4/9/2025 1:30:00 PM | Emburse Approver Training | Via Zoom | 188 | FacStaff | Navigation of the new travel and expense management platform. EAT |
| 9391 | 4/9/2025 3:30:00 PM | Supercharging Research and Comprehension with AI | Cowart 112 | 29 | Faculty | Streamline your research workflow with AI tools designed to extract, summarize, and analyze content. This session will explore ChatPDF, Google's NotebookLM, and Perplexity AI, demonstrating how they can assist in digesting large volumes of information, generating summaries, and uncovering new insights. Discover how these tools can enhance comprehension and support faculty and students in academic research. |
| 9392 | 4/9/2025 3:30:00 PM | AI for Teaching, Collaboration & Student Engagement | Webinar | 28 | Faculty | Leverage AI to enhance teaching strategies, collaborative work, and student engagement. This session introduces MagicSchool.ai for instructional planning and question generation, MURAL AI for collaborative whiteboarding and AI-driven insights, and TopHat AI for fostering social engagement around course content. Learn how these tools can support active learning, creativity, and critical thinking in your courses. |
| 9431 | 4/10/2025 9:00:00 AM | Canva 101: Design Made Easy | Cowart 112 | 28 | Faculty | Unlock your creative potential with this Canva crash course tailored for TAMIU faculty and staff. Learn to design professional-quality graphics, presentations, and course materials with ease. Explore the key differences between Free and Pro tools, and discover how Canva can elevate your course content and communications. |
| 9393 | 4/11/2025 3:30:00 PM | AI for Accessibility & Dynamic Presentations | Webinar | 28 | Faculty | Discover AI-driven solutions for creating more accessible and engaging course materials. This session will explore Image Insights GPT by CourseArc, which generates descriptions and alternative text for images to improve accessibility. We will also introduce Gamma, an AI-powered presentation tool that helps create compelling slide decks based on prompts or existing content. Learn how these tools can save time while improving the quality and accessibility of your instructional materials. |
| 9397 | 4/14/2025 3:30:00 PM | Creating Interactive Media with EchoVideo | Cowart 112 | 29 | Faculty | Not sure if your students are watching your videos or if your videos are helping your students' comprehension of the course material? Participate in this intermediate EchoVideo workshop to learn how to add polling questions in your videos on the EchoVideo system, practice embedding interactive media in a Blackboard course, and identify where to find your students' responses to the video. Prerequisites for this workshop: Completion of a Blackboard 101 workshop (navigating and basic item/assignment creation) and EchoVideo Introduction workshop (creating/uploading videos to EchoVideo). |
| 9402 | 4/14/2025 3:30:00 PM | AI in Blackboard: Automate, Engage, and Innovate | Webinar | 28 | Faculty | Want to streamline course development while maintaining full creative control? Blackboard's AI Design Assistant simplifies the process by generating learning modules, assessments, rubrics, and even role-playing activities. This session will show you how AI can automate routine tasks, freeing up more time for student interaction and deeper learning experiences. |
| 9400 | 4/14/2025 6:00:00 PM | Video Assignments 101: Upload, Embed, Submit | Webinar | 29 | Students | Submitting video assignments doesn't have to be complicated! In this session, you'll learn how to upload videos to EchoVideo and seamlessly share them in Blackboard through embedding or linking. Join us to discover the best way to showcase your work and submit your assignments with confidence! |
| 9432 | 4/15/2025 10:00:00 AM | Promotion & Tenure Information Session | AIC 128 | 20 | Faculty | Overview of tenure, promotion and/or midpoint review. |
| 9401 | 4/15/2025 6:00:00 PM | VoiceThread Student Presentations | Webinar | 29 | Students | In this workshop, TAMIU students will learn about the process for uploading, recording and submitting a presentation inside VoiceThread.
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