Workshops

Spring '26 events

You can always book a virtual or in-person meeting with Academic Technology at lnk.mcla.edu/bookactech.

As a reminder, AcTech is available for:

• Book scanning: Create high quality, accessible PDFs from print materials.
• Course reviews: Want feedback on the overall design or digital accessibility of one of your courses? AcTech can review your Canvas course and then talk through any recommendations with you.
• New Faculty Onboarding: A brief introductions to the essentials.
• General consults: Questions about Canvas, AI, video, or anything else academic tech? Let's chat!

2/13: CTL & AcTech Event: Hands-on AI Tool Design

Friday, February 13
3–4:30 p.m.
Faculty Center

Tools like ChatGPT are presented as neutral, but they are designed in ways that explicitly shape how they are used and the content they generate. There are assumptions baked in at every step of their creation that influence the ultimate product. What would it look like if these tools were designed with specific scholarly questions, methodologies, and contexts in mind? How might that support learning, research, and discovery? 

In this workshop, we'll look at examples of alternate forms that these tools might take. Then we'll engage in some hands-on speculative design work together, thinking about how these tools might work if they were created with us in mind. (Optional pre-reading: A Treatise on AI Chatbots Undermining the Enlightenment)

5/19: TechFest!

Tuesday, May 19
Murdock Hall

It's never too early to start thinking about TechFest! Mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 19. And if an idea pops into your mind, fill out a session proposal! You can always revise later. (More information to come!)