Learn the Gradebook Wizard and navigation of the managed grades section. These two spaces in your Brightspace course is where you control the gradebook features and functions. The nuances of the features and recent updates often can be confusing. Come and learn how to make the most of them. So that when you have set-up your gradebook you can maintain student grades with limited effort and have a smoother end of the semester experience.Register

The Introduction to Unity webinar will explain how to get started using Unity, a high-performance computing cluster located at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center. While it is geared towards new users, effort will be made to adapt the webinar to the experience level of the attendees.

Learn how to access and use Panopto for lecture capture and video creations to augment teaching and learning.Register

This workshop introduces AI tools tailored for educators, focusing on how to enhance teaching, streamline administrative tasks, and personalize student learning. Participants will explore practical applications of AI in the classroom, including content creation, assessment support, and student engagement strategies. No prior experience with AI required.

Discover the various question types and common settings. Review the advanced options within the Quiz Creation Layout and the Availability, Timing, Attempts and Evaluation areas.Register

AI Tools provides a comprehensive introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) for students of all disciplines. The course introduces students to various AI tools that can enhance their academic performance and overall college experience. Students will learn how to leverage AI technologies to improve study habits, enhance research skills, and augment their creativity. Through interactive sessions and hands-on activities, students will gain practical knowledge and skills to use AI tools for academic and personal success in college.

In an electronic learning environment, it can be difficult to know how your students are doing in your course. Fortunately, Brightspace offers a comprehensive module that will help you to gain a deeper understanding of how your students are progressing, and who may need additional support.Register

This workshop is intended for anyone interested in bioinformatics and will be divided into two parts. We will begin with a demonstration of protein structure prediction on the Unity cluster using ColabFold. A written tutorial will be provided to participants beforehand. The second half will take the form of office hours, giving participants the opportunity to ask bioinformatics-related questions and to receive help with running their pipelines on the Unity cluster. This session will be available over zoom and in-person. If you want to join in person, you will find us in room 203 (also called conference room A) of the Robert L. Carothers Library located on the URI Kingston campus.

The Introduction to Unity webinar will explain how to get started using Unity, a high-performance computing cluster located at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center. While it is geared towards new users, effort will be made to adapt the webinar to the experience level of the attendees.

Using digital items, understanding ways to reduce your file size and manage your storage is critical. Large files, images,and videos slow down Brightspace, while large storage demands affect users' computer speed, live exchanges, email exchanges, and digital collaboration.Come and learn from and work alongside an IT professional how to compress different file types, manage storage effectively, and reduce unnecessary data accumulation. This workshop aims to equip faculty with practical strategies to streamline their digital workflows, ensuring faster access to information for oneself and students as well as enabling more efficient use of institutional storage resources.Register

This workshop is crafted to introduce participants to the powerful world of data science using R. The workshop covers essential data science concepts and techniques, emphasizing hands-on experience with popular R libraries. Participants will gain practical insights into data manipulation, exploratory data analysis, and data visualization, allowing them to extract meaningful insights from datasets.

This workshop is crafted to introduce participants to the powerful world of data science using R. The workshop covers essential data science concepts and techniques, emphasizing hands-on experience with popular R libraries. Participants will gain practical insights into data manipulation, exploratory data analysis, and data visualization, allowing them to extract meaningful insights from datasets.

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This workshop is crafted to introduce participants to the powerful world of data science using R. The workshop covers essential data science concepts and techniques, emphasizing hands-on experience with popular R libraries. Participants will gain practical insights into data manipulation, exploratory data analysis, and data visualization, allowing them to extract meaningful insights from datasets.

AI Tools provides a comprehensive introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) for students of all disciplines. The course introduces students to various AI tools that can enhance their academic performance and overall college experience. Students will learn how to leverage AI technologies to improve study habits, enhance research skills, and augment their creativity. Through interactive sessions and hands-on activities, students will gain practical knowledge and skills to use AI tools for academic and personal success in college.

This workshop is crafted to introduce participants to the powerful world of data science using R. The workshop covers essential data science concepts and techniques, emphasizing hands-on experience with popular R libraries. Participants will gain practical insights into data manipulation, exploratory data analysis, and data visualization, allowing them to extract meaningful insights from datasets.

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This workshop is crafted to introduce participants to the powerful world of data science using R. The workshop covers essential data science concepts and techniques, emphasizing hands-on experience with popular R libraries. Participants will gain practical insights into data manipulation, exploratory data analysis, and data visualization, allowing them to extract meaningful insights from datasets.

This workshop introduces AI tools tailored for educators, focusing on how to enhance teaching, streamline administrative tasks, and personalize student learning. Participants will explore practical applications of AI in the classroom, including content creation, assessment support, and student engagement strategies. No prior experience with AI required.

This is an interactive workshop on Copilot designed for you to learn, explore, and leave with usable items and/or sharable resources. The workshop will open with an introduction to and demonstration of Copilot. We will then experiment with 5 practical teaching use cases, with option of creating a sharable resource. Wrapping up this session with a time of open sharing and discussion.Objectives:Feel confident experimenting with AI tools in their academic practiceBe aware of ethical and responsible AI use in higher educationRegister