February 2026 Quick Bytes Course Schedule
Commit to one or two Quick Bytes in February. Pick your sessions, add them to your calendar, and show up ready to learn one practical skill each time. One or two short classes now = a smoother, easier year.
To register via NEOED Learn, please follow these instructions: NeoEd Learn – Registering for Courses Instructions – for Quick Bytes
All courses are offered via Zoom. Please ensure your camera is on during our session to support collaboration and connection.
| Date | Course Name |
| Wednesday, February 4 from 12 – 1 pm |
Canva Graphic Design Basics Flyers, newsletters, presentations, infographics, mind maps—you name it, Canva can help you design it. With thousands of beautifully crafted templates and intuitive drag-and-drop tools, Canva makes it easy to bring your ideas to life. In this hands-on session, you’ll learn how to customize layouts, edit images, work with text, and make the most of Canva’s built-in magic. Whether you’re designing for your classroom, your team, or your next big idea, you’ll walk away with creative tools and confidence to match. |
| Monday, February 9 from 12 – 1 pm |
Canva Graphic Design Presentations and Canva AI Focusing on presentations and the use of AI, you will learn to apply the skills you have learned in Canva Basics to develop graphically pleasing presentations including video and audio, as well as using features such as drawing, resizing designs, magic features, text-to-image features, instant styles, and layouts. You will learn how to use AI to start the development of your presentations and how to upload existing presentations for further development in Canva. This is for use in class, on Instagram, on campus monitors, and more! |
| Wednesday, February 11 from 3 – 4 pm |
Google Slides and Google Vids This hands-on course introduces Google Vids, an AI-powered video creation and editing application integrated with Google Workspace, to enhance teaching, professional development, and campus communications. Participants will learn to quickly generate video drafts using Gemini AI from simple prompts or existing Drive documents, utilize built-in templates, record screen or camera content, integrate various media, and employ editing tools for customizing and branding short-form video content up to 10 minutes in length, ultimately fostering more engaging and accessible learning experiences and internal announcements through streamlined video production. |
| Wednesday, February 18 from 3 – 4 pm |
AI Prompting Are you curious about AI and how it can help you? Learn about working with the AI Large Language Models (LLM’s like Gemini, ChatGPT, and Perplexity.ai) to brainstorm, summarize, explain topics, find information on the web, and respond to complex prompts. Come to this session where you will see a demonstration and get hands-on practice in AI Prompting! |
| Friday, February 20 from 10 – 11 am |
Advanced AI Prompting Elevate your prompt engineering skills with this focus on advanced skills designed to teach you five distinct prompting styles. You will move beyond simple queries to master the RODE framework for structured role-based output and the Ask Gemini dialogue method for iterative refinement, while also reviewing industry standards like Chain-of-Thought, Few-Shot, and Prompt Chaining. After briefly reviewing these AI prompt engineering skills, there will be dedicated time for hands-on practice. (Please be familiar with AI Prompting before signing up for this class. Please ask athornton@nmc.edu if you have questions.) |
| Wednesday, February 25 from 3 – 4 pm |
Exploring the Evolving AI Landscape This advanced workshop is designed for faculty and staff who are already familiar with AI LLM’s and basic AI prompting but want to deepen their understanding of the newest developments in AI. Participants will explore powerful new tools and features—including Gemini Nano Banana, ChatGPT-5, Study and Learn, Agent Mode, storybooks, and real-world applications that are reshaping education and productivity. (Please be familiar with AI Prompting before signing up for this class. Please ask athornton@nmc.edu if you have questions.) |