Ed Tech Canvas/Moodle Support Office Hours
2025-04-22 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-29 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-06 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-13 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Scholars Hall, 4000 College Ave, Manistee, MI, United States
Join Ed Tech in the second floor faculty lounge for 1-on-1 support for all of your Canvas, Moodle, and Panopto needs.

Ed Tech Canvas/Moodle Support Office Hours
2025-04-24 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-01 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-08 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-15 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Science & Math Offices
Join Ed Tech in the Science& Math common room for assistance on all of your Canvas, Moodle, and Panopto needs.

Google’s Notebook LM and Intro to Learn LM
2025-04-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit)
Google Notebook LM can automatically generate a summary, briefing doc, or other docs of your uploaded documents and/or create a podcast from your uploaded documents. Your personal data is not used to train Notebook LM, so any private or sensitive information you have in your sources will stay private, unless you choose to share your sources with collaborators. Additionally, this course will provide an introductory overview of LearnLM, Google’s initiative focused on developing AI models tailored for education, highlighting its potential to personalize learning experiences and enhance pedagogical tools, paving the way for future AI-driven educational advancements.
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.

Spring Canvas Cohort Monthly Check-In
2025-04-25 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York), 2025-05-23 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Detroit) | https://nmc.zoom.us/j/97469334078?pwd=[REDACTED]
This optional monthly meeting is for instructors using Canvas during the Spring 2025 semester. Each session will start with a brief Canvas update from the NMC Ed Tech department, followed by ample time for instructors to share their ongoing experiences teaching in Canvas and ask questions to the cohort and Canvas support team.──────────
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All About Google Forms & Form Approval
2025-04-29 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit)
You can gather information, upload files, and add pictures to forms for your class, your clients, or your department and analyze it using Google Forms and Google Sheets. Great for exit forms, collecting topic or student information on your phone with a quick form. Also a quick overview of the Form Approval Add-On for creating workflows for approvals, signatures, and more!
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.

Grades Due at 11 AM
2025-05-07 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York)

Canvas Camp
2025-05-12 09:00 - 15:00 (America/Detroit), 2025-05-13 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York), 2025-05-14 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York), 2025-05-15 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York), 2025-05-16 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | TBD

New Faculty Orientation
2025-08-13 10:00 - 12:45 (America/New_York) | TJNIC 14
NFI Orientation Agenda 2025

Canvas Day Camp!
2025-08-13 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-14 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | TJNIC104/105
https://nmc.zoom.us/j/95547068719?pwd=[REDACTED]

August PD: AI Literacy for Faculty and Students
2025-08-20 12:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Osterlin Building/Library, 4000 College Ave, Manistee, MI, United States
Save the date for our August PD workshop: AI Literacy for Faculty and Students. See the full agenda here. Whether or not we use AI, faculty have a responsibility to know what AI is, how it works, and how it impacts learning. Dr. Caitlin K. Kirby of Michigan State University and our own NMC presenters (Ryan Bernstein, Mark DeLonge, and Nicco Pandolfi) will share “use-now” information and strategies on the following:

Understanding AI basics
Modifying assignments for the AI environment
Writing effective AI syllabus policies
Sharing AI resources for students

We’ll start with lunch at noon in the old library area of Osterlin. The advising office promises that orientation will be over at noon. Workshop sessions will be upstairs in Osterlin. Please bring a laptop or notebook for hands-on work.
Attendance at August PD is contractually required of full-time faculty. Adjunct faculty are encouraged to come and paid for attendance. Staff are welcome, as always, but please RSVP for our lunch order.

Canvas Kick-Off
2025-08-21 09:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | TJNIC 04/05
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Canva Graphic Design Basics
2025-09-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit)
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.
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.

AI Prompting: Crafting Conversations with AI
2025-09-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit)
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!
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.

CIE Friday Forum
2025-09-05 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | TJNIC 106/07
Join the Center for Instructional Excellence for lunch and professional development programming on the first Friday of the month. Everyone is welcome. Please RSVP to help us make an accurate lunch order. If you forget to RSVP, still come!

Failure to Attend Survey Due
2025-09-09 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York)

Failure to Attend Due
2025-09-09 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York)

Canva Graphic Design Presentations and Canva AI
2025-09-09 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit)
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!
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.
