Small Bytes – Microsoft Excel

Scholarly Innovation Lab, YRL 280 Charles E. Young Drive N, Los Angeles, CA

The Small Bytes workshop series introduces a new digital humanities tool every week. In an hour, learn the basics of a new tool and how it can be applied to humanities data and in the classroom. This week, we’ll be looking at how Microsoft Excel can be a critical data tool for humanists. We’ll be...

LEARN BRUIN LEARN!

The Learning Lab at Rolfe 2118 Rolfe Hall, Los Angeles, CA

It’s a BRUIN LEARNING EXTRAVAGANZA, and you’re invited! Faculty, instructors, TAs, support staff. COME ON DOWN!  TWO amazing, fun-filled days of drop-in (BOOM) support dedicated to the transition to Bruin Learn. December 8 (Wednesday), 9am-4pm December 14 (Tuesday), 9am-4pm Two days – two flavors of help: In person ( 2118 Rolfe Hall) or via ZOOM,...

LEARN BRUIN LEARN

The Learning Lab at Rolfe 2118 Rolfe Hall, Los Angeles, CA

It’s a BRUIN LEARNING EXTRAVAGANZA, and you’re invited! Faculty, instructors, TAs, support staff. COME ON DOWN!  TWO amazing, fun-filled days of drop-in (BOOM) support dedicated to the transition to Bruin Learn. December 8 (Wednesday), 9am-4pm December 14 (Tuesday), 9am-4pm Two days – two flavors of help: In person ( 2118 Rolfe Hall) or via ZOOM,...

Small Bytes – Working with, and around artificial intelligence

- RITC Online Help Desk

This week, we’ll be looking at working with, and around artificial intelligence, using ChatGPT and Google Translate as samples. Presented by Thomas Garbelotti. We’ll be meeting via Zoom in our regular online support room. The Small Bytes workshop series introduces a new instructional or research tool or topic every week. In less than an hour,...

Small Bytes – Maximizing media repositories in Bruin Learn

- RITC Online Help Desk

This week, we’ll be looking at maximizing media repositories in Bruin Learn. Presented by Jaehyeon Park. Do you need help utilizing media repositories (My Media and Media Gallery) in Bruin Learn for your teaching? You have already had a number of self-created media clips but probably don't know how to take advantage of them. This...

Small Bytes – Ethical approaches to social media data collection and publication

- RITC Online Help Desk

This week, we’ll be looking at ethical approaches to social media data collection and publication. Presented by Nashra Mahmood. This workshop will discuss how to ethically work with social media data for research purposes. Content will be based on this instructional module. We’ll be meeting via Zoom in our regular online support room. The Small...

Small Bytes – Data visualization with Python or Advanced retrieval strategies with an academic database

- RITC Online Help Desk

This week, we’ll be looking at data visualization with Python or Advanced retrieval strategies with an academic database. Presented by Tianji Jiang. Data visualization is a powerful tool that can help us communicate information, gain insights, and make informed decisions.  In this workshop, we will explore some basic concepts of data visualization, learn about different...

Small Bytes – What you need to know about Bruin Learn as a TA

- RITC Online Help Desk

This week, we’ll be looking at what you need to know about Bruin Learn as a TA. Presented by Pradeep Kannan. As a teaching assistant (TA), you will likely need to use Bruin Learn a lot, to share files with students, grade student submissions, and administer exams. Like any Learning Management System, Bruin Learn has...

Small Bytes – Using media as critical, inclusive, and accessible pedagogy

- RITC Online Help Desk

This week, we’ll be looking at using media as critical, inclusive, and accessible pedagogy. Learn when and how media and technology can be implemented in the classroom to narrow the gap between instructor and students and students and texts and to accommodate students of various skill levels. We’ll be meeting via Zoom in our regular...

AI In Action

UCLA's Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT), the Center for Education, Innovation, and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS), the Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms program (EPIC), Online Teaching and Learning (OTL), the Bruin Learn Center of Excellence (CoE), the Writing Programs, and Humanities Technology (HumTech) have collaborated to bring a series of discussions...