Sharpen your skills this fall! LTS is offering some new and recurring seminars to boost your knowledge and skills. Want custom training for your department? Email helpdesk@lehigh.edu. Sessions are via Zoom except where indicated.
LTS hosts all seminars through the Zoom Events Hub. Many webinars are available on-demand as recordings with links to online materials! From the hub, click View All to access a search bar where you can browse over two dozen seminars by keyword or category. Recordings (if available) will appear automatically about an hour after each seminar ends. Questions or feedback? Email helpdesk@lehigh.edu.
Artificial Intelligence seminars
On demand
Understanding AI
Creating AI-resilient assignments (for faculty/teaching staff)
Live sessions
🆕 A Practical Introduction to Choosing and Using AI Chatbots: Thursday, September 11, 1-2pm.
🆕 Using Google Gemini and GEMS: Monday, September 15, 10-11am.
NotebookLM: The AI tool for organizing and synthesizing content: Wednesday, September 17, 9-10am.
🆕 Introduction to AI literacy. Wednesday, September 17, noon-1pm.
AI for spreadsheets: Practical productivity tips: Tuesday, September 30, 9-10am.
Using AI to read, analyze, and extract handwritten text: Tuesday, October 7, 1-2pm.
🆕 Atlassian AI for project management: Wednesday, October 8, 3-4pm.
Find and analyze research with AI tools: JSTOR: Wednesday, November 5, noon-1pm.
🆕 Find and analyze research with AI: scite.ai: Wednesday, November 12, noon-1pm.
Work smarter, not harder: Gemini for Google Workspace: Wednesday, November 12, 3-4pm.
LTS/Libraries Seminars
Introduction to Overleaf: Wednesday, September 10, noon-1pm
🆕 A Practical Introduction to Choosing and Using AI Chatbots: Thursday, September 11, 1-2pm.
🆕 Using Google Gemini and GEMS: Monday, September 15, 10am-11am.
NotebookLM: The AI tool for organizing and synthesizing content: Wednesday, September 17, 9-10am.
🆕 Introduction to AI literacy. Wednesday, September 17, noon-1pm.
Google Sheets: Five favorite formulas: Tuesday, September 23, 9-10am.
Introduction to Git and GitHub: Monday, September 29, 9-10am.
AI for spreadsheets: Practical productivity tips: Tuesday, September 30, 9-10am.
Introduction to Special Collections discovery resources. Tuesday, September 30, 1-2pm.
Using AI to read, analyze, and extract handwritten text: Tuesday, October 7, 1-2pm.
Introduction to Dropbox: Wednesday, October 8, 10-11am.
Managing references with Zotero: Wednesday, October 8, noon-1pm.
🆕 Atlassian AI for project management: Wednesday, October 8, 3-4pm.
Introduction to web accessibility: Thursday, October 9, 11am-noon.
Email accessibility: Quick tips for inclusive email: Tuesday, October 14, 9-10am.
Zoom phone tips and tricks: Tuesday, October 14, 10-11am.
Easy accessibility: Tips for content creators: Tuesday, October 21, 9-10am.
Data and file storage strategies: Wednesday, October 22, 10-11am.
🆕 Find and analyze research with AI tools: JSTOR: Wednesday, November 5, noon-1pm.
🆕 Find and analyze research with AI: scite.ai: Wednesday, November 12, noon-1pm.
Work smarter, not harder: Gemini for Google Workspace: Wednesday, November 12, 3-4pm.
Data Governance Training
In partnership with LTS, the Office of Institutional Data will offer one-hour training sessions throughout the fall semester where we will explore the core principles of data governance and why it is crucial for our institution and for you in your daily work. Sign up for Data Governance Training.
High-Performance Computing sessions (in-person)
These seminars, hosted by Research Computing, introduce best practices for using high-performance computing (HPC) in research. Learn how to automate, scale, and reproduce computations on Lehigh’s research cloud, whether working with big or small data. Attendees are encouraged to bring projects or questions for workshop-style discussion.
Sessions are held in-person only at the FML Digital Media Studio on the dates below. All skill levels welcome!
- High-performance Computing: Quickstart September 24, 10:30am-noon
- High-performance Computing: Parallel Computations October 1, 10:30am-noon
- High-performance Computing: Interactive Computing & Visualization October 10, 10:30am-noon
- High-Performance Computing: Containers & Reproducibility October 15, 10:30am-noon
- High-Performance Computing: Best Practices October 22, 10:30am-noon.
Online training
DataCamp, an online learning platform specializing in teaching data literacy for all skill levels. The platform is free to all faculty, students, and staff.
LinkedIn Learning offers thousands of video-based courses for personal and professional development, including topics such as leadership, technology, time management, social intelligence, and more.
If you are unable to attend a seminar, follow these instructions to cancel.
If you have any questions about this seminar series, please contact the LTS Help Desk at (610) 758-4357 or helpdesk@lehigh.edu.
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