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Guest Speaker

Guest Speaker, Scott Spicer

Student‑Created Media in the Age of AI
Tuesday February 3rd from 10:00-11:15 am, Teams Link

Join keynote speaker Scott Spicer as he examines developing student multimedia assignments and the impacts of AI. He will address ethical considerations, supporting technology, and ways we can discuss the technological and environmental impacts of AI on these assignments, offering ideas to keep projects authentic and meaningful across disciplines.

Session will be hosted on Teams and recorded.

 

Workshops

Workshops

  • From Data to Story: Bringing Buyer Personas to Life Through Digital Creation
    Thursday, February 5 from 10:00 - 10:30 am, CLC 309
    In this session, Karen Eutsler will walk you through an assignment where students analyze everyday artifacts—receipts—to build imaginative buyer personas grounded in evidence. Using digital tools such as Canva and AI, students craft visually engaging customer profiles that reveal not just what a person buys, but who they are and why they make the choices they do. This hands-on activity models digital literacy, critical thinking, and narrative design—skills your students can use across disciplines.

  • Business Ideation Assignment: Building a Future for Yourself with AI
    Thursday, February 5 from 10:30 – 11:00 am, CLC 309
    Marketing professor David Houghton introduces a semester-long assignment that combines self-reflection, AI literacy, and career discernment. Students work with AI and non-AI tools to bring business ideas to life centered around each individual student’s academic interests, skills and abilities, career ambitions, and life goals. The project involves analyzing market trends, researching competitors, calculating startup costs, identifying barriers to entry, creating branding materials, and producing a sample social media post to announce the new business. Students close the project with a pitch presentation to class about their business idea.

  • Creating Custom Syllabus Bots for Your Course
    Thursday, February 5 from 11:00 – 11:30 am, CLC 309
    In this session, we will explore how generative artificial intelligence can be leveraged to enhance teaching and learning through the creation of custom syllabus bots. Designed to support students outside of class time, syllabus bots can answer common course questions, clarify policies, and guide students to key resources using instructor-defined content and parameters. Faculty will leave with a clearer understanding of how AI tools can support transparency, student engagement, and instructional efficiency while maintaining academic integrity and instructor control.

  • LectureLoop
    Friday, February 6 from 10:00 – 11:00 am, CLC 309
    Join Dr. Jason C. White, Associate Professor at Xavier University and creator of LectureLoop™, for an interactive demo of this professor‑controlled, course‑trained AI teaching assistant. LectureLoop extends office hours 24/7 and provides real‑time insight into student learning without increasing faculty workload, replacing instruction, or compromising academic integrity.
    Dr. White is partnering with CPS and CTE on a joint technology evaluation this semester. During Digital Learning Week, attendees can experience LectureLoop firsthand and learn how to participate in the evaluation. Seating is limited. Pre-register today using the form below. For answers to related questions, please email Dr. White at whitej48@xavier.edu. 

  • Canva Pro Tips & Tricks
    Friday, February 6 from 11:00 – 11:30 AM, CLC 309
    In this session, we’ll explore practical Canva Pro features for higher education, including Xavier’s brand kit and templates, custom templates for student projects, collaboration and version history tools, bulk create (data-populated designs), background remover, and strategies for creating clear, accessible infographics and data visualizations. 

 



 

Past Events

Past Events