Workshops & Events

1. AI Support Systems

Catch the recording of our recent workshop to learn how AI tools can enhance your time management and academic efficiency. The video includes demonstrations of useful AI technologies and practical tips for integrating them into your college routine. Ideal for students seeking to improve productivity with innovative solutions.

AI Disclaimer:

AI may be imperfect, biased, factually incorrect, or fabricate information, struggle with vague inputs, and pose privacy concerns.
Please check your class’ policy on Generative AI.
Always use responsibly and verify information.

AI Tools:

Use Goblin Tools for organization purposes.
Use Copilot to ask questions, summarize and help with productivity.
Use Chat.pdf to study and chat with your PDF materials.
Use Suno AI to create catchy music with your lecture notes & topics for easy memorizing!

2. Macbook Accessibility Features

Our Apple Representatives presented and demonstrated the built in Accessibility features that come installed on every MacBook. These features can help by providing access across the following domains:

Vision - for magnification, and having content read aloud
Hearing - for live captions and subtitles
Mobility - for using spoken commands to control the MacBook
Speech - to create a custom voice to speak out loud what you type
Cognitive - to have articles read out loud, and other features to help limit distractions

Here are some of the resources that were shared with us during the event, along with some helpful videos:

The apple.com/accessibility webpage has a review of all the different accessibility features across every Apple device.
How to use the Accessibility Assistant on your device to get recommended accessibility features for yourself - https://youtu.be/Ih-TIHdF4MU
YouTube Resource Page - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIl2EzNYri0cLtSlZowttih25VnSvWITu&si=paZ6BJndITwry1eV
Email for asking questions if unsure how to perform a feature or if it is available yet - accessibility@apple.com
Feedback for Apple - https://www.apple.com/feedback/

3. AI Support Systems: Tools for Writing, Research, and Studying

Catch the recording of our recent workshop on how to use AI tools to assist with Writing, Research & Studying. It goes over the Pros & Cons of AI, Tips on prompting, and demonstrations of useful AI technologies that help with writing, research papers and studying for exams and more. Ideal for students willing to use AI to better improve and optimize their work.

Here is also a copy of our Prompt Resource Guide, it has a lot of specific example prompts (and tips) to use with different academic tasks, along with the copy of our Presentation slides as well.

AI Disclaimer

AI is not perfect, biased, can be factually wrong or make things up.
AI does not do well with vagueness and has privacy concerns.
Use AI as a supplemental tool, not to replace any core academic activities (writing, reading, etc.)
Always fact check any claims or sources suggested by AI.
Check your course syllabus for any AI statement. Some classes and professors may limit AI usage or restrict it entirely.

AI Tools

For Research:

Semantic Scholar - AI-engineered research tool that includes certified researchers and citations.
Connected Papers - AI-powered research graph to find similar research papers on your topic.

For Studying:

Use Q-Chat to either have the AI teach you, practice with you, or quiz you.
Create songs on Suno based off of your vocabulary.