Discover how ChatGPT’s latest image generation capabilities can enhance creativity, communication, and visual storytelling in educational and professional settings. In this interactive session, you’ll learn about key features, explore real-world use cases, and participate in a hands-on activity to create and edit AI-generated images using effective prompts. Learning Objectives: List the primary features of ChatGPT’s…
Enhance your presentation skills with this CETL session on PowerPoint Design. This workshop is tailored to equip you with the knowledge and techniques to create visually compelling and effective presentations. This session will delve into key design principles and multimedia strategies to ensure your slides are not only aesthetically pleasing but also engaging and informative.…
In an era where inclusivity is essential to educational success, AI offers powerful tools to help educators create more accessible, equitable, and engaging learning environments. This interactive webinar provides practical insights into harnessing AI to meet the diverse needs of all learners, with special attention to students experiencing visible and invisible disabilities—such as mobility, sensory,…
Start your morning like it’s 1985—energized, upbeat, and totally tubular! Since May is Mental Health Awareness Month, join us in person for a session all about how a balanced breakfast can power up your mental wellness. Discover simple, stress-free ways to make breakfast a mindful habit. Watch as we whip up two totally rad breakfast recipes that…
This is a webinar for educators and instructional designers. It will unveil key strategies for creating compelling online course content, focusing on storytelling, multimedia integration, and the application of learning theories. Discover how to leverage Custom GPT for personalized learning scenarios and image AI tools for captivating visuals. Attendees will gain practical insights into enhancing…
If you're creating slides for a presentation, you must think like a designer—even if you have no background in graphic design. The good news is that you don’t need to be a professional designer to create effective slides. What matters is understanding how your audience wants to receive information. Focus on delivering clean, smart visuals…
Learner interaction is a key element of quality online learning — but as AI-generated content becomes more prevalent, new challenges have arisen for educators trying to keep interaction and assessment authentic. How can we ensure that learner engagement remains meaningful amidst concerns about bots, academic integrity and more? This webinar will explore how Quality Matters…
Join colleagues from AAC&U and Inside Higher Ed for a conversation about new and long-standing challenges facing colleges and universities—and their presidents. The starting point for the conversation will be Inside Higher Ed’s 2025 Survey of College and University Presidents, conducted with Hanover Research. In addition to asking presidents why their jobs are becoming more difficult, the survey…
Feeling stretched thin? Learn how to tap the university’s Magna 20-Minute Mentor Digital Library—quick sign-in, search, and one-click bookmarking. Using the “Recharging Your Personal and Professional Batteries” video, we’ll unpack four proven recovery tactics: psychological detachment, relaxation/mindfulness, mastery experiences, and intentional control of commitments, then show how to apply them immediately. We’ll also explore how…
This workshop is ideal for travelers, delegates, and approvers. During this informational workshop you will gain a clear understanding of WesternU’s policies for travel and expense, overnight travel vs local travel, lodging, air, meal per diem, employee meals, mileage and more. Learn where to find policies and informational documents, who to contact and your role…
