AI Bytes Workshop Sessions

AI is changing quickly, and figuring out what that means for teaching and learning can raise as many questions as answers. AI Bytes is a series of one-hour sessions designed to help Purdue instructors explore generative AI through practical examples, conversations, and opportunities to try things out. 

Each session focuses on a different question or challenge related to using AI in teaching and everyday work. Depending on the topic, you might see an AI tool in action, work through a real-world example, hear perspectives from colleagues and campus experts, or consider how AI could fit into your own teaching and work. The goal isn’t to have all the answers, but to give you useful ideas, strategies, and resources you can take back to your own work. 

AI Bytes sessions are designed for a range of experience levels. Whether you’re just beginning to explore AI, already experimenting with it, or still deciding where it belongs in your work, you’re welcome to join the conversation. 

Below you’ll find our current lineup of sessions, along with recordings and resources from previous AI Bytes workshops. Because AI continues to evolve, session topics and content may change to reflect new tools, questions, and practices. Recordings reflect the tools and information available at the time each session was presented.

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Fall 2026 Sessions

Join us for a new approach to AI Bytes this fall with practical, focused sessions to help you​ explore strategies and real-world examples for using AI where it matters most.​ Build confidence and leave with ideas you can put into practice​ at these upcoming sessions (details coming soon!):

I’m Stuck!
Practical Strategies for Using AI Where it Matters Most 

Explore a practical approach to using AI for everyday teaching and work challenges by starting with the problem and learning how to work with AI toward more useful results. 

Before You Ask AI:  
What to Share, What to Trust, and What to Verify 

Explore what to consider before, during, and after using AI, from deciding what information is appropriate to share to evaluating and verifying the responses you receive. 

  • Wednesday, October 21st, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ​- Register

How Much Help Is Too Much?
Finding AI’s Place in Teaching and Learning 

Explore how AI can support teaching and learning without replacing the critical thinking, participation, and meaningful work students need to do themselves. 

  • Thursday, November 19th, 9:00 am – 10:00 am​ – Register

Level Up Accessibility: ADA Compliance & Copilot

This session shows how to apply strategies to use Microsoft Copilot to help create and remediate documents to meet the new ADA compliance standards (checklist)

Your Browser, But Smarter: An Introduction to AI Browsers

This session will demonstrate how AI-powered browsers work and explore practical examples of how these tools can enhance web-based tasks such as reading, research, and course preparation.

Smart Accessibility: ADA Compliance with AI Tool Support

This session will show how to apply strategies to use different AI tools to help create and remediate course materials to meet the new ADA compliance standards (checklist)

Describe It, Don’t Code It: HTML for Brightspace (and Beyond) with AI

This session will demonstrate how to use AI tools to generate, customize, and apply basic HTML to create accessible, well-structured content in Brightspace without prior coding experience.

AI in the Classroom: What’s New, What Works, and What to Consider

This session will help participants be able to make informed decisions about classroom AI use by understanding recent tool updates, instructional do’s and don’ts, and expectations for citing AI-generated content.

The Prompt Cookbook: Building Your Recipe for Better AI Outputs 

This session introduces adaptable prompting strategies for generative AI tools through hands-on practice with the newly updated Microsoft Copilot interface. Participants will explore how to craft effective prompts to generate course materials, assessments, and student support content. Bring your own activity and leave with prompt strategies to enhance your teaching.

Exploring GenAI Studio: A Menu of LLMs to Suit Your Tastes

This session offers an introduction to Purdue’s GenAI Studio including a guided walkthrough of its features and available models. Participants will learn how to choose the right model for their needs and craft effective prompts based on specific use cases. 

A Taste for Evidence: Researching with Scite AI

This session introduces Scite’s smart citation tools for evaluating scholarly sources and supporting evidence-based research practices in teaching and academic writing. Participants will learn how to critically assess source credibility and relevance using Scite’s citation context features—supporting, mentioning, and contrasting.

Instructor AI Showcase Potluck

This session spotlights Purdue instructors as they share lessons learned from earlier AI Bytes sessions and demonstrate how they implemented generative AI tools in their own courses. 

Open Kitchen: Exploring AI Tools Together

This just-in-time session includes a dynamic, open-format session exploring the latest developments in generative AI. Participants will experiment with newly released tools and features.  

  • Thursday, November 13
  • Friday, November 14

Never Too Late to Learn AI + Intro into Copilot (Uploading Files, Privacy) + Lesson Generation Ideas (Interactive Learning Content) 

This session introduces instructors to AI fundamentals, focusing on secure file management and privacy in Copilot, and demonstrates how to create engaging, AI-driven lessons. Participants will gain hands-on experience uploading files securely in Copilot and generating course-relevant lessons using AI tools. 

Showcase of Purdue’s Centrally Supported AI Tools

This session introduces instructors to AI-powered tools within Purdue’s centrally supported toolkit. Participants will gain proficiency in using tools such as the iClicker question generator, Circuit’s Charlie, Variate problem creator, Gradescope, and Lumi, applying them directly to their course setup through hands-on activities.

AI as a Study Aid and Research Assistant for Students

This session explores how instructors can assist students on how to leverage AI for brainstorming, summarizing research, and managing study plans while avoiding over-reliance. Instructors will learn to guide students in creating effective study plans and gain hands-on experience generating study materials using Copilot.

Purdue GenAI Studio

In this session instructors can walk away with the knowledge and skills to effectively utilize Purdue GenAI Studio in their teaching practices by exploring its key functions, capabilities, and potential applications in the classroom.

AI and Accessibility

This session demonstrates how AI can enhance student accessibility. Instructors will learn to incorporate AI to strengthen Universal Design for Learning (UDL) practices and will gain hands-on experience using Copilot to develop accessible course content.

AI Notetaking

This session demonstrates how AI can streamline notetaking and transcription in meetings or lectures. Instructors will learn to capture key discussion points using AI-powered notetaking and will practice creating notes, summaries, and study guides from transcriptions in Copilot, sourced from Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or lecture captures.

Recording (32:35) | Slides (in .pptx format)

Tuesday, April 1

Friday, April 4

Intro to Prompt Engineering

Utilize Microsoft Copilot to create detailed and well-structured course content, including learning outcomes and comprehensive course syllabi, tailored to the course’s specific educational objectives.

Enhancing Accessibility with AI

Utilize AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot to create and enhance accessible course content for students with disabilities. Specifically, instructors will gain hands-on experience in generating transcriptions and captions, creating image alt text, and leveraging AI to support diverse learning needs. Participants will use these tools to effectively produce accessible content during the session.

Prompting Copilot with Preselected Resources

Prompt Microsoft Copilot to use preselected websites, images, and files as reference material for creating course related content. Citing AI material will be covered in this session.

Generating Assessments Using AI

Utilize Variate and iClicker Cloud to generate assessments that enhance student learning. Instructors will generate questions tailored to their courses providing students with opportunities to assess their understanding.

Refining Assessments with AI: Ensuring You’re Asking the Right Questions

Utilize AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot to refine assessment questions. Instructors will analyze and improve existing assessment questions to ensure they are clear, unbiased, aligned with course objectives, and promoting academic honesty. This will enhance the quality and effectiveness of assessments, promoting fair and accurate measurement of student learning.

Automating Grading with AI

Utilize Gradescope alongside potential additional AI tools to automate grading processes effectively. Instructors will evaluate the benefits and limitations of automated grading in enhancing efficiency and providing timely feedback as well as apply practical strategies for integrating automated grading into their teaching practices to optimize student learning outcomes.

AI for Creating Educational Images and Visual Content

The original workshop on “Creating Educational Images and Visual Content” will now focus on using preselected images to create timelines, hotspots, and flashcards within Brightspace. This shift will emphasize utilizing the Creator+ feature to automatically generate practice questions for students. The change is due to CoPilot not yet being capable of producing images, diagrams, and graphs that meet the standards for higher education.

AI-Enhanced Collaborative Tools

Use AI tools such as Circuit’s Charlie to enhance collaboration among students and faculty. Instructors will set up and manage collaborative projects utilizing these AI tools, fostering a more interactive and cooperative learning environment.

Recording (20:54) | Slides (in .pptx format)

Monday, November 11, 11am

Tuesday, November 12, 2pm