SCTCC’s Center for Teaching & Learning is hosting three hands-on AI series this spring focused on practical, classroom-ready uses of AI that support evidence-based teaching and help faculty work more efficiently. All sessions are Hyflex in Northway room 1-431 or 1-414 with live Zoom access, and recordings will be made available for later viewing in the CTL D2L shell so faculty can revisit demonstrations and workflows.
Visual AI – Mark Gill, AI & Visualization Lab Director, SCSU
Fourth Wednesday of the month, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm, Hyflex – Northway room 1-431
Introduction to AI Imagery & Video: Tools, Options, Challenges, & Solutions
- January 28, 2026, 2:00-3:00
- Explore what current AI tools can do with images and video, what’s realistic for teaching and outreach, and how to navigate issues like copyright, bias, and hallucinations with workable guardrails.
- https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/91246163243
Imagery Workflows: Open source vs. Cloud Toolsets & Solving Problems of Consistency
- February 25, 2026, 2:00-3:00
- Learn how to design efficient image-generation workflows, compare open-source and cloud-based options, and tackle the challenge of keeping characters, diagrams, and visual styles consistent across a project.
- https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/91874364900
Video Workflows: Open source vs. Cloud Toolsets & Workflows using Imagery from Session 2
- March 25, 2026, 2:00-3:00
- See how AI-generated images from Session 2 can be turned into short, coherent videos for instruction or communication, with sidebyside looks at open-source and cloud pipelines faculty can adapt.
- https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/97842593500
Putting it all Together with Audio, Sound Effects, & Music: Character Voice Control & Consistency
- April 22, 2026, 2:00-3:00
- Bring media projects full circle by layering in narration, character voices, sound effects, and music, with strategies for keeping audio consistent, ethical, and educationally purposeful.
- https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/91967008114
Technician-Focused AI – Matt Boudinot, Automotive Technician Program Chair, DCTC
First Friday of the month, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm, Hyflex – Northway room 1-431
Aiding Faculty with Content Creation: Speed and Efficiency (The "Paperwork" Killer)
- February 6, 2026, 1:00-2:00
- See how AI can draft lesson materials, job sheets, demonstrations, rubrics, and emails, with an emphasis on saving time while keeping alignment to course outcomes and academic integrity.
- https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/91569745701
Making the Classroom More Engaging: Active Learning & Gamification
- March 6, 2026, 1:00-2:00
- Use AI to help design scenarios, question banks, and game-like activities that get students doing more hands-on thinking in both classroom and lab/shop environments.
- https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/94148344932
Assisting Students in the Classroom/Shop: The AI as a "Technician's Assistant"
- April 3, 2026, 1:00-2:00
- Explore AI as a justintime support tool for students, troubleshooting hints, safety reminders, and practice questions, while keeping the instructor as the expert and decision-maker.
- https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/96566507892
Other AI Uses for Faculty: Additional uses of AI and advanced applications
- May 1, 2026, 1:00-2:00
- Wrap-up session highlighting additional and emerging AI use cases in teaching, advising, and program operations, plus discussion of policy, ethics, and future directions.
- https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/98841701853
Arts & Humanities Focused – Plamen Miltenoff, AI Literacy & Immersive Teaching Researcher, University of Economics - Varna
Thursday (varies), 9:00 am-10:00 am, Hyflex, Northway Room 1-414
Defining Acceptable and Unacceptable AI Use
- February 19, 2026, 9:00-10:00
- This session moves faculty beyond “ban it or catch it” thinking and into clear, teachable boundaries for GenAI use in online courses. You’ll draft a course-specific AI policy, map your assignments into AI‑permitted and AI‑restricted lanes, and create a one‑page student guide with concrete examples of acceptable and unacceptable AI use in your discipline.
- https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/98983455240
Redesigning Assignments for Traceable Learning
- March 19, 2026, 9:00-10:00
- This workshop focuses on preserving your existing learning outcomes while changing the evidence students must produce in the age of GenAI. You’ll take one current assignment and redesign it to include process logs, evidence packs, and short methodological reflections so that grading centers on reasoning and use of sources rather than on text that could have been written by a chatbot.
- https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/97796272625
Secure Checkpoints for Online Courses
- April 9, 2026, 9:00-10:00
- Here the emphasis is on verifying authorship and understanding without relying on unreliable AI detection tools. You’ll design one secure checkpoint, such as a brief oral explanation, timed interpretive writing task, or personalized follow‑up prompt, that pairs with a major assignment and confirms that students can actually explain and apply the work they submit.
- https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/92119857248
Using AI to Support Teaching and Learning in Online Arts & Humanities Courses
- May 7, 2026, 9:00-10:00
- The final session concentrates on interpretation‑heavy disciplines like art, literature, history, and philosophy. You’ll explore ways AI can scaffold critique, feedback, creative process, and revision while keeping human judgment and originality central, then leave with one ready‑to‑use activity plus sample syllabus language that makes AI use visible, responsible, and assessable.
- https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/93648717167