March is shaping up to be a busy and exciting month for teaching and technology on campus. This week's newsletter brings a mix of practical updates and big-picture thinking.
We're excited to share early details about YuJa Panorama, a new platform that will help us make course content more accessible to all learners as it rolls out over the coming year. We also have an important reminder about Adobe Creative Cloud license renewals — a quick step to keep your creative tools running smoothly. We've also loaded the calendar with hands-on sessions this month, from AI workflow workshops to Adobe Express quick-starts, so I encourage you to explore what's on offer.
And mark your calendars for TRICS 2026 on April 15–16 — it's going to be a great showcase of Tulane research and innovation.
As always, we're here at Teach Anywhere Office Hours if you need us.
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Mike Griffith, PhD
Executive Director - Strategic Digital Innovation | Information Technology
Director - Innovative Learning Center
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| Teach Anywhere Office Hours
Mondays and Thursdays
12pm to 1pm
No appointments necessary, both online via zoom and in the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Suite 300 for all pedagogy and academic technology needs.
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Coming Soon to Tulane! | Panorama
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The university recently adopted YuJa Panorama to ensure that Tulane's digital course content complies with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. This strategic initiative is coordinated through the joint efforts of the Office of Campus Accessibility (OCA), Center for Engaged Learning & Teaching (CELT), and the Innovative Learning Center (ILC). Stay tuned for details about Panorama's phased rollout during Summer/Fall 2026.
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| W.A.V.E 9 to 5 AI
1pm to 2:30pm | Hybrid | Register
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W.A.V.E. Top Hat Ace: AI for Class Interactivity and Socratic Learning
1pm to 2:30pm | Hybrid | Register
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| AEI Labs: Get Started with Adobe Express: Quick Wins for Higher Ed
12pm to 12:40pm | Webinar | Register
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| W.A.V.E. Building a Second Brain with AI
1pm to 2:30pm | Hybrid | Register
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Zoom Flair: Add Personality to Your Zoom Meetings
10am to 10:30am | Online | Register
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AEI Labs: Job Essentials: Helping Students Tell Their Story with Adobe Express
12pm to 12:40pm | Webinar| Register
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| Adobe Access Update: Same Creative Power, New Front Door
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To better support teaching, learning, and university initiatives, Tulane's Adobe Creative Cloud licenses must be renewed at the end of each semester to continue use.
Renew licenses at https://adobe.tulane.edu.
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The Quiet Default Swap That Moves the Whole AI Market |
By Blaine Fisher, Ph.D., MS, MA, NRP, PG-Cert
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A quiet product change often tells the loudest market story.
Google released Gemini 3 Flash and set it as the default model in the Gemini app and in AI Mode in Google Search. Most people saw the word Flash and moved on. Flash sounds like the fast, light option you pick when quality matters less than speed.
Gemini 3 Flash breaks that mental shortcut.
Google positions Gemini 3 Flash as "frontier intelligence built for speed," with "Pro-grade reasoning" paired with lower latency and lower operating cost. Google also highlights developer access across Google surfaces such as AI Studio and Gemini API.
The signal here goes beyond one model release. Gemini 3 Flash marks a shift in what wins the next phase of the AI race. Quality still matters, cost and token efficiency now matter just as much, and distribution matters more than both.
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The Market Signal Gemini 3 Pro arrived first, as Google's "Gemini 3 era" opener, released in preview on November 18, 2025. Gemini 3 Flash followed as the default, mainstream experience. You can read that sequence as strategy. Google used Gemini 3 Pro to plant a flag on capability. Google used Gemini 3 Flash to move the flag into everybody's daily workflow.
This move resembles the way mobile chips and laptop chips changed over the last decade. Top performance moved from rare, hot, battery-killing hardware into thin devices people use all day. Consumers did not need a flagship device to feel the flagship jump. A similar pattern now hits AI. A model family no longer wins through peak scores alone. A model family wins by delivering high scores at low cost, with high speed, at massive scale, inside default products people already use.
Gemini 3 Flash sits inside Google Search's AI Mode and the Gemini app by default. That placement matters more than one leaderboard screenshot.
What "Cheap" Actually Means in AI People talk about AI cost as a subscription problem, because you pay 20 dollars a month, so cost feels flat. Model economics run on tokens, not subscriptions.
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The Tulane Research, Innovation, and Creativity Summit (TRICS) is Tulane’s premier annual, university-wide showcase for research and innovation. Established in 2022 and building on the foundation of earlier discipline-specific events, TRICS showcases Tulane’s innovative research internally and externally through poster sessions, Lightning Talks, and distinguished keynotes.
We are thrilled to have you join us for an engaging exploration of the latest innovations, techniques, and best practices. This gathering brings together experts, thought leaders, and passionate participants to share insights and experiences.
Prepare to dive into a variety of sessions, workshops, and networking opportunities designed to broaden your knowledge and create meaningful connections. Let’s collaborate and grow together!
April 15 - 16, 2026
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