Monday, September 8, 2025

I’m glad to share this newsletter with you and highlight some of the exciting things happening across our community. Each semester brings new ideas, new challenges and new ways we can support one another in teaching, research, and learning.

 

I hope you’ll take a few minutes to explore the updates inside, and as always, please don’t hesitate to reach out or stop by.  We’d love to hear what you’re working on and how we can help.

Mike Griffith, PhD 

Executive Director -  Strategic Digital Innovation  | Information Technology 

Director - Innovative Learning Center 

Express Yourself: Album Art for Your Story! 

 

Practice the Art of AI Prompting: Create your own album cover art with Adobe Express using the prompts for September’s Album Cover Art for Your Story competition sponsored by Tulane Libraries, the Innovative Learning Center and Tulane’s Adobe partners.

Join our upcoming Express Yourself: Album Art for Your Story workshop.

 

Although the theme will be album cover art, the graphic design tools in Adobe Express are for everyone. This workshop will teach you how to use tools that even non-experts can use to make professional-looking designs for your business or for fun.

 

Monday, September 15th 12 – 1pm 

Adobe Express Modules Library Launch! 

 

In an era where AI can generate essays, solve equations, and mimic human voice, how do we ensure our students are truly learning? Moreover, how do we equip them to become critical, ethical, agile users of emerging technologies? 

 

One answer is authentic assessment: asking students to create, reflect, and communicate in ways that demonstrate their real-world understanding, originality, and voice. The Adobe Express Modules Library offers approaches to doing this work through the lens of creative, multimodal assignments.

Dive into the world of dashboard customization and find the view that suits your style best! 

(W.A.V.E.) AI Fundamentals

 

Tues. September 9 | 1pm to 2:30pm | Hybrid 

Register

Activating Student Reading with Hypothesis

 

Thurs. September 11 | 11am to 12pm | Zoom 

Register

SIG: Canvas Admins: Drop-In, Discover & Discuss

 

Tues. September 16 | 12pm to 12:30pm | Zoom

(W.A.V.E.) AI - Setting the Hook

 

Tues. September 23 | 1pm to 2:30pm | Hybrid

Register

By Blaine Fisher, Ph.D., MS, MA, NRP, PG-Cert

From the Southernmost Point

 

I am from a small town called Buras, Louisiana. Some people know it as the furthest south you can go in the state. From my childhood home, you could walk, though it would be a long walk, all the way to the end of the road, where a big sign stood: “Congratulations, you’ve reached the southernmost point in Louisiana.”

 

AI may be virtual, but its environmental footprint is painfully real.

 

When people talk about Hurricane Katrina, they usually talk about New Orleans because it is the most populous city. But Katrina did not just hit New Orleans. It almost erased my hometown. Buras was ground zero, the first thing storms hit because we stuck out into the Gulf like a sore thumb. We were used to “hurricane days” the way other people are used to snow days. I grew up with hurricane parties, hurricane evacuations, and hurricane recoveries.

 

I never returned to the high school I graduated from because it no longer exists. Much of my childhood home is gone. My parents moved farther up the parish after Katrina, only to lose their new home a few years later in Hurricane Isaac. Before that, my family’s homes were destroyed in Hurricane Betsy and Hurricane Camille. You might say we could never catch a break.

Teach Anywhere Office Hours

 

Mondays | 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.

Research IT. Reimagined. - Globus Info Session & Demo, presented by Tulane’s Research IT Team  

With Globus, you can easily, reliably and securely move, share, & discover data no matter where it lives – from a supercomputer, lab cluster, tape archive, public cloud or laptop. Access and manage all your research data from anywhere, with just a web browser.  

AUGUST -  Question of the Month

 

What’s one small change you’re making in your teaching this term—and what inspired it?

Response

 

This term, faculty indicated they are refining course syllabi to address modern challenges and evolving educational needs. Some faculty are incorporating explicit guidance on AI usage. Other instructors are updating classroom policies to manage cell phone use during lectures, motivated by the successful implementation of similar rules among colleagues. These changes aim to clarify expectations and enhance the learning environment.

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