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URL:https://events.ufv.ca/events/beginner-ai-skills/
SUMMARY:Beginner AI Skills
DESCRIPTION:Beginner AI Skills\n\nA hands-on workshop series focused on bui
 lding foundational AI literacy\, strengthening prompting skills\, and appl
 ying AI effectively in your workflow. The workshops are scaffolded but can
  be taken separately if you have a good grasp of the basics.\n\nRequiremen
 ts: Laptop plus a free OpenAI account and access to Copilot.\nFacilitators
 : Anna Griffith\, PhD &amp\; Dr. David Thomson\n\nWorkshop 1: AI Literacy 
 &amp\; Prompting Fundamentals\nWhat this workshop is about: Understanding 
 how AI works and learning how to communicate with it effectively.\nDate: M
 ay 13\, 2026\, 2-4pm\n\nYou will learn how to:\n· Understand different ty
 pes of AI and how generative AI works (strengths + limits)\n· Navigate pr
 ivacy\, risk\, and ethical considerations\n· Write clear\, purposeful pro
 mpts\n\nYou will practice:\n· Testing different prompting strategies and 
 comparing outputs\n· Building prompts for your own workflow (email\, less
 on planning\, brainstorming\, etc.)\n\nYou will leave with:\n· A reusable
  Prompt Starter Pack (10–15 prompts) created by you and specific to your
  needs\n· Greater confidence using AI for everyday tasks\n\nIf you would 
 like to join this workshop and/or workshop 2\, please email TLCevents@ufv.
 ca.\nFor UFV faculty and staff.\n\n_________\n\nWorkshop 2: Bias\, Halluci
 nations &amp\; Prompt Optimization\nWhat this workshop is about: Using AI 
 critically and optimizing its outputs.\nDate: May 20\, 2026\, 2-4pm\n\nYou
  will learn how to:\n· Identify bias\, gaps\, and missing perspectives in
  AI outputs\n· Recognize hallucinations\, fabrications\, and inaccuracies
  using verification strategies\n· Improve quality and reliability of outp
 uts using more advanced prompting techniques\n\nYou will practice:\n· Ana
 lyzing AI outputs for bias and omissions\n· Intentionally provoking error
 s to understand why they happen\n· Writing prompts that critique\, verify
 \, and refine AI responses\n\nYou will leave with:\n· A Bias &amp\; Accur
 acy Checklist\n· Prompt optimization ladders\n\nIf you would like to join
  this workshop and/or workshop 2\, please email TLCevents@ufv.ca.\nFor UFV
  faculty and staff.
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