Events
Ready to level up your tech skills? Join us for hands-on workshops, exclusive previews of new tools, and networking opportunities that will transform how you work and learn at UCI. From cybersecurity essentials to cutting-edge software training, our events connect you with the technology and community you need to succeed. Discover what’s next in educational technology—your digital future starts here.
Upcoming Events
Fall 2025 Workshop Series: Hands-On with ZotGPT
Hands-On with ZotGPT: Practical Applications for the Classroom, a workshop series exploring practical applications of ZotGPT Chat and ZotGPT ClassChat to support student learning.
Digital Accessibility Workshops
To help UCI staff better understand accessibility and how to prepare for the ADA Title II Final Rule deadline (April 24, 2026), Student Affairs IT has created 2 trainings. We invite you to join one of the following sessions, as appropriate for your role at UCI.
ZotGPT Build-A-Bot Workshop: December 2
Join us for a hands-on workshop series where you’ll learn to build your own AI assistant from scratch while connecting with others across campus.
Past Events
Digital Discoveries Archive
This table includes previous sessions of Digital Discoveries webinars.
*all resources require a UCInetID login
| Topic | Speaker/Presenter | Date | Recording Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who’s Afraid of GenAI in Higher Ed? | Eric Lindsay | 6/25/25 | Recording |
| Interactive Language Learning Modules: Online Dictionaries, Machine Translators and Artificial Intelligence | Lillian Jones, Spanish Language Curriculum Director, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Julia Gomez, Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish | 6/18/25 | Recording |
| ZotGPT Creator | Dominic Slauson, Generative AI Business Systems Analyst | 6/11/25 | Recording |
Compass Tools | Spark, Enrollment Management Analytics, OIR | Tom Andriola, Jeremy Thacker, Tony Hwang, Ryan Cherland | 2/21/25 | Recording Slides |
| Compass Tools | Student Data Warehouse, AWS, UCI MUST | Tom Andriola, Don Mathew, Valerie Jones, Bernadette Theologidy | 2/14/25 | Recording Slides |
| Compass Tools | MAPSS, DataGPS, Explorer | Tom Andriola, Astrud Reed | 2/7/25 | Recording Slides |
| Gecko Chatbots | Matthew Lanham, Founder & CEO of Gecko, Tom Andriola, Sherwynn Umali, Huma A. Madinawala | 12/13/24 | Recording |
| Get Your Head in the Cloud: Innovations and Insights | Sarkis Daglian | 11/15/24 | Recording |
| ZotGPT 2.0 | Sarkis Daglian, Max Garrick | 11/8/24 | Recording |
| Udemy + AI | Rick Holthouse & Veronka Benkeser | 10/25/24 | Recording |
| UCI Health Research Data Resources | Kai Zheng | 10/18/24 | Recording |
| BAI Portal | Stuart Mathews | 6/21/24 | Recording |
| Student Affairs Chatbot | Wayne Fields | 6/7/24 | Recording |
| Generative AI in Action: Practical Use Cases | Dominic Slauson | 5/31/24 | Recording |
| Optimize Your Workflow and Digitize with ServiceNow | Kian Colestock, Eric Taggart | 5/24/24 | Recording |
| Papyrus AI | Mark Warschauer | 5/10/24 | Recording |
| Immersive Class: “Into the Metaverse” | Larry Wilk | 4/26/24 | Recording |
| Immersive Teams | Tony Hwang | 4/12/24 | Recording |
| UCI’s AI framework | Errol Arkilic, Tom Andriola | 4/5/24 | Recording |
| Enrollment Management Chatbot | Bryan Jue | 3/15/24 | Recording |
| ZotGPT | Sarkis Daglian, Max Garrick | 3/1/24 | Recording |