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Gabrielle Bedard

concordia

Sessions in which Gabrielle Bedard attends

Thursday 22 February, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | 30 minutes
HybridIn-person

Concordia University's Associate Vice-President of IITS and Chief Information Officer, Philippe Delisle and Concordia’s University Librarian, Amy Buckland, will kick off the first day of the Digital Skill-Share Days event on February 22nd with the plenary session. Join us to learn more about the Digital Skill-Share Days event and how you can benefit from this collaborative learning environment, and what this exchange of ideas can bring to your daily wo...

10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | 45 minutes
In-personHybrid

This session is an invitation for collective insight into the interplay between humans and technology. Dive into how people, culture, and technology collectively shape our experiences and drive our community. Engage in an exploration of how we can apply a system's thinking approach to enrich our work at Concordia.

Paul Fournier

Keynote speaker
11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 12:10 PM | 55 minutes
Virtual

UNITY has launched more than two years ago. Now is a great time to refresh some of your skills around time management. Concordia Employees and Managers are welcome to join this session, where we will review the UNITY My Time (WorkForce Software) solution and share some tips and tricks around managing one's timesheet and time off requests.

1:45 PM
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | 45 minutes
Virtual

Welcoming new employees to Concordia and having an effective onboarding were two key priorities that were met when we went live with our NEW onboarding module 2.0 at the launch of Unity in November 2021.   The module has not only changed the way we onboard and welcome new employees but it has greatly changed the way personal information is collected for some of the non academic new hires, ensuring confidentiality as well as a streamlined mechanism for this population. It also allows...

2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:55 PM | 25 minutes
Virtual

A short demonstration of how to use etherpad as disposable collaborative documents to facilitate ideation and collaborative learning.

Friday 23 February, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:15 AM
9:15 AM - 9:55 AM | 40 minutes
Virtual

In this presentation, I will explore some of the ways we use AI (especially generative AI) in the office, and the implications of this, focusing on equity and diversity.

10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | 45 minutes
Virtual

An introduction and demonstration of Microsoft Lists as a tool to organize your work and collaborate with colleagues. 

Tim Ni

Presenter

Jang Kwon

Presenter
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | 45 minutes
Virtual

This workshop offers a theoretical exploration of process and lean management strategies. Discussions will focus on understanding key principles to enhance operational efficiency. Join us for an informative session aimed at providing a theoretical framework for implementing effective process and lean management strategies.

1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 1:55 PM | 55 minutes
BeginnerIntermediateVirtual Events

Are you tired of Doodle and and Xoyondo meeting polls?  Do you want to use something that integrates seamlessly into your Outlook and shows you who's available and when?  Do you want to create customized appointment booking links that automatically take into account your availabilities?  Are you someone who manages a busy person's calendar?  If so, this is the session for you!In this session I will be demonstrating Outlook Scheduling Polls and MS Bookings pages to g...

2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:25 PM | 25 minutes
Virtual

Presentation of the different institutional repositories at Concordia: Network shared drives, HomeDrive, OneDrive, Teams, SharePoint. Pros and cons for each of them.

2:00 PM - 2:25 PM | 25 minutes
Virtual

Manufacturers of immersive technology hardware have begun to include Mixed Reality capabilities in their next generation of products. Whereas Virtual Reality offered fully immersive (and virtual) environments, Mixed Reality blends the Virtual with Reality, offering the learners access to both simultaneously. In this session, we will dive into the implications for education and learning contexts.

Ping Ng

Presenter
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM | 45 minutes
Virtual

Looking to better organize your day to day tasks? This session will focus on using applications like Planner, To-Do and Teams to help you streamline your work.

3:45 PM
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM | 25 minutes
Virtual

I will go through various methodologies for getting work done faster on PC. I will cover some open-source software and better ways to work with popular browsers and software.