Natalie Donfrancesco
Sessions in which Natalie Donfrancesco attends
Thursday 22 February, 2024
This session will provide quick tricks for batch data cleaning in Excel and an overview of formulas and functionalities that provide a big impact on data visualization and manipulation minimal efforts. Time will also be provided at the end for discussion and interactive problem solving to attendees' current Excel challenges.
Online learning has grown in popularity, with increases in demand, registration, and attendance. As a result, the processes and best practices that inform online learning and course development have evolved accordingly. In response to the growing demand, Quality Standards were implemented to ensure that increases in the quantity of courses would not diminish their quality, but, rather, enhance it. The Quality Standards were developed by eConcordia in collaboration with the Center for Teaching...
Did you know that you have access to think-cell, a PowerPoint add-on, for free as a Concordia staff member? think-cell helps you create stunning charts in minutes, boosts your slide layout and automates your regular reports. This presentation will cover the benefits of think-cell, how you can download it for free as a Concordia staff member, the process undertaken to obtain the free license and how it is being used at the Institute for Co-operative Education.
This session aims to provide a case study with practical examples of how Teams has been successfully implemented in one unit at Concordia University. Tools used for both project and people management will be highlighted.
Friday 23 February, 2024
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.
Have you heard about Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) but are not sure how to interact with these tools? This session will provide an introductory overview of "prompt engineering": the process of crafting and structuring text to effectively communicate with generative AI models. Core concepts and best practices of prompt engineering will also be discussed. Live demos will be used to demonstrate various prompting techniques while exploring text generating AI tools like ChatGPT (and/or Perplexity)...
New opportunities are emerging in teaching and learning that will allow for even greater flexibility for faculty, students and staff thanks to the latest advances in technology and our understanding of learner engagement. Space planning and classroom design play a central role in bringing together new hybrid and flexible modes of teaching and learning. This presentation will showcase spaces, ideas and plans to explain where Concordia is today and where we can go in future as we continue the c...
SaaS based development become an essential technology asset for incremental and agile development to achieve business values by leveraging open computing technologies and AI services. This session will share basic principles in design SaaS and associated practices on architecture design of microservices, and data transformation pipelines.
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.
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.
