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Raymond Sahadeo

Concordia University

Sessions in which Raymond Sahadeo attends

Thursday 22 February, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
Virtual

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.

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.

1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | 45 minutes
Virtual

During this hands-on session, participants will learn how to preserve online content using Webrecorder, a free and open-source web archiving tool. The session will cover benefits of preserving web content, such as avoiding link rot and ensuring ongoing access to ephemeral or at-risk websites and webpages; give examples of use cases for web archiving; and give participants an opportunity to practice preserving web content on their own.

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

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. 

3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 4:10 PM | 55 minutes
Virtual

The Concordia Library launched its Library Hub on SharePoint Online in December 2021. It is a central location for Library information that is relevant to all staff and it links to other SharePoint sites for individual units within the Library. It features a Project Index, Facilities Issue Tracker, News and Events sections, and tens of thousands of documents filed according to Concordia's Records Classification and Retention Plan. This digital skill share session will cover the story of how w...

4:15 PM
4:15 PM - 4:40 PM | 25 minutes
Virtual

The presentation will showcase the use of some applications on your iPad that allow teaching to be more effective and interactive. Also, how to grade students' work in ways that save time while making the process more humanistic but effective and "ecofriendly". 

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

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.

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 - 11:10 AM | 55 minutes
Virtual

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)...

11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:40 AM | 25 minutes
Virtual

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...

1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 1:55 PM | 55 minutes
Virtual

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.

Yan Liu

Presenter

Zerui Wang

Presenter
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

This session will be focused on Concordia University & the Udemy Business Learning Platform, primarily focusing on keeping pace with changing technology in a Digital World, with a focus on how Concordia learners are currently leveraging technical content to upskill & reskill.

3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:25 PM | 25 minutes
Virtual

Powerpoint is a tool used by many of us in our day to day work, but there can be so much more to it than putting text and images on the slide. In this short, beginner-friendly session, we will explore a few additional features that can help spice up your future presentations... and unlock your creative powers through the use case of creating an interactive game in Powerpoint, because why not?

Ping Ng

Presenter
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 - 4:30 PM | 45 minutes
Virtual

I will explain the main technologies and mechanisms related to 3D printing, go over some of the pros and cons, give a glimpse of the future and give ideas on how to implement it for home, business and education.

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.