Technology

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3 Tips to Enrich your Bruin Learn Page with Images

You have your syllabus posted, your assignments are prepared, and your Bruin Learn course page is almost ready to publish – or maybe you’re just starting to create your page […]

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AI and Language Learning: Practice Conversation Skills

Helping students practice conversation skills is one of the most challenging aspects of our foreign language classes! Your students may not get enough 1:1 time with you, they may not […]

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AI as my Copilot – Improved ALT-text

Creating accessible web-based content is important for everyone , whether we’re creating public-facing web pages or uploading instructional content. A fundamental aspect of web accessibility involves providing ALT-text for images […]

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ALERT- Google Lens ‘Homework Help’ in Bruin Learn Quizzes

It has come to our attention that a new Google Lens feature, “Homework Help”, can be used by students to receive aid or even the answers to questions in quizzes […]

Day to Day Data Privacy

These days it’s very easy to be cynical about your data privacy; it feels as if every big company has been hacked or leaked some of your private data.  In […]

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Departmental Website Pilot Program Applicants Wanted

The Humanities Technology team is excited to announce the upcoming release of our new departmental website framework, Mithril (Modern Intuitive Technology Resource Interaction Library). Mithril is a next-generation WordPress site […]

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Get Help Making Your PDF’s Accessible with Humtech

Updates April 2026 Added language selection feature to allow users to select the language(s) that appear in the PDF to assist in accuracy of OCR Accessibility report feature that includes […]

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Getting the best out of AI

Although artificial intelligence (AI) tools have been around and in use for some time, the rise of ChatGPT, the latest AI entrant, has dramatically increased attention in higher ed and […]

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New Studio C Space Available!

NEW🚨 Studio C- Student Career, Conference, and Collaboration Space Need a quiet, private space to give a conference presentation or take a job interview? Starting November 10, 2025, Humanities students […]

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Small Bytes Workshops return for Spring!

The Small Bytes workshop series returns in the spring of 2023! We look to introduce a new instructional or research tool (or topic) on a weekly basis. These are not […]

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The Imperfection of AI Detection Tools

As AI-generated content continues to grow and develop, so too are certain issues to consider. For academic workers, one of the key challenges is discerning AI-generated content from human-generated content. […]