FTI 2026

This Mediterranean-themed lunch features a Souvlaki Trio of beef, chicken, and shrimp skewers alongside spiced lamb kofta served with a tomato yogurt curry sauce. Accompaniments include a Mediterranean Mezze Tray and three seasonal salads: Balela, Broccolini Pasta, and Watermelon Feta. The meal concludes with large and small platters of assorted petite cookies

Your students aren't switching into a separate academic mindset when they open your course. They're navigating their academic lives inside the same digital ecosystem they use for everything else, and they've developed habits and workarounds you may never see. This panel brings together Lewis & Clark students to pull back the curtain on how they manage information across a full course load, where institutional tools fit (or don't) into how they already work, and what they wish faculty knew about what it's like to be a student navigating it all.

This session moves beyond button-by-button tutorials to focus on what actually works. In this peer-led showcase, faculty share the Learning Management System choices that have made a difference either as workaround, time-saver, or tools that are working well with students. Expect live demos and context you can only get from someone who's wrestled with the same constraints you have.

Join us for an exploration of the latest essential updates to Google Workspace, focusing on the practical tools that streamline your daily workflow. This session covers powerful new features across Gmail, Sheets, and Docs, including enhanced data management functions and more seamless collaboration tools for hybrid teams. You will walk away with a toolkit of "small wins" and advanced shortcuts designed to save you time and keep your projects organized.

In this introductory session, we'll discuss pragmatic approaches to UDL's three core principles, which are grounded in what cognitive psychology tells us about learning and memory. Representation: when students lack prior knowledge, multiple entry-points to a topic can help. Expression: familiar formats let students demonstrate learning with less friction. Engagement: finding meaning is a precondition for remembering. No prior knowledge of UDL required.

Google slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/101XIBtIA3JwosjtF1VaMB4llLM8M1koefmcDCquLN_E/edit?usp=sharing

Auto-transcription tools use AI to convert audio to text quickly and affordably — but they're not perfect, and a light review pass is usually part of the workflow. What they produce, though, is a huge head start toward accessible and searchable course content, and with the right tool, you're halfway to captions too. This session covers auto-transcription we recommend, from built-in options in your L&C Zoom account, free options like YouTube, and more specialized tools that offer more precision and control for heavier transcription needs. We'll also cover what's good to know before you or your students hit record.