FTI 2026: Full Schedule

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8:30am PDT

Breakfast

Wednesday May 20, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am PDT

Smith Hall

Hot Bacon Breakfast Sandwiches are served on English muffins, with vegetarian and wheat-free options available to accommodate various dietary needs. The menu is supplemented with coconut chia and Greek yogurt parfaits as well as a large seasonal fresh fruit platter. Guests can also enjoy a selection of baked treats from the morning pastry and continental breakfast trays.

Wednesday May 20, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am PDT
Smith Hall 615 South Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR 97219, USA

Breakfast

9:00am PDT

Mastering the "System Prompt"

Wednesday May 20, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am PDT

Albany 207

Precision in language is the new high-level programming. Learn to use the CRAFT framework to build "System Prompts" that turn a generic AI into a specialized academic assistant. We’ll practice the art of giving the AI a persona and a purpose so it stops guessing and starts delivering exactly what your specific discipline requires.

Slide Deck

Speakers

Elizabeth Young

Enterprise Applications Developer/Administrator, Lewis & Clark College

Wednesday May 20, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am PDT
Albany 207 615 S Palatine Hill Rd, Portland, OR 97219, USA

Build a Tool

9:00am PDT

Technology for the Resistance

Wednesday May 20, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am PDT

Albany 220

We've been exploring technologies that allow for personal agency over communication and data privacy.

https://starlinglab.org/authenticity-by-design/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r--wjaAneHpLAy1xfTITmZQVRTN3NjRvLlhQ4x3Bq5U/edit?tab=t.0

Speakers

Justin Counts

Educational Technologist, Lewis & Clark College

Angie Almukhametova

Educational Technology Specialist, Lewis & Clark College

Sarah Berry

Lewis and Clark College

Wednesday May 20, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am PDT
Albany 220 615 South Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR, USA

Making Learning Visible

9:00am PDT

Your Students Are Already Using Canva. Here's What's Possible.

Wednesday May 20, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am PDT

Albany 218

Your students have free access to Canva Pro, which means you can assign it! If not requiring it, you can mention it to your students as a resource to make their presentations and posters come to life.

Come for an overview of what Canva Pro can do and how students are already using it for posters, flyers, stickers, and more. Canva Pro can help students in class as well for assignments that use infographics, timelines or to create presentations or portfolios. For those who are interested, bring a device and setup a free account, so that you can follow along. A limited number of Pro licenses are also available for faculty using it in academic work, throughout the academic year.

Whether you're ready to dive in or just want to see what it can do, this session is a good place to start.

Speakers

Aurelio Puente

Education Technology Specialist, Lewis & Clark College

Wednesday May 20, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am PDT
Albany 218 615 South Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR, USA

Tools that Work For You

10:00am PDT

The First Spark

Wednesday May 20, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT

Albany 207

It’s time to move from planning to production by providing your first major prompt to your chosen "vibe coding" platform. Witness your architectural blueprint transform into a functional prototype in real-time as you engage in the iterative "Talk-to-Code" loop. This is the "magic moment" where your conceptual logic becomes a tangible, clickable reality.

Doc link

Speakers

Elizabeth Young

Enterprise Applications Developer/Administrator, Lewis & Clark College

Wednesday May 20, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Albany 207 615 S Palatine Hill Rd, Portland, OR 97219, USA

Build a Tool

10:00am PDT

Design your course for cognitive clarity

Wednesday May 20, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT

Albany 220

How can you work with students' memory structures, not against them? Visual clarity, findability, and focus are key goals, whether you're setting up a syllabus, a Moodle page, or Google Classroom,

Speakers

Sarah Berry

Lewis and Clark College

Wednesday May 20, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Albany 220 615 South Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR, USA

Design for Every Student

10:00am PDT

Wearable Resistance through Collaborative Design for Privacy

Wednesday May 20, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT

Albany 218

This hands-on workshop explores wearable design as a form of critical engagement with privacy and surveillance. Working collaboratively, participants will prototype simple wearable devices that respond to or disrupt common sensing technologies such as facial recognition. The workshop emphasizes collaborative making (Do-It-With-Others), rapid prototyping, and critical reflection, offering a creative entry point into conversations about data, visibility, and personal agency.

Speakers

Angie Almukhametova

Educational Technology Specialist, Lewis & Clark College

Wednesday May 20, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Albany 218 615 South Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR, USA

Making Learning Visible

11:15am PDT

UI/UX for Non-Designers

Wednesday May 20, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT

Albany 207

A powerful tool is only useful if people actually enjoy using it. We’ll explore the essentials of User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) designed specifically for the academic environment. Learn how to refine your tool’s look and feel so it’s intuitive, accessible, and—dare we say—a pleasure for your students and colleagues to navigate.

Speakers

Elizabeth Young

Enterprise Applications Developer/Administrator, Lewis & Clark College

Wednesday May 20, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Albany 207 615 S Palatine Hill Rd, Portland, OR 97219, USA

Build a Tool

11:15am PDT

Accessibility ABC's

Wednesday May 20, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT

Albany 220

PCC accessible materials instructions:
https://www.pcc.edu/instructional-support/accessibility/

OSU digital accessibility instructions:
https://accessibility.oregonstate.edu/digital-accessibility

PSU instructions for document accessibility - with downloadable templates!
https://oaiplus.pdx.edu/how-to-make-accessible-word-and-google-documents/

PSU instructions for spreadsheet accessibility (Excel and Google Sheets):
https://oaiplus.pdx.edu/how-to-make-accessible-spreadsheets-with-excel-and-google-sheets/

PSU instructions for accessible Powerpoint and Google Slides:
https://oaiplus.pdx.edu/how-to-make-accessible-powerpoints-and-google-slides/

PSU instructions for making accessible videos using Zoom (for automated captions):
https://oaiplus.pdx.edu/how-to-make-accessible-audio-and-video/

Speakers

Sarah Berry

Lewis and Clark College

Wednesday May 20, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Albany 220 615 South Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR, USA

Design for Every Student

11:15am PDT

AI Research Tools

Wednesday May 20, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT

Albany 218

This session will explore AI-assisted tools that search academic literature including Google Scholar Labs, Primo Research Assistant, Ebsco Natural Language Search, Nexis Uni AI, Elicit and Consensus.

Speakers

Mark Dahl

Director of the Watzek Library, Lewis & Clark College

Wednesday May 20, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Albany 218 615 South Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR, USA

Tools that Work For You

11:45am PDT

Lunch

Wednesday May 20, 2026 11:45am - 12:30pm PDT

Smith Hall

This Italian-inspired hot buffet features both Lasagna Bolognese and Lasagna Marinara, paired with roasted stuffed red bell peppers for a vegan main. The meal is balanced with a large Chicken Caesar salad, a seasonal house salad, and a side of broccolini with garlic and peppers. Dessert is provided in the form of large and small assorted petite cookie platters.

Wednesday May 20, 2026 11:45am - 12:30pm PDT
Smith Hall 615 South Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR 97219, USA

Lunch

12:30pm PDT

Did AI Do That? Navigating Disclosure and Integrity in an AI-Assisted World

Wednesday May 20, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT

Hybrid (Smith Hall & Zoom)

Humans are using AI tools every day to research, write, create, and teach, but professional norms have been slow to catch up and are still being developed. AI use puts longstanding assumptions about authorship, expertise, labor, and learning under pressure, and developing new guides and norms is complicated by a constantly shifting jagged edge of what AI does well, where it stumbles, and what it does differently next month or even at the next prompt. Join us to unpack this new disconnect between process and output and how we're navigating AI disclosure in our own work.

Wednesday May 20, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT
Hybrid (Smith Hall & Zoom) 615 South Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR, USA

Afternoon Session

2:00pm PDT

Be Kind to Your Future Self: Digital Organization That Actually Sticks

Wednesday May 20, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT

Online (Zoom)

Your future self is trying to find that file right now and failing. In this session, we'll work through a few common organizational pain points such as naming conventions for course materials, keeping work and personal files from bleeding across Google accounts, and small habits that can prevent clutter from building back up. Along the way, we'll swap approaches. You'll leave with a simple plan you can actually follow, plus shared ideas that work!

Speakers

Miranda Carney-Morris

Director of Educational Technology, Lewis & Clark College

Since 2014, Miranda Carney-Morris has been pivotal as the Director of Educational Technology at Lewis & Clark College. Her expertise lies in leading her team through the intricate maze of advocating and executing educational technology strategies. This involves not just adopting and... Read More →

Wednesday May 20, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT
Online (Zoom)

Tools that Work For You