Faculty Workshop · August 2026
Claude for Teaching & Research
led by Kerry Back
Week 1August 10–14
AUG 10
Intro to Claude
Claude Desktop (Chat, Cowork, Code), Claude plugin for Excel
AUG 11
Claude Tools
code execution, command line, web search and fetch, and browser use
AUG 12
Skills, Connectors, and Plugins
customizing Claude and adding capabilities
AUG 13
Research and Teaching Setup
Academic Studio, Python, R, LaTeX, Quarto, Git, GitHub
AUG 14
AI for Teaching
NotebookLM, RAG chatbots, slide voice-overs
Week 2August 17–19
AUG 17
Student Projects
artifacts, apps, agents
AUG 18
AI for Research
literature search, knowledge databases, writing, and reviews
AUG 19
Agent Assistants
research team, personal assistants