Students must take six labs per semester as part of the ITP certificate requirements. The majority of these should be ITP skills labs, but you are welcome to supplement with other tech workshops. Please consult with your instructors if you’d like to attend an alternative skills lab.

Time and Place

Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (unless otherwise indicated), Room 9204

Schedule

Visualization Tools for Teaching and Research

Monday, October 6 @ 6:30pm | Meha Gupta |

Welcome to our Data Visualization Lab! We will explore the essentials of data visualization with a special focus on its applications in the humanities and social sciences. The lab will introduce fascinating examples and examine a range of popular tools, including PowerBI, Tableau, Gephi, Cytoscape, and various AI visualization tools. Practical exercises using a sample dataset will be conducted, where we will collaboratively build a simple interactive visualization that blends data and logic with storytelling. Our goal is to lay a foundation in data visualization techniques and empower you to choose the most suitable tool for your future projects.

Critical Play with Large Language Models

Thursday, October 16 @ 2:30pm | Zach Muhlbauer | Online
In this session, participants will engage with large language models (LLMs) as sites of critical inquiry and creative exploration. We’ll explore techniques for revealing the boundaries, biases, and unexpected behaviors of these systems through structured play and exploratory probing. Through collaborative exercises in adversarial prompting and comparative evaluation across models, participants will learn to design assignments that encourage students to interrogate AI outputs and develop critical understandings of LLMs and their social and material implications.

Picture Perfect: Secrets of Visual Composition

Thursday, October 23 @ 1:00pm | Nadim Essey | Room 5307
This workshop will explore the principles of visual composition to strengthen participants’ ability to create effective, compelling visuals. Practical exercises will help attendees sharpen their understanding of balance, contrast, and design techniques that support both creative and academic work.

Information Security and Privacy Practices

Monday, October 27 @ 6:30pm | S.E. Hackney |Room 9204

This Skill Lab will introduce students to the topics of information security and privacy practices as they relate to teaching and research. We’ll cover:

• Identifying and removing personal information from public directories
• Communication security (emails, phones, social media)
• Privacy practices in the classroom
• Best practices for file naming, data backup, metadata, and storage
• Digital archiving, versioning, and authentication

Additionally, we’ll discuss pedagogical approaches to teaching these skills and incorporating them into coursework.

Nuestros Cuentos: Preserving Community Voices via Open-Source Digital Oral History

Wednesday, October 29 @ 6:00pm | Cynthia Tober | Online
This session will introduce digital oral history as a tool for preserving community narratives. Participants will learn about open-source methods and tools for recording, archiving, and sharing stories while also considering the ethical dimensions of working with personal and community-based histories.

Additional Upcoming Sessions

• Intro to Python – Dylan Awalt-Conley (November 3)
• Introduction to GitHub – Beatrice Mundo (November 11)
• Art+Feminism Wikidata – Michael Mandiberg and Jojo Karlin (Date TBD)

Registration Link:https://cuny.is/itp-labs-f25