by oliverjames | Dec 13, 2024 | News
As part of my work-study position at the DSC, I have been using the laser cutter to make wooden bathymetry maps. Bathymetry is the undersea equivalent of elevation and is used in navigation, habitat classification, and tide predictions. It can also be used to make...
by Richard McCue | Nov 13, 2024 | News
Presentation Summary In this presentation to a community group, Rich talked about what Artificial Intelligence (AI) is by using examples from movies and everyday life. They also explored the workings of AI and Generative AI (GenAI), detailing at a high level how large...
by Shahira Khair | Sep 17, 2024 | News
Reproducibility for All Workshop series dedicated to training researchers and students in reproducibility skills.Presented by UVic Libraries and Research Computing Services. Register here: https://libcal.uvic.ca/calendar/reproducible Winter 2025 Workshop 4:...
by cchevrier | Sep 17, 2024 | Event
Thunderfest is a fun and busy event promoting many UVic clubs and services, including the Digital Scholarship Commons! This year, we decided to make the DSC booth more interactive by adding a custom Plinko game (you can find the file to make this game for yourself...
by Richard McCue | May 30, 2024 | Lecture/Talk
It was my pleasure to present at the UVic Communications COMMS CON 2024 on the Art of Storytelling with Data Visualizations. I did not record the presentation, but if you’re interested you can check out my presentation slides and speaker notes. If you look at nothing...
by Richard McCue | Mar 28, 2024 | News
Here are some resources that might be useful from the perspective of a non-Indigenous technologist with experience with language work created by our wonderful Graduate Assistant, Chlöe Farr. Coding or Computer Programming AI code camp Twine: The DSC Twine workshop for...
by Richard McCue | Feb 23, 2024 | News
Training, tools, & support to help the UVic community pursue their passions & tell their research stories in engaging ways This document is available in two different formats: This Web Page – for reading on a cellphone or computer Infographic –...
by Richard McCue | Dec 12, 2023 | News, Research
Are you an academic researcher or podcaster looking for a free-to-use transcription tool that does not use US-based cloud processing to do its work? If that sounds like you, then I’d like to introduce you to Whisper.ai! Note: that the Whisper.ai link above is to...
by Richard McCue | Jun 27, 2023 | News
Telling Stories with Data: Digital Skills & Knowledge Mobilization We had a busy 2022 in the Digital Scholarship Commons (DSC) as we continued to help students, faculty and staff learn to tell stories about their research in ways beyond text to further their...
by Richard McCue | May 19, 2023 | Tutorial, Workshop
The last class of the semester for my undergraduate EdTech class was looming. While I wanted to make the class review of what we’ve learned over the semester more engaging than me droning on with my well-worn slide deck, did I want to put in the time and effort to...
