Pre-Workshop Videos & Activities

This workshop is primarily hands-on practice with Generative AI tools to “vibe code” web applcations or learning games. To participate fully please do the following before the workshop:

  • This 2-minute video that demonstrates in real time how you can Code a lanuage revitalization soundboard using a free GenAI chatbot tool like Claude or Gemini (which comes free with all Gmail accounts)!
  • Do you have a Generative AI that you already use for other tasks? If you do, you can use it for the workshop. If you don’t have a GenAI tool that you already use, please make sure you create an account for one of the following GenAI tools before you arrive at the workshop
    • Claude. If you’d like your web applications to look pretty, then Anthropic’s Claude is one of the best free tools that will allow you do do this without additional prompting.
    • Google Gemini. If you have a Gmail account then you have a Google Gemini account that you can use without creating a new account for another service
    • Microsoft Copilot. UVic licenses Microsoft Copilot for all UVic students, faculty, and staff and has the added benifit of making all of the privacy settings sthat are turned off on regular account, being turned on for all UVic users. Note that you need to login to Copilot with your UVic credentials to take advantage of all the privacy setting being on by default.
    • ChatGPT. The first and currently the most popular GenAI tool used by the public, ChatGPT. It does a solid job a vibe coding through it’s chat interface.

  • RECOMMENDED READING: 5 Excellent tips for people learning to vibe code! The following points are a high level summary of the article:

    1. Building multiple apps is better than fixating on a broken one
    2. A successful app knows its users
    3. Learn by trying and making mistakes
    4. The beginning prompt is the most important
    5. Know your tools, and use multiple models

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