Technology Services Calendar
Monday, June 27, 2022
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During this two hour session, we will go over the basics of the Photoshop interface and some resources on how to continue learning features. Instructor will work through a beginner tutorial, editing a photo and share resources. Q & A to follow. Register by noon to get the link sent for the session.
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We are excited to bring back the Research Park Softball League in 2022!
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
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Join us for headshot and team photos on June 28 between 9am-12pm at EnterpriseWorks. Signup is required.
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Join us on the Tuesday, June 28 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM for a Financial Fitness Workshop with Susan Toalson McGinty.
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This two-hour online session will introduce you to Access, Microsoft's relational database application. Attendees will take a tour of the objects in an Access database, including tables, queries, forms, and reports.
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In this workshop, we’ll help you develop strategies to: 1)minimize bias in your grading, 2)break up big assignments into smaller chunks so students can learn from the process, 3) offer concise but helpful feedback on student writing, and 4) help students self-evaluate.
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Which company will win the coveted golden paddle? Could it be yours? Sign up for one of the year's most anticipated events in Research Park: The 11th Annual Table Tennis Tournament.
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
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Join us on Wednesday, June 29 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM for an Introduction to Government Contracting by Capital Edge.
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In this 1 hour short course you will learn how to work with Excel Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts. Topics will include learning how to create a Pivot Table; rearrange and then format the data; set filters including the use of Slicers and Timelines; and finally creating a Pivot Chart of the data in the Pivot Table. This workshop is aimed at beginner users of Pivot Tables.
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Microsoft Teams is a communications platform available through MS Office 365. During this two-hour live online workshop, we will focus on the Teams experience from a team member’s perspective. Topics will include learning how to navigate the Teams environment; communicating with others in Teams (including chat); setting and managing notifications of Team activity.
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Join us for headshot and team photos on June 29 between 1-4pm at EnterpriseWorks. Signup is required.
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In this two-hour live Photoshop session, we will cover working with selections in preparation to edit images. Register by 8 am to get meeting link sent. Register by 8 am to have link sent.
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Discuss general REDCap matters or items related to a specific REDCap project with a REDCap application specialist.
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In this two-hour live Photoshop session, we will cover working with layers and learn to edit in a non-destructive way. Register by 8 am to get meeting link sent.
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Which company will win the coveted golden paddle? Could it be yours? Sign up for one of the year's most anticipated events in Research Park: The 11th Annual Table Tennis Tournament.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
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In this 2-hour online course, we will spend time adjusting images in Photoshop, using Adjustment Layers, and explore several kinds of image adjustments. We will also explore image editing in a non-destructive method. Register by 8 am to have link sent.
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Active learning is critical to student engagement and retention of material. In this workshop, you will learn about ways to help your students actively engage with course material to achieve the learning goals of your course.
Friday, July 1, 2022
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Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9-10am on the first Friday of every month.
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
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This interactive workshop discusses not only how to use group work in the classroom, but how to use collaborative work effectively.
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
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Register for this 2-hour Outlook session to learn about specific features and tips for using Outlook more productively. Zoom link sent after registration.
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In this short online course you will learn how to use some of the data analysis features and tools using Excel. Topics will include learning how to subtotal a list of data; set up data validation rules; use Goal Seek, Solver, and Scenarios and basic data tables.
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This 2 hour Outlook Calendar live workshop, participants will learn to schedule & edit appointments; work with calendar labels and tasks displayed on the Calendar. We will schedule with the Scheduling Assistant, practice scheduling a conference room, and discuss scheduling Online Meetings, and discuss calendar permissions.
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Discuss general REDCap matters or items related to a specific REDCap project with a REDCap application specialist.
Thursday, July 7, 2022
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In this 2 hr online workshop, participants will learn how to create and work with Access tables. We will create a table using application parts and also from scratch. We will create a primary key and start entering data. We will work with fields in a table from adding, deleting, re-arranging to setting field properties. Finish up using lookup fields and calculated fields
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We have many options for scheduling online meetings these days. We will use Outlook for a central place to keep track of several kinds of online meetings and to make sure we have reminders. We will look at recommendations for scheduling with Skype for Business, Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
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In addition to being a guide, the syllabus can help you make your course more inclusive and accessible. Make the most of your class's go-to document by attending this workshop.
Monday, July 11, 2022
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We are excited to bring back the Research Park Softball League in 2022!
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
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In this 2-hour online workshop we will explore the Visio interface and create graphics. Visio comes with diagram-specific shapes and tools that enable you to quickly create professional-looking flowcharts, organization charts, timelines, & more. In this 2-hour workshop, we will learn how to create some basic shapes, and connect, distribute, and align them with Auto-connect
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Join us on the Tuesday, July 12 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM for an Email Etiquette & Business Writing workshop presented by Carolyn Wisniewski, Director at the University of Illinois Writers Workshop.
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Microsoft Teams is a communications platform available through MS Office 365. During this two-hour live online workshop, we will focus on the Teams experience from a team member’s perspective. Topics will include learning how to navigate the Teams environment; communicating with others in Teams (including chat); setting and managing notifications of Team activity.
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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In this 1-hour online course, you will learn about conditional formatting of data in Microsoft Excel. Topics will also include applying special formatting to numbers.
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Join us in a live, online session using OneNote 365 where we will discuss the structure of notebooks, practice putting data into them, and explore the interconnectivity of Microsoft applications with OneNote. This session is aimed for beginner users of OneNote.
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A properly designed database makes it easier to work with up-to-date, accurate information. Investing the time required to learn the principles of good relational database design ensures that you will end up with a database that meets your needs and can easily accommodate change. This online workshop provides guidelines for planning an Access database.
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Discuss general REDCap matters or items related to a specific REDCap project with a REDCap application specialist.
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Join us on Wednesday, July 13 from 6-8pm at the sand volleyball courts on First and Stadium for Research Park's Sand Volleyball night.
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We’re celebrating 10 years of the ELLC Roundtable! This program was created by TEC and the Innovation Living-Learning Community at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to allow leaders of ELLCs across the U.S. to gather for discussion and networking opportunities.
Thursday, July 14, 2022
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Join us on Thursday, July 14 from 12-1 pm to celebrate Mac N' Cheese day by trying various ones from around town. Vote for the best!
Friday, July 15, 2022
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Join us on Friday, July 15 at 12:00 for summer sunshine outdoor yoga with Kristina Reese.
Monday, July 18, 2022
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We are excited to bring back the Research Park Softball League in 2022!
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
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Join us on the Tuesday, July 19 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM for a Wellness & Well-Being Workshop presented by Alana Harris.
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In this 2-hour online workshop we will explore the Word interface while we type text on a page, fix spelling errors, change spacing and page margins, and save our work. We will practice navigating the document; select text to make revisions; and move text by cutting and pasting. Formatting tools will be next, where we will learn how to emphasize text.
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In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn how to create and open InDesign documents, navigate the user interface, modify a document, import graphics, and manipulate basic text and text frames.
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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In this 2-hour online course learn how to create and work with Access forms. Create a new form using the form wizard and explore layout and design view. Add and modify form controls including a calculated control and lookup control.
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Join us in an online session using OneNote where we will discuss the structure of notebooks and how OneNote notebooks work within MS Teams.
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Discuss general REDCap matters or items related to a specific REDCap project with a REDCap application specialist.
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We’re celebrating 10 years of the ELLC Roundtable! This program was created by TEC and the Innovation Living-Learning Community at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to allow leaders of ELLCs across the U.S. to gather for discussion and networking opportunities.
Thursday, July 21, 2022
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We’re celebrating 10 years of the ELLC Roundtable! This program was created by TEC and the Innovation Living-Learning Community at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to allow leaders of ELLCs across the U.S. to gather for discussion and networking opportunities.
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In this 2-hour workshop we will explore the mail merge features in Word including working with various data sources such as Excel and Access; working with rules; and creating and printing labels. We will also take a look at email merges using Outlook.
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During this two hour session, we will go over the basics of the Photoshop interface and some resources on how to continue learning features. Instructor will work through a beginner tutorial, editing a photo and share resources. Q & A to follow. Register by noon to get the link sent for the session.
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Join us on Thursday, July 21, 2022 from 5-6:30pm on the Atkins Patio for Fire @ Five.
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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The OnRamp Agriculture Conference brings together the agriculture and food industries’ leading corporations, investors and startups. Research Park is proud to be part of the team bringing this national event to Champaign.
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In this 2-hour online session, we will work with graphics in Microsoft Word. Topics covered will include learning how to add pictures and online images in a Word document; work with shapes; format, resize, move and crop images, and finish with creating and modifying an organization chart.
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Join us on the Tuesday, July 26 from 11:00AM - 1:00 PM for a Human Centered Design Bootcamp lead by Saad Shehab and Beth Ladd.
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In this 2-hour online workshop, participants will learn how to create a two-page InDesign brochure from scratch, import graphics, and manipulate basic text and text frames. No prior knowledge of InDesign is required. Link sent after registration.
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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In this two-hour Illustrator session, we will go over recommended resources and tutorials, then participants will be introduced to the user interface while creating a vector graphic logo.
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Have you been asked to put together a PowerPoint presentation, but you're not sure how to start? Participate in this short online course and learn the basics, including how to create slides and put content in them. We will also learn how to format and custom design the slides.
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Discuss general REDCap matters or items related to a specific REDCap project with a REDCap application specialist.
Thursday, July 28, 2022
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This conference is open to University administration, faculty and staff working with technology entrepreneurship across the Midwest and beyond. Among others, representatives from entrepreneurship centers, technology commercialization offices, entrepreneurship education are encouraged to attend.
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This 2-hour online class introduces the Access query object. Topics include working in design view; creating a simple query by adding and removing fields and adding criterion. We will create multi-table queries; calculated fields and set field properties; explore a totals query, parameter query, and action queries.
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In this 2-hour online course, you will become familiar with the Excel's interface. Topics will also include entering, editing, and formatting data in a worksheet, performing basic formulas, printing and using Help.
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Join us to recognize and celebrate the amazing work of student interns working in the Research Park. Sign up to attend our annual Summer picnic and Intern Awards on July 28 from 4- 6 pm at Atkins Patio.
Friday, July 29, 2022
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This conference is open to University administration, faculty and staff working with technology entrepreneurship across the Midwest and beyond. Among others, representatives from entrepreneurship centers, technology commercialization offices, entrepreneurship education are encouraged to attend.
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
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Discuss general REDCap matters or items related to a specific REDCap project with a REDCap application specialist.
Friday, August 5, 2022
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Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9-10am on the first Friday of every month.
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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Discuss general REDCap matters or items related to a specific REDCap project with a REDCap application specialist.
Thursday, August 25, 2022
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Join us on Thursday, August 25, 2022 from 5-6:30pm on the Atkins Patio for Fire @ Five.
Thursday, September 1, 2022
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Join us on Thursday, September 1 for the Research Park Block Party! Research Park is the premier technology hub on campus made up of 120+ companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500s. Take advantage of the resources and opportunities Research Park offers students this September 1 at our annual Block Party.
Friday, September 2, 2022
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Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9-10am on the first Friday of every month.
Friday, September 9, 2022
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The Research Park invites the community to kick off Welcome Week with a breakfast on the EnterpriseWorks patio on Friday, September 9 from 8:00-9:00am.
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Join the Digital Forensics User Group on Friday, September 9 from 12:00-1:00PM. East Central Illinois has quietly become a focal point for the art, science and occasional black magic of digital forensics - the analysis of digital data for investigative purposes.
Thursday, September 29, 2022
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Join us on Thursday, September 29 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM to learn more about the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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Join us on Thursday, September 29, 2022 from 5-6:30pm on the Atkins Patio for Fire @ Five.
Friday, October 7, 2022
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Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9-10am on the first Friday of every month.
Thursday, October 27, 2022
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Join us on Thursday, October 27, 2022 from 5-6:30pm on the Atkins Patio for Fire @ Five.
Friday, November 4, 2022
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Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9-10am on the first Friday of every month.
Friday, December 2, 2022
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Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9-10am on the first Friday of every month.
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
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Join us for the last of the Capital Edge training sessions on Tuesday, December 6, where we dive deep into an Overview of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 14 related to Sealed Bidding.