Technology Services Calendar
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
-
Get up to speed on using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide to make Canvas pages more accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with an overview of the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide, how it functions, what the various errors, alerts, structural elements, and features mean, and how to fix these issues on a Canvas page.
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Friday, August 1, 2025
-
Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9 to 10 AM on the first Friday of every month.
Thursday, August 7, 2025
-
Learn the accessibility requirements for videos for your departmental or course videos and audio files. This training will cover video accessibility requirements, designing videos with accessibility in mind, captioning, audio descriptions, and transcripts, as well as what to look for when choosing software or a vendor for in-house or outsourced captioning.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Thursday, August 14, 2025
-
This hands-on workshop will help you integrate Audio Description (AD) into your workflow, making visual content accessible from the start rather than as a post-production fix. You'll learn to replace vague cues like “As you can see here” with rich, meaningful descriptions that enhance accessibility and reduce technical hurdles.
Friday, August 15, 2025
-
Join us on Friday, August 15 from 12 to 1 PM at EnterpriseWorks for Anatomy of a Fundraising Termsheet with Tim Hoerr.
Monday, August 18, 2025
-
Get up to speed quickly on making your Microsoft Word documents accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in Word and then jump right into practice.
-
Curious about how Moodle tools can fit into your Canvas course? Whether you’re new to the Moodle LTI or looking to deepen your understanding, this workshop will walk you through everything you need to know.
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
-
Curious about how Moodle tools can fit into your Canvas course? Whether you’re new to the Moodle LTI or looking to deepen your understanding, this workshop will walk you through everything you need to know.
-
This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
-
Get up to speed quickly on the basics of making PDF documents accessible for all while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. For hands-on participation, you will need Adobe Acrobat Pro (not Acrobat Reader). U of I, UIS, and UIC faculty and staff can obtain Acrobat Pro free from the U of I Webstore: https://webstore.illinois.edu/shop/product.aspx?zpid=6065
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
-
Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Wednesday, August 20 at the Illinois Conference Center.
-
Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Moodle courses accessible. This hands-on workshop covers creating accessible navigation, headings, tables, lists, and hyperlinks, how to write alt text for images, generate and edit video captions, as well as the advantages (and limitations) of using Moodle’s accessibility checker and screen reader helper.
Thursday, August 21, 2025
-
Get up to speed quickly on making your PowerPoint presentations accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll begin with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in PowerPoint and then dive straight into practical solutions.
-
Join us on Thursday, August 21 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM on the Atkins Patio & Lawn for Fire at Five.
Friday, August 22, 2025
-
Join the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, August 22 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
-
Curious about how Moodle tools can fit into your Canvas course? Whether you’re new to the Moodle LTI or looking to deepen your understanding, this workshop will walk you through everything you need to know.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
-
Get up to speed quickly on the basics of making PDF documents accessible for all while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. For hands-on participation, you will need Adobe Acrobat Pro (not Acrobat Reader). U of I, UIS, and UIC faculty and staff can obtain Acrobat Pro free from the U of I Webstore: https://webstore.illinois.edu/shop/product.aspx?zpid=6065
Thursday, September 4, 2025
-
Join us on Thursday, September 4 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.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
-
Group learning can be very frustrating? This can happen for a variety of reasons that could come from how the group was structured, how group members behaved, or how the group’s progress towards its goal was monitored. When cooperative learning is well-designed it minimizes opportunities for students and instructors to experience these types of frustrations.
Friday, September 12, 2025
-
Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9 to 10 AM on the first Friday of every month.
-
Join the Data + AI User Group on Friday, September 12 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
-
Our selected book will be… Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College (Felten & Lambert, 2020) Online meetings are 10:00 -11:30 AM on Tuesdays - September 16 & 30 and October 14 & 28.
Thursday, September 18, 2025
-
Curious about how Moodle tools can fit into your Canvas course? Whether you’re new to the Moodle LTI or looking to deepen your understanding, this workshop will walk you through everything you need to know.
Friday, September 19, 2025
-
Our selected book will be… Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College (Felten & Lambert, 2020) In Person meetings are 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM on Fridays - September 19 and October 3, 17, & 31.
-
This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
-
Join us on Friday, September 19 from 12 to 1 PM at EnterpriseWorks for Surviving Fundraising Diligence & Closing with Tim Hoerr.
Monday, September 22, 2025
-
Curious about how Moodle tools can fit into your Canvas course? Whether you’re new to the Moodle LTI or looking to deepen your understanding, this workshop will walk you through everything you need to know.
Thursday, September 25, 2025
-
Join us on Thursday, September 25 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM on the Atkins Patio & Lawn for Fire at Five.
Friday, September 26, 2025
-
Join the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, August 22 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
Monday, September 29, 2025
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
-
Our selected book will be… Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College (Felten & Lambert, 2020) Online meetings are 10:00 -11:30 AM on Tuesdays - September 16 & 30 and October 14 & 28.
Friday, October 3, 2025
-
Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9 to 10 AM on the first Friday of every month.
-
Our selected book will be… Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College (Felten & Lambert, 2020) In Person meetings are 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM on Fridays - September 19 and October 3, 17, & 31.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Friday, October 10, 2025
-
Join the Data + AI User Group on Friday, October 10 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
-
Our selected book will be… Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College (Felten & Lambert, 2020) Online meetings are 10:00 -11:30 AM on Tuesdays - September 16 & 30 and October 14 & 28.
Friday, October 17, 2025
-
Our selected book will be… Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College (Felten & Lambert, 2020) In Person meetings are 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM on Fridays - September 19 and October 3, 17, & 31.
-
This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
-
Join us on Friday, October 17 from 12 to 1 PM at EnterpriseWorks for Building a Successful Founder-Investor Partnership with Dennis Beard.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
-
Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Wednesday, October 22 at the Illinois Conference Center.
-
Are you concerned that your students may not be adequately engaged during their learning activities? Being fully engaged 100% of the time is not a realistic expectation, but there are a variety of ways to promote student engagement. We will focus on concepts underlying student engagement and practical strategies to engage our students across diverse formats.
Thursday, October 23, 2025
-
CITL's Master Course in Online Teaching (MCOT) is a deep dive into online teaching strategies that extends what was presented during previous teaching academies. Prior participation in an instructional development series is not required but professional experience with university level instruction is strongly encouraged.
Friday, October 24, 2025
-
Join the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, August 22 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
-
Our selected book will be… Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College (Felten & Lambert, 2020) Online meetings are 10:00 -11:30 AM on Tuesdays - September 16 & 30 and October 14 & 28.
Thursday, October 30, 2025
-
CITL's Master Course in Online Teaching (MCOT) is a deep dive into online teaching strategies that extends what was presented during previous teaching academies. Prior participation in an instructional development series is not required but professional experience with university level instruction is strongly encouraged.
-
Join us on Thursday, October 30 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM on the Atkins Patio & Lawn for Fire at Five.
Friday, October 31, 2025
-
Our selected book will be… Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College (Felten & Lambert, 2020) In Person meetings are 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM on Fridays - September 19 and October 3, 17, & 31.
Thursday, November 6, 2025
-
CITL's Master Course in Online Teaching (MCOT) is a deep dive into online teaching strategies that extends what was presented during previous teaching academies. Prior participation in an instructional development series is not required but professional experience with university level instruction is strongly encouraged.
Friday, November 7, 2025
-
Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9 to 10 AM on the first Friday of every month.
Thursday, November 13, 2025
-
CITL's Master Course in Online Teaching (MCOT) is a deep dive into online teaching strategies that extends what was presented during previous teaching academies. Prior participation in an instructional development series is not required but professional experience with university level instruction is strongly encouraged.
Friday, November 14, 2025
-
Join the Data + AI User Group on Friday, November 14 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
-
Learning communities are a powerful way for people to come together to achieve common learning goals. However, fostering conditions that promote productive social knowledge construction can be daunting to even the most experienced facilitators. Please join us as we discuss effective ways to establish and grow valuable learning communities.
Friday, November 21, 2025
-
This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
-
Designing a new course or redesigning an existing one can seem like a long and winding journey. Principles of good course design can provide you with a roadmap to chart your course and know that you are on the right path. Join our interactive workshop where we will explore best practices in course design and perhaps spark your interest to explore these topics more deeply.
Friday, December 5, 2025
-
Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9 to 10 AM on the first Friday of every month.
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
-
Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Wednesday, December 10 at the Illinois Conference Center.
Friday, December 12, 2025
-
Join the Data + AI User Group on Friday, December 12 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
Friday, December 19, 2025
-
This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.