Illinois Remote Calendar
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Microsoft Teams is a communications tool available through MS Office 365. During this two-hour online workshop, we will learn how to navigate the Teams environment and communicate with others in Teams. We will practice participating in online Teams meetings, and discuss sharing screens and files during meetings. We will create a team and channels.
This documentary explores the history of sexual violence against Black women in America and the inspiring resistance and activism of Black women that is so often erased.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held twice a week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am - 2pm. Experience 3D printing, Virtual Reality, Laser Cutting and more. Activities are free!
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.
From the early days of the rape crisis movement to #metoo, Black women’s work has often been ignored or erased. This session will center Black women’s role as change makers.
This collaboration between the Women’s Resources Center and International Education centers international students in conversations about partner violence and dating norms in the US and will be held at two times to increase access for individuals in varying time zones.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Let's meet online to talk about Photoshop. In this two-hour session, we will start working through some curriculum, work with layers and learn to edit in a non-destructive way. Register by 9 am to get meeting link sent.
In this new 2-hour online session, we will work with graphics in Word 2016. 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.
In this 2-hour online workshop, you will learn how to select data in a worksheet and work with Chart tools to customize the chart type, chart layout, and chart style that best represents the selected data. Once the chart is exactly the way you want it, we will learn how to save it as a template to use again.
Friday, April 23, 2021
Online overview covers practical tips for teaching and learning activities that make use of the IFLEX classroom's flexible furniture, whiteboards, and collaborative room technology. *This workshop counts towards completion of any of CITL's Teaching Certificates. To learn more about our Teaching Certificate program please visit https://go.illinois.edu/teaching_certifica
Register for this session to learn about InDesign and make a brochure from scratch. Link sent after registration.
Monday, April 26, 2021
Learn how to set up the Grade Center so it reflects your specific course's policies. Once you know a few simple tips, you can customize the Grade Center to any course's needs. Registration is required.
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Microsoft Publisher 2016 is a desktop publishing application capable of producing cards, certificates, newsletters, and other material. Topics covered in this 6-hour course include the interface and creating a basic publication; adding text, text frames and picture placeholders; formatting text, including styles and connecting text frames; editing text and graphics frames.
Join us for virtual office hours every Tuesday from 10-11am and Wednesday from 1-2pm on Zoom. Jamie and Megan will be there to answer your questions about the CITL Innovation Spaces, emerging technologies, student engagement, Zoom, PowerPoint, and other educational technologies on campus! Ask us anything! If we don’t have the answer, we’ll point you to someone who does.
In this new 1-hour online course, you will learn about conditional formatting of data in Excel 2016. Topics will also include applying special formatting to numbers.
Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held twice a week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am - 2pm. Experience 3D printing, Virtual Reality, Laser Cutting and more. Activities are free!
This two-hour online session will introduce you to Microsoft's relational database application, Access 2016. Attendees will take a tour of the objects in an Access database, including tables, queries, forms, and reports.
Let's meet online to talk about Illustrator. In this two-hour live session, we will go over recommended resources and tutorials, then work through a tutorial together to create our own vector graphic logo.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held twice a week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am - 2pm. Experience 3D printing, Virtual Reality, Laser Cutting and more. Activities are free!
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Join us in a one-hour online session to explore some advanced features of Zoom. Features covered will include breakout rooms, setting a virtual background, recording, and more.
In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn the basics of using the drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator CC, including how to use the Pencil and Curvature tools, how to edit paths. Then we will look at layers, including how to create, edit, and organize content. We will also learn the basics of transforming and editing artwork in Adobe Illustrator CC.
Monday, May 3, 2021
Join the WRC Interns in conversation with Jamillah Gabriel (found of Call Number Box) and Ashanti Files (Poet Laureate of Urbana) to hear how they find community through poetry and literature and why representation matters.
Run reports on almost anything in your course! Whether you seek performance data for a specific test question or detailed comprehensive grades for 1000+ students, Compass's reporting function can lend real insights. Registration is required.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
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
Join us for virtual office hours every Tuesday from 10-11am and Wednesday from 1-2pm on Zoom. Jamie and Megan will be there to answer your questions about the CITL Innovation Spaces, emerging technologies, student engagement, Zoom, PowerPoint, and other educational technologies on campus! Ask us anything! If we don’t have the answer, we’ll point you to someone who does.
Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held twice a week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am - 2pm. Experience 3D printing, Virtual Reality, Laser Cutting and more. Activities are free!
Register for this session to learn about specific features and tips for using Outlook more productively, followed by Q&A of specific scenarios.
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held twice a week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am - 2pm. Experience 3D printing, Virtual Reality, Laser Cutting and more. Activities are free!
In this short online course you will learn how to use some of the data analysis features and tools in Excel 2016. Topics will include learning the basics of PivotTables; using subtotals in a list of data; setting up data validation rules; using Goal Seek, Solver, and Scenarios.
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.
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Exciting new Lunchtime Seminar Series features CITL Faculty Fellows and others discussing teaching practices that highlight the art (and science) of teaching and learning.
Friday, May 7, 2021
Monday, May 10, 2021
Schedule a 10-minute wellness check of your course! Using Zoom breakout rooms, our experts will review your settings and help you finish the semester strong. Registration is required.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
In this 2-hour short online course, you will become familiar with the Excel 2016 interface. Topics will also include entering, editing, and formatting data in a worksheet, performing basic formulas, printing and using Help.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Join us in a one-hour online session to learn about the basic features of Zoom. This session is aimed for first time or beginner users.
Thursday, May 13, 2021
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.
Microsoft Teams is a communications tool available through MS Office 365. During this two-hour online workshop, we will learn how to navigate the Teams environment and communicate with others in Teams. We will practice participating in online Teams meetings, and discuss sharing screens and files during meetings. We will create a team and channels.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
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.
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
In this 2-hour short course you will learn how to add, divide, multiply, and subtract by entering formulas into Excel 2016 worksheets. Other topics will include an exploration of just a few of the hundreds of functions available in Excel. We will learn how to find a specific function, as well as how to get help while entering arguments.
Thursday, May 20, 2021
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.
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
In this 2-hour online workshop we will explore the whole set of features for managing information in tables in Excel 2016. These features make all the typical tabular manipulations—sorting, filtering, analyzing, and formatting, easier than ever.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
In this 2-hour online class, learn how to create a basic Access report, and explore layout and design view. In design view add controls and set properties for those controls; learn about calculated controls, apply sort & group feature to report data, finish up with graphics (themes and conditional formatting).
Thursday, May 27, 2021
In this 2-hour online workshop, you will learn how to select data in a worksheet and work with Chart tools to customize the chart type, chart layout, and chart style that best represents the selected data. Once the chart is exactly the way you want it, we will learn how to save it as a template to use again.
In this new 1-hour online course, you will learn about conditional formatting of data in Excel 2016. Topics will also include applying special formatting to numbers.