Campus Teaching & Learning Events

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Thursday, May 9, 2024

Friday, May 10, 2024

    • All Day

    UIF pulls updated Faculty Staff data each month from University Banner System

    • 10:00 - 11:55 am   Fri morning
    • 330 Armory or online

    Join us in an instructor-led session using OneNote where we will discuss the structure of notebooks and how OneNote notebooks work within MS Teams. Prereq: understand Teams and MS OneNote. Pre-registration required; no walk-ins please.

Saturday, May 11, 2024

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Monday, May 13, 2024

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Friday, May 17, 2024

Saturday, May 18, 2024

    • All Day

    UIF pulls updated Faculty Staff data each month from University Banner System

    • 6:00 am - 12:00 pm

    TED will be down for a period of time on the morning of Saturday, May 20th to install software enhancements and fixes. Please contact UIF AIMS at aims@uif.uillinois.edu for any questions regarding this outage.

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Monday, May 20, 2024

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

    • All Day

    UIF pulls updated Faculty Staff data each month from University Banner System

    • 10:00 - 11:55 am   Wed morning
    • 330 Armory or online

    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.

    • 1:00 - 3:00 pm   Wed afternoon
    • 330 Armory or online

    Creating, storing, and updating organizational charts can be a time-consuming task. Using software that is designed for visualizing information aids the process. Visio can even generate a diagram that adds the shapes and connectors for you from data that is stored in an Excel workbook. In this workshop attendees will create simple org charts, and pull from excel.

Thursday, May 23, 2024

    • All Day

    UIF pulls updated Faculty Staff data each month from University Banner System

    • 2:00 - 4:00 pm   Thur afternoon
    • 330 Armory

    In this 2-hour instructor led InDesign 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 and create a postcard in the process. No prior knowledge of InDesign is required. Pre-registration is required.

Friday, May 24, 2024

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

    • 1:00 - 3:00 pm   Tue afternoon
    • 330 Armory Building or online

    In this 2-hour instructor led short course you will learn how to specific features and tips on managing email more efficiently from conversation view to rules to pre-sort messages and moving folders around.

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

    • 1:00 - 3:00 pm   Wed afternoon
    • 330 Armory or online

    This 2-hour Outlook Calendar 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 30, 2024

    • 10:00 - 11:30 am   Thur morning
    • 330 Armory

    Join us in a hybrid session where we will discuss best practices for setting up a Teams online meeting as well as joining the meeting. We'll cover the capabilities of meetings in Teams in addition to requirements and planning considerations for Teams. This session is aimed for beginner users of Teams. Pre-registration required.

    • 2:00 - 4:00 pm   Thur afternoon
    • 330 Armory or online

    In this 2-hour InDesign 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. Offered in-person or online. Pre-registration required

Friday, May 31, 2024

    • 10:00 - 10:55 am   Fri morning

    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 Zoom and Teams. We will go over helpful tips for each platform, including scheduling as a delegate. Prereq: Outlook Calendar workshop

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

    • 10:00 - 10:55 am   Tu morning

    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. Link sent if registered by 8 am.

    • 1:00 - 3:00 pm   Tues afternoon
    • 330 Armory or online

    In this 2-hour 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 manner.  

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

    • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm   Wed morning
    • 330 Armory or online

    In this 2-hour instructor led 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. We will learn how to create some basic shapes, and connect, distribute, and align them. Pre-registration required

    • 1:00 - 3:00 pm   Wed afternoon
    • 330 Armory or online

    In this 2-hour instructor-led workshop, participants will learn how to use Adobe Express (Adobe's online design tool) to create social media posts, customize photos, create a flyer and use the new Generative AI tools. No prior knowledge of Adobe Express is required. Pre-registration required.

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

    • All Day
    • Specific Time and Location TBD

    Participants will read James Lang's Small Teaching and will workshop applications of its materials for use in participants' current and future classrooms. *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_certificates.

    • 10:00 - 11:55 am   Tue morning
    • 330 Armory or online

    Learn how to create and edit OneNote notebooks, search and export notes. We will explore the use and management of sections and pages including section groups and subpages. We will enter data into OneNote from a variety of sources, from existing documents to webpages. We will discuss merits of embedding spreadsheets or linking.

Thursday, June 13, 2024

    • All Day
    • Specific Time and Location TBD

    Participants will read James Lang's Small Teaching and will workshop applications of its materials for use in participants' current and future classrooms. *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_certificates.

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

    • All Day
    • Specific Time and Location TBD

    Participants will read James Lang's Small Teaching and will workshop applications of its materials for use in participants' current and future classrooms. *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_certificates.

Thursday, June 20, 2024

    • All Day
    • Specific Time and Location TBD

    Participants will read James Lang's Small Teaching and will workshop applications of its materials for use in participants' current and future classrooms. *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_certificates.