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Monday, August 24, 2026

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

  • Gather in the Garden

    Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

  • Quick Start Workshop: Using the Pope Tech Accessibility Tool

    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.

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

  • New-to-Beckman tour

    Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.

  • Gather in the Garden

    Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your Canvas Courses Accessible

    Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Canvas courses accessible. This hands-on workshop will cover using the Canvas editor to create navigable pages, writing effective alt text description for images, charts, and graphs, ensuring readable color contrast, creating accessible tables and links, and using Canvas accessibility tools to fix common issues.

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence
  • Beckman Core Facilities Tech Talk

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

  • Gather in the Garden

    Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your Math Accessible

    This hands-on workshop covers what makes digital math accessible for all learners, including major accessible math formats, accessible math tools, structuring workflows to deliver accessible math, and how digital math interacts with platforms like Canvas, Jupyter Notebook, MS Office documents, and webpages. See full description for free software requirements.

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

  • Gather in the Garden

    Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

  • Well Designed: Foundations of Teaching Excellence

    This workshop introduces the “Well-Designed” pillar of the Teaching Excellence at Illinois framework. *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.

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 1

    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=7227

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence

Thursday, September 17, 2026

  • Using Informal Early Feedback (IEF)

    Most teachers get evaluated by their students at the end of the course. But by then, it is too late to make changes that will make a difference for your current students. Come to this workshop to learn how to design, implement, and interpret Informal Early Feedback (IEF) to improve the class experience for everyone.

  • Cookie Collab

    Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

  • Free professional portraits at Beckman

    Beckman community members are invited to stop by the fifth floor tower room to have a professional portrait taken. First come, first served, with no need to register in advance.

  • Gather in the Garden

    Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 2

    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=7227

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

  • Gather in the Garden

    Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

  • Quick Start Workshop: Using the Pope Tech Accessibility Tool

    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.

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Friday, October 2, 2026

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your Canvas Courses Accessible

    Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Canvas courses accessible. This hands-on workshop will cover using the Canvas editor to create navigable pages, writing effective alt text description for images, charts, and graphs, ensuring readable color contrast, creating accessible tables and links, and using Canvas accessibility tools to fix common issues.

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your Math Accessible

    This hands-on workshop covers what makes digital math accessible for all learners, including major accessible math formats, accessible math tools, structuring workflows to deliver accessible math, and how digital math interacts with platforms like Canvas, Jupyter Notebook, MS Office documents, and webpages. See full description for free software requirements.

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

  • Reflective and Evolving: Foundations of Teaching Excellence

    This workshop explores the “Reflective and Evolving” pillar of the Teaching Excellence at Illinois framework. *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.

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your MS PowerPoint Documents Accessible

    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.

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Friday, October 9, 2026

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 1

    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=7227

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

  • Cultivating Community: Celebrating and Advancing Teaching Excellence

    This workshop brings together educators across campus to celebrate teaching, share effective practices, and build community. *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, October 15, 2026

  • Cookie Collab

    Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.

Monday, October 19, 2026

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 2

    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=7227

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence

Friday, October 23, 2026

Friday, October 30, 2026

  • Quick Start Workshop: Using the Pope Tech Accessibility Tool

    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.

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your Canvas Courses Accessible

    Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Canvas courses accessible. This hands-on workshop will cover using the Canvas editor to create navigable pages, writing effective alt text description for images, charts, and graphs, ensuring readable color contrast, creating accessible tables and links, and using Canvas accessibility tools to fix common issues.

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence
  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your Math Accessible

    This hands-on workshop covers what makes digital math accessible for all learners, including major accessible math formats, accessible math tools, structuring workflows to deliver accessible math, and how digital math interacts with platforms like Canvas, Jupyter Notebook, MS Office documents, and webpages. See full description for free software requirements.

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 1

    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=7227

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 2

    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=7227

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

Saturday, November 21, 2026

Tuesday, November 24, 2026

  • Quick Start Workshop: Using the Pope Tech Accessibility Tool

    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.

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence

Monday, November 30, 2026

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your Math Accessible

    This hands-on workshop covers what makes digital math accessible for all learners, including major accessible math formats, accessible math tools, structuring workflows to deliver accessible math, and how digital math interacts with platforms like Canvas, Jupyter Notebook, MS Office documents, and webpages. See full description for free software requirements.

Thursday, December 3, 2026

Friday, December 4, 2026

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your Canvas Courses Accessible

    Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Canvas courses accessible. This hands-on workshop will cover using the Canvas editor to create navigable pages, writing effective alt text description for images, charts, and graphs, ensuring readable color contrast, creating accessible tables and links, and using Canvas accessibility tools to fix common issues.

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

Friday, December 11, 2026

Tuesday, December 15, 2026

  • Quick Start Workshop: Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 2

    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=7227

    Quick Start Workshop Series, Digital Accessibility and Excellence

Friday, December 18, 2026

Friday, January 15, 2027

Tuesday, January 19, 2027

Saturday, March 13, 2027

Monday, March 22, 2027

Wednesday, May 5, 2027

Thursday, May 6, 2027

Friday, May 7, 2027

Saturday, May 15, 2027

Monday, May 17, 2027

Monday, June 14, 2027