Library - Scholarly Commons
This calendar includes events sponsored by the Scholarly Commons as well as those by
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
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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.
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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
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
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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.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
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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.
Saturday, July 13, 2024
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Fred Bartenstein, author of "Industrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwestern Ohio's Musical Legacy", will be signing books and speaking at the Columbus Book Festival in Columbus, OH about his new book.
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Tom Ewing, author of "Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man," will be signing books and speaking at the Columbus Book Festival about his new book.
Sunday, July 14, 2024
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Fred Bartenstein, author of "Industrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwestern Ohio's Musical Legacy", will be signing books and speaking at the Columbus Book Festival in Columbus, OH about his new book.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
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This program provides new employees at the Urbana campus of the University of Illinois an overview of IT services that are critical to success on campus. Attendees can register for one, two, or more of the scheduled sessions. Offered at no cost to faculty/staff/students of the University of Illinois. New and current employees are invited to attend.
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
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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, July 18, 2024
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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 Illustrator. Pre-registration required.
Monday, July 22, 2024
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Robert Cherny, author of "San Francisco Reds: Communists in the Bay Area, 1919-1958", will be signing books and speaking at the San Francisco Labor Archives about his new book.
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
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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.
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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.
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
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Patrick Moser, author of "Waikiki Dreams: How California Appropriated Hawaiian Beach Culture," will be signing books and speaking at the California Surf Museum about his new book.
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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.
Thursday, July 25, 2024
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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.
Friday, July 26, 2024
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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 Zoom and Teams. We will go over helpful tips for each platform, including scheduling as a delegate. Prereq: Outlook Calendar workshop
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Clifford Murphy, author of "Ink: The Indelible J. Mayo Williams", will be signing books and speaking at the Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore, MD about his new book.
Saturday, July 27, 2024
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Patrick Moser, author of "Waikiki Dreams: How California Appropriated Hawaiian Beach Culture," will be signing books and speaking at the Redondo Beach Public Library about his new book.
Monday, July 29, 2024
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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.
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
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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
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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.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
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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.