Technology Services Calendar
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
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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
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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
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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.
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Need guidance while looking for campus data? Need help wrangling data for a project or to make decisions? Drop by to discuss data-related topics.
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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
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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
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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.
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Replace this line of text with a short version of description which will be displayed in the calendar list view. DO NOT REMOVE THE FOLLOWING TEXT *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, August 19, 2025
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Replace this line of text with a short version of description which will be displayed in the calendar list view. DO NOT REMOVE THE FOLLOWING TEXT *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.
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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.
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This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
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Replace this line of text with a short version of description which will be displayed in the calendar list view. DO NOT REMOVE THE FOLLOWING TEXT *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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Need guidance while looking for campus data? Need help wrangling data for a project or to make decisions? Drop by to discuss data-related topics.
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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.
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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
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Join the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, August 22 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
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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
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Replace this line of text with a short version of description which will be displayed in the calendar list view. DO NOT REMOVE THE FOLLOWING TEXT *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.
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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, August 28, 2025
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Need guidance while looking for campus data? Need help wrangling data for a project or to make decisions? Drop by to discuss data-related topics.