Technology Services Calendar
Monday, February 27, 2023
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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. Register by noon to get the link sent for the session.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
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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 Skype for Business, Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Link sent if registered by 8 am.
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Have you been asked to put together a PowerPoint presentation, but you're not sure how to start? Participate in this 2-hr 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.
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Illinois startups and small business that are developing medical or healthcare-based innovation, that are interested in pursuing an NIH SBIR/STTR proposal submission, are encouraged to apply for participation in this workshop series that is aimed at guiding teams through the proposal development process.
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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.
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Join us in a live, online session using OneNote 365 where we will discuss the structure of notebooks, practice putting data into them, and explore the interconnectivity of Microsoft applications with OneNote. This session is aimed for beginner users of OneNote. Link sent if registered by 8 am
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Join us for the 16th annual Research Park Career Fair to meet with Research Park companies.
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
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Working on cutting edge innovation, translational research, or addressing cultural or global challenges? Ask a mentor to nominate you.
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In this 2-hour 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. Register by 8 am to receive the Zoom link.
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How well are you measuring student learning? Assessment is one of the most complex and stressful responsibilities of an instructor. Is your assessment fair? Valid? Come learn best practices for constructing a test.
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Have questions about Illinois REDCap? Join us for virtual office hours to discuss general REDCap matters or items related to a specific REDCap project with a REDCap Application Specialist.
Thursday, March 2, 2023
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In this 2-hour short course you will learn how to add, divide, multiply, and subtract by entering formulas into Excel 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.
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Join us online on the first Thursdays of the month from 12pm-1pm as we welcome new faculty, new stories, and new ways of thinking about the art of teaching.
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Microsoft Teams is a communications platform available through MS Office 365. During this two-hour live online workshop, we will focus on the Teams experience from a team member’s perspective. Topics will include learning how to navigate Teams ; communicating in Teams (including chat); setting and managing notifications of Team activity. Link sent if registered by noon.
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With the meteoric rise of generative AI like ChatGPT going mainstream, what are the implications for teaching and learning in higher education? We’ve put together a diverse group of campus stakeholders to open up the conversation around this disruptive technology. Please join us for this thought-provoking discussion.
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Have questions about how to pursue your startup ideas? Just stop by and talk with our staff!
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Join us in an online 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. Link sent if registered by 8 am
Friday, March 3, 2023
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The goals for the Annual Faculty Retreat are to build on our collective knowledge about teaching and learning, to share innovative ideas and approaches, and to promote partnerships within and beyond the campus community.
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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 9-10am on the first Friday of every month. Check back for registration information.
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For our March meetup, we are excited to welcome Stephanie Besser who will be presenting to our group on data science in the healthcare field. Stephanie is an adjunct lecturer of the School of Information Sciences at UIUC, an Adjunct Faculty at DePaul University in Chicago, and a Sr. Analyst at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in Boston.
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Want to learn more about entrepreneurship opportunities throughout EnterpriseWorks? Starting promptly at 4 PM, join us for tours through the EnterpriseWorks incubator to gain an understanding of different resources EnterpriseWorks has to offer.
Monday, March 6, 2023
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In this 2-hour online workshop we will explore the Word interface while we type text on a page, fix spelling errors, change spacing and page margins, and save our work. We will practice navigating the document; select text to make revisions; and move text by cutting and pasting. Formatting tools will be next, where we will learn how to emphasize text.
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Hear from advisers and current ILEE students, ask questions, and learn how to apply. Snacks provided!
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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One of the premier AgTech hubs in the nation, Champaign-Urbana is uniquely positioned to bring together entrepreneurs, investors, academics, and industry for learning, networking and advancing this sector.
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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.
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Microsoft Teams is a communications platform available through MS Office 365. During this two-hour live online workshop, we will focus on the Teams experience from a team member’s perspective. Topics include learning how to navigate Teams ; communicating with others in Teams (including chat); setting and managing notifications of Team activity. Link sent if registered by 8
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
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Come to this workshop to begin the process of identifying your teaching philosophy, deciding which parts of it belong in your statement, and avoiding common mistakes.
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Have questions about Illinois REDCap? Join us for virtual office hours to discuss general REDCap matters or items related to a specific REDCap project with a REDCap Application Specialist.
Thursday, March 9, 2023
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In this 2-hour workshop we will explore the mail merge features in Word including working with various data sources such as Excel and Access; working with rules; and creating and printing labels. We will also take a look at email merges using Outlook.
Friday, March 10, 2023
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Join us in celebrating Pi Day early on Friday, March 10 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM. More details forthcoming.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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Microsoft Teams is a communications platform available through MS Office 365. During this two-hour live online workshop, we will focus on the Teams experience from a team member’s perspective. Topics will include learning how to navigate Teams ; communicating in Teams (including chat); setting and managing notifications of Team activity. Link sent if registered by noon.
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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Microsoft Teams is a communications platform available through MS Office 365. During this two-hour live online workshop, we will focus on the Teams experience from a team member’s perspective. Topics include learning how to navigate Teams ; communicating with others in Teams (including chat); setting and managing notifications of Team activity. Link sent if registered by 8
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Have questions about Illinois REDCap? Join us for virtual office hours to discuss general REDCap matters or items related to a specific REDCap project with a REDCap Application Specialist.
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Friday, March 17, 2023
Monday, March 20, 2023
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NCSA’s Quantum Computing Interest Group is proud to welcome Physics Professor and IQUIST Director Brian DeMarco for a presentation on “The Frontier of Quantum Computing and Networking Technology” at 11 a.m. on March 20 in Room 1030 at NCSA. Quantum technologies are rapidly advancing so please join us for discussion, networking and complimentary coffee and cookies!
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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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).
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This one-hour online presentation is aimed at campus IT Pros and phone coordinators. We will begin by exploring the Teams Phones interface, management of Contacts, Calls, and Voicemail. We will take a look at the enhancements to Presence status updates and Phone settings. We will finish up by sharing process information and support resources.
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In this session, a REDCap Application Specialist will discuss calculations.
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Have questions about how to pursue your startup ideas? Just stop by and talk with our staff!
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Register for this 2-hour Outlook session to learn about specific features and tips for using Outlook more productively. Zoom link sent if registered by 8 am.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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This workshop will introduce ideas for creating interesting learning environments that welcome participation. Join us to build your toolbox of strategies to keep students motivated, engaged, and active in the classroom.
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In this 2-hour online workshop, you will learn how to select data in an Excel 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.
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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. Link sent if registered by 8 am
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Have questions about Illinois REDCap? Join us for virtual office hours to discuss general REDCap matters or items related to a specific REDCap project with a REDCap Application Specialist.
Thursday, March 23, 2023
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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 Skype for Business, Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Link sent if registered by 8 am.
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In this 2-hour online session, we will work with graphics in Microsoft Word. 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.
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Join us on Thursday, March 23 from 12-1 pm for an EIR Workshop with Paul Miller: Living and Breathing an Entrepreneurial Life. New EIR Paul Miller is no stranger to EnterpriseWorks; he is a co-founder of Agrible, one of our most famous graduates. In this talk, he will share lessons learned as well as advice for other entrepreneurs.
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Microsoft Teams is a communications platform available through MS Office 365. During this two-hour live online workshop, we will focus on the Teams experience from a team member’s perspective. Topics will include learning how to navigate Teams ; communicating in Teams (including chat); setting and managing notifications of Team activity. Link sent if registered by noon.
Friday, March 24, 2023
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Microsoft Teams is a communications platform available through MS Office 365. During this two-hour live online workshop, we will focus on the Teams experience from a team member’s perspective. Topics include learning how to navigate Teams ; communicating with others in Teams (including chat); setting and managing notifications of Team activity. Link sent if registered by 8
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AWS: From the Front Door to the Data Center Floor by Wyatt Shuler: A high-level overview of the physical and digital infrastructure of AWS data centers and how they operate their highly available services. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of where AWS services run and how AWS manages their services.
Monday, March 27, 2023
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Learn the basics of Illinois REDCap and how it can be used for the collection of research data, including how to create projects, instruments, and surveys and how to start collecting research data.
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The use of humor is effective in motivating students, relieving anxiety, and building rapport. It is also awesome. We’ll talk about why you should bring humor into your class, the types of humor available to you, the types of humor to avoid, and more! Absolutely no giraffes or harmonicas permitted!!
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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This two-hour online session will introduce you to Access, Microsoft's relational database application. Attendees will take a tour of the objects in an Access database, including tables, queries, forms, and reports.
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Join us on Tuesday, March 28 from 12-1 pm for Hiring International Students is Easier Than You Think, a presentation by Jennifer Park, Assistant Director, International Student and Scholar Services.
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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. This workshop is online; register by noon to be sent the link.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
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This one-hour online presentation is aimed at campus IT Pros and phone coordinators. We will begin by exploring the Teams Phones interface, management of Contacts, Calls, and Voicemail. We will take a look at the enhancement to Presence status update and Phone settings. We will finish up by sharing process information and support resources.
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In this 2-hour online workshop we will explore the whole set of features for managing information in Excel tables. These features make all the typical tabular manipulations—sorting, filtering, analyzing, and formatting, easier than ever.
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Join us in a live, online session using OneNote 365 where we will discuss the structure of notebooks, practice putting data into them, and explore the interconnectivity of Microsoft applications with OneNote. This session is aimed for beginner users of OneNote. Link sent if registered by 8 am
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Have questions about Illinois REDCap? Join us for virtual office hours to discuss general REDCap matters or items related to a specific REDCap project with a REDCap Application Specialist.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
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In this 2-hour online 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 with Auto-connect. Register by 8 for link.
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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. Register by noon to get the link sent for the session.
Friday, March 31, 2023
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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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Join us for lunch as Dr. Span, Director of Campus Culture & Climate, shares her journey of becoming a leader on campus, as well as what it means to serve in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. She will also reflect on how DEI impacts all industries, especially tech.
