Library - Scholarly Commons
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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 short 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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At this work-in, we will work to create a list of questions related to the Land Acknowledgment Statement in order to co-create resources, guiding principles, and strategies around the next steps.
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Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Ph.D, author of "Madam C.J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women’s Philanthropy during Jim Crow", will be giving a virtual book talk sponsored by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.'s Pennsylvania Chapter. Online registration is free and available until 12/1/2020, the day of the event.
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In this short online course you will learn how to use some of the data analysis features and tools in Excel 2016. Topics will include learning the basics of PivotTables; using subtotals in a list of data; setting up data validation rules; using Goal Seek, Solver, and Scenarios.
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Connect online and share your ideas at this fun and informal Happy Hour hosted by the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning. Fast-paced forum features topics of interest to Graduate Instructors and Teaching Assistants.
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Described by reviewers as "quirky...intriguing and exhilarating" the book conveys "the surprising importance of all sorts of species to the imperial project" from whales to tigers, dogs to scorpions, and unicorns to platypus.
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In this 2 hr online workshop, participants will learn how to create and work with Access tables. We will create a table using application parts and also from scratch. We will create a primary key and start entering data. We will work with fields in a table from adding, deleting, re-arranging to setting field properties. Finish up using lookup fields and calculated fields
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In this session, you will learn best practices for using this commonly misunderstood tool.
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Register for this session to learn about InDesign and make a brochure from scratch. Link sent after registration.
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Behrouz Boochani is a Kurdish-Iranian writer, journalist, scholar, cultural advocate and filmmaker. He was a political prisoner incarcerated by the Australian government in Papua New Guinea for almost seven years before escaping to New Zealand in November 2019.
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Enjoy a free weekly yoga practice, presented online by Krannert Art Museum and taught by Jodi Adams, certified yoga instructor, and Ayurveda specialist.
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CITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting an open office hours session to provide support, training, and answer questions about the grade center/ gradebook in both Compass and Moodle. If you have specific questions, please email them to us at citl-info@illinois.edu so that we can prepare.
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Let's meet online to talk about Illustrator. In this two-hour live session, we will go over recommended resources and tutorials, then work through a tutorial together to create our own vector graphic logo.
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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.
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Join us for virtual office hours every Tuesday from 10-11am and Wednesday from 1-2pm on Zoom. Jamie and Megan will be there to answer your questions about the CITL Innovation Spaces, emerging technologies, student engagement, Zoom, PowerPoint, and other educational technologies on campus! Ask us anything! If we don’t have the answer, we’ll point you to someone who does.
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Tenure-stream faculty who wish to learn more about the Interseminars Initiative are encouraged to attend our Zoom info session on December 8 at 11:00 a.m.
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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.
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Join us for the University of Illinois Archives’ monthly Women in Science Lecture. Dr. Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, Associate Professor of Nutrition, will discuss her research on the connections between nutrition, hormones and breast cancer.
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Join us for virtual office hours on the topic of copyright in online instruction.
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Our faculty have seen different methods for overlaying content in Zoom. This workshop will go behind the software and even coach you through downloads and templates to replicate some of the emerging Zoom teaching styles.
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Join us for virtual office hours every Tuesday from 10-11am and Wednesday from 1-2pm on Zoom. Jamie and Megan will be there to answer your questions about the CITL Innovation Spaces, emerging technologies, student engagement, Zoom, PowerPoint, and other educational technologies on campus! Ask us anything! If we don’t have the answer, we’ll point you to someone who does.
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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 Adobe Illustrator CC.
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CITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting an open office hours session to provide support, training, and answer questions about the grade center/ gradebook in both Compass and Moodle. If you have specific questions, please email them to us at citl-info@illinois.edu so that we can prepare.
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In this 2-hour short online course, you will become familiar with the Excel 2016 interface. Topics will also include entering, editing, and formatting data in a worksheet, performing basic formulas, printing and using Help.
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Join us in an online session using OneNote 2016 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. Register by 8 am to get link sent.
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Join Wazhmah Osman, author of Television and the Afghan Culture Wars: Brought to You by Foreigners, Warlords, and Activists, as she looks at the national and transnational impact of media companies like Tolo TV, Radio Television Afghanistan, and foreign media giants and funders like the British Broadcasting Corporation and USAID.
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Join us for virtual office hours on the topic of exploring interactive lecture tools in Moodle.
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Join us for virtual office hours on the topic of exploring interactive lecture tools in Compass.
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Enjoy a free weekly yoga practice, presented online by Krannert Art Museum and taught by Jodi Adams, certified yoga instructor, and Ayurveda specialist.
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Join Anya Jabour, author of "Sophonisba Breckinridge: Championing Women's Activism in Modern America," for the lecture "Relationships and Rights: Sophonisa Breckinridge, Same-Sex Relationships , and Women’s Activism in Modern America."
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CITL's Instructional Support Team is offering an opportunity to review and prepare the use of proctorio for this year's Winter Term classes. If you have specific questions or concerns, please email them to us at citl-info@illinois.edu.
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Join us for virtual office hours every Tuesday from 10-11am and Wednesday from 1-2pm on Zoom. Jamie and Megan will be there to answer your questions about the CITL Innovation Spaces, emerging technologies, student engagement, Zoom, PowerPoint, and other educational technologies on campus! Ask us anything! If we don’t have the answer, we’ll point you to someone who does.
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During this two hour-long session, we will go over the basics of the Photoshop interface and some resources on how to continue learning features. Instructor will point out her favorite beginner tutorials and resources. Q & A to follow
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Join us for virtual office hours on the topic of copyright in online instruction.
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Join us for virtual office hours on the topic of how to leverage automatic captions in Zoom.
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CITL's Instructional Support Team is offering a session to assist instructors in reviewing and preparing the use of proctorio for courses in this year's Winter Term. If you have specific questions, please email them to us at citl-info@illinois.edu
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Join us for virtual office hours every Tuesday from 10-11am and Wednesday from 1-2pm on Zoom. Jamie and Megan will be there to answer your questions about the CITL Innovation Spaces, emerging technologies, student engagement, Zoom, PowerPoint, and other educational technologies on campus! Ask us anything! If we don’t have the answer, we’ll point you to someone who does.
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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 2016 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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Have questions or problems with your home recording gear? Looking to make changes or upgrade? CITL media staff will be here to help you take your home recordings to the next level.
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Let's meet online to talk about Photoshop. In this two-hour session, we will start working through some curriculum, work with layers and learn to edit in a non-destructive way. Register by 9 am to get meeting link sent.
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Join us for virtual office hours on the topic of how to present with materials overtop of you.
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Join CITL’s panel discussion to learn best practices, design/delivery considerations, and some specific support and proctoring options available during these terms. First-time and veteran short-term instructors are welcome to share their experiences.
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In this 2-hour online workshop, you will learn how to select data in a 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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In this 2-hour online 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 method. Register by noon to have link sent.