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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.
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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.
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Dick Simpson and Betty O'Shaughnessy, authors of "Chicago's Modern Mayors: From Harold Washington to Lori Lightfoot", will be signing books and speaking at the Book Cellar about their new book.
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Join Patrick Wohl, author of Down Ballot: How a Local Campaign Became a National Referendum on Abortion, for a book talk at Georgetown University Law Center.
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In this 2-hour hybrid course, you will become familiar with the Excel's interface. Topics will also include entering, editing, and formatting data in a worksheet, performing basic formulas, printing and using Help.
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In this two-hour workshop, learn how to create and work with Access tables. We will create a table using application parts and from scratch. We will create a primary key and start entering data. We will work with fields in a table (adding, deleting, re-arranging and setting field properties). We will finish up by using lookup fields and calculated fields in a table.
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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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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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Most teachers get evaluated by their students at the end of the course by implementing ICES. 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.
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Join us in a one-hour online session to learn about the basic features of Zoom. This session is aimed for first time or beginner users.
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Reflecting and implementing what you have learned from informal (such as the Informal Early Feedback - IEF) and formal (such as ICES) student feedback is a valuable process. we will share how to maximize gathering and analyzing the formal and informal student feedback. (And come back to CITL for consultation!)
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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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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.
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Learn how to add, divide, multiply, & subtract by entering formulas into worksheets. Explore a few of the many functions available in Excel. Learn how to find a function, and how to get help while entering arguments. We will sample a function or two from some of the more commonly used functions including statistical, logical, financial, and date & time.
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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 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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Microsoft Teams is a communications and collaboration platform available through MS Office 365. During this one-hour workshop we will focus on creating a new team. We will choose a team type, access level, and configuration of the team for channels, files and apps. We will also discuss the team owner roles and privileges. The target audience for this workshop is beginners.
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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.
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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 workshop provides guidelines for planning an Access database.
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Margot Susca, author of "Hedged: How Private Investment Funds Helped Destroy American Newspapers and Undermine Democracy", will be signing books and speaking at American University in Washington, D.C. about her new book.
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In this 2-hour 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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Does your Teaching Philosophy Statement uniquely capture your thoughtfulness and commitment to teaching and learning? Does it address the latest proposed revisions to Comm #9 for P&T? Join this interactive workshop to begin creating or revising your reflective teaching statement.
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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.
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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.
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A collaboration between We CU and the Humanities Research Institute, the University of Illinois Humanities in Action program provides resources and support to undergraduate humanities students who are interested in pursuing community engagement opportunities within the Champaign-Urbana community. Join us for an info session to learn more!
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Gary Rhoades, Aimee Loiselle, and Anne McLeer, contributors to "Contingent Faculty and the Remaking of Higher Education: A Labor History", will be signing books and speaking virtually about their new book.
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Join Steve Fishell for an event discussing his "Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Icon" at the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Join us for an afternoon of presentations, conversations and more—a showcase of graduate student work in the humanities and arts and the opportunity to explore resources available to graduate students in humanities-based graduate education.
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Join us for a lecture by Adam Newman, assistant professor and co-director of graduate studies in the Department of Religion at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He concentrates on the religious traditions of South Asia, with a particular emphasis on Hinduism in north India...
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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.
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How you ever wondered what happens in the classes of some of our exemplary teachers? Would you like to see and have a chat? We have a great line-up of your colleagues who have offered to “open their classroom door.” Join this introductory session to learn more.
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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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In this two hour online workshop attendees will learn how to create and work with Access forms. We will create a new form using the form wizard and explore the layout view and the design view. We will learn how to modify the controls in the form as well as add new controls, including a calculated control and lookup control.
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The traditional lecture mode, the oldest and most widely used teaching method, is not as effective as other teaching methods, in areas such as student retention and problem-solving. Learning is not a spectator sport. Join us as we explore ways this enhanced lecture method can be more effective through the use of active learning strategies.
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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 8 am to have link sent.
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In this 2-hour class, explore the interface while we type text on a page, fix spelling errors, change spacing, page margins, and save our work. Practice selecting text to make revisions; and move text by cutting & pasting. Format text including the use of Format Painter; and finish up with bulleted and numbered lists.