Illinois Events

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

- 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Online -OR - In-person at the Main Library, Orange Room
Graduate Writing Group: Summer 2025
- Conference/Workshop
- 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Quick Start Workshop: Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 2

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
- Conference/Workshop
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
On the Academic Job Market: Academic Cover Letters
- Conference/Workshop

- 12:00 - 3:00 pm
- 1210 W. Nevada St. Urbana
Break Program Series: Crochet & Calligraphy at the AACC/IE
- Social/Informal Event
- 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Quick Start Workshop: Make Your Canvas Courses Accessible

Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Canvas courses accessible. This hands-on workshop will cover using the Canvas editor to create navigable pages, writing effective alt text description for images, charts, and graphs, ensuring readable color contrast, creating accessible tables and links, and using Canvas accessibility tools to fix common issues.
- Conference/Workshop

- 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets
Science at the Market: Women and Gender Minorities in Physics Association
- Community Service