Embracing Neurodiversity in the Classroom 

Online Workshop

Neurodiversity recognizes the natural variation among human brains and neurological traits. Neurodiversity focuses on the strengths of individuals and the support they may need to thrive. Neurodivergent students may have been diagnosed with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and others, and some may not be diagnosed with these conditions.   Join us for an enlightening workshop dedicated to […]

Improve Your Online Course 

Online Workshop

This two-part workshop explores the Quality Matters Rubric and provides a framework to improve existing online or hybrid courses. Participants use the QM Rubric to review their own online courses and develop a course improvement plan, so enrolling in the workshop with a pre-developed online course is required. Registration is required.

GenAI in our Scholarly Professional Lives

Milner Library 201 N. School Street, Normal, IL, United States

GenAI can be used for more than professional writing. Scholars and teachers are finding that GenAI tools can help support their own work by increasing efficiency and supporting efforts to organize, plan, and conduct routine tasks. This session will be a discussion about ways GenAI can be used as a helpful tool on a day-to-day […]

Find Grant Funding: Get Started with Pivot

Online Workshop

Do you have projects that could appeal to funders, if only you could identify the right ones? This session is an introduction to the Pivot-RP platform. Learn how to build your profile, search for funding opportunities, and take the next steps with search results. Registration is required.

Fulbright Scholar 101 

Fell Hall 304 S. University Street, Normal, IL, United States

Get an introduction to the Fulbright Scholar program. Learn about the different types of awards available and their requirements. You will learn how to search for the best award for your work and begin to identify an award for future applications. Participants will also become familiar with the timeline of the Fulbright application process and […]

Create Videos within Canvas   

Online Workshop

Easily record, edit, and share videos—all from within Canvas! Canvas Studio allows you to record from your webcam, capture your screen, or both. You can record videos once and embed them into multiple courses. You can add test questions to videos to make gradable assignments and automatically add closed captions. You can create videos for […]

Data Analysis & Visualization Tools, Part 1 

Milner Library 201 N. School Street, Normal, IL, United States

This introductory workshop provides a foundation for understanding data analysis through visualization. Participants will learn some of the basics for working with data, including where to find existing data sets and how to clean data. Presenters will explain uses for data visualization as a communication tool and outline the uses of different types of charts, […]

Data Analysis & Visualization Tools, Part 2 

Milner Library 201 N. School Street, Normal, IL, United States

In the second workshop, presenters will walk participants through the creation and modification of a very basic dashboard in Power BI. Power BI is an interactive data visualization software that the University makes available to all students and personnel. Presenters will also walk through a simple data visualization example using Python. All data and code […]

Intro to Queer Allyship 

Williams Hall 303 S. School Street, Normal, IL, United States

LGBTQIA2S+ youth, including college students, are among the most at-risk groups for mental health challenges, housing and food insecurity, and domestic violence, because of the ways in which society’s support systems fail to see and value them. Formerly referred called Safe Zone, Intro to Queer Allyship is a knowledge-level workshop focusing on using terminology appropriately, […]

GenAI and Academic Integrity

Student Services Building 201 N. University Street, Normal, IL, United States

Course instructors are faced with a number of challenges in designing learning experiences for students in the age of GenAI. This discussion will focus on ways participants have worked to mitigate or incorporate the use of GenAI into their classrooms, with a focus on supporting students’ understanding of how GenAI can help them learn or […]

Engage Your Students with Instructor Video

Online Workshop

Students report that courses which incorporate instructor videos into their online course shells are much more engaging and effective than those containing only text and still images. This is true whether your Canvas course shell is for an on-campus, hybrid, or fully online course. Once you know how to use Canvas Studio to make videos […]

Apply the Quality Matters Rubric

Online Workshop

Participants in this internationally recognized two-part workshop will explore the Quality Matters Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and hybrid courses. In addition to learning about the QM Rubric and the course review process, participants will learn to apply the concept of alignment and draft helpful recommendations for course improvement. The […]