Events
Nov 4, 2025 - Nov 11, 2025
Come visit Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at Illinois Innovation Studio between Noon and 4 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays in the Armory building room 172. You will be able to interact with generative AI and virtual reality (VR), create a gift with a 3D printer or laser cutter, and interact with our new digital resources.
Innovation Studio, Rm 172, Armory Building
Quick Start Workshop: Make Your MS PowerPoint Documents Accessible
Get up to speed quickly on making your PowerPoint presentations accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll begin with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in PowerPoint and then dive straight into practical solutions.
Kathy Adams and Chrissi Guarnieri
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88439345762?pwd=h9as0Gbu6PN6dFgdV5jmJK9XJWNk0I.1
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85970622537?pwd=ZFlUZHk5K09ZQjZXZTN0MFFHcUFhZz09
Master Course in Online Teaching (MCOT)
CITL's Master Course in Online Teaching (MCOT) is a deep dive into online teaching strategies that extends what was presented during previous teaching academies. Prior participation in an instructional development series is not required but professional experience with university level instruction is strongly encouraged.
David Favre
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88046400884?pwd=wPU6eRLb6uuIvywB5Cn7q9QP1BshUg.1
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.
Lindsey Sharp
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88133159889?pwd=HL4ty6QE14MHgHTve4av3P1YVRuOZS.1
Come visit Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at Illinois Innovation Studio between Noon and 4 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays in the Armory building room 172. You will be able to interact with generative AI and virtual reality (VR), create a gift with a 3D printer or laser cutter, and interact with our new digital resources.
Innovation Studio, Rm 172, Armory Building
Hands-on Introduction to Generative AI
This workshop gives participants a grounded, practical understanding of generative AI. Through a series hands-on exercises participants will explore how these tools generate responses, where their limits show up, and how to use them creatively without overestimating their abilities.
Jim Wentworth
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89051150988?pwd=J79iJnQa8DyYuw7DOEZd7Z4ES7UGxc.1
Come visit Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at Illinois Innovation Studio between Noon and 4 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays in the Armory building room 172. You will be able to interact with generative AI and virtual reality (VR), create a gift with a 3D printer or laser cutter, and interact with our new digital resources.
Innovation Studio, Rm 172, Armory Building
Quick Start Workshop: Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 1
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
Marc Thompson
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/84342043596?pwd=RcL5RrLBVgjl6WbsgvP8hSfjzBroUg.1