Events
Nov 14, 2025 - Nov 21, 2025
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/81792928204?pwd=TYY6HerWj4CadepxHD1edXSwqgdSJR.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
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
Cultivating Learning Communities
Learning communities are a powerful way for people to come together to achieve common learning goals. However, fostering conditions that promote productive social knowledge construction can be daunting to even the most experienced facilitators. Please join us as we discuss effective ways to establish and grow valuable learning communities.
David Favre
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87468304937?pwd=ZEZqcmeZlsR4IlnDaHh74SjNSNr9Wk.1
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
Ky Merkley
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/86490683055?pwd=rZ85lg59xK2s1UuITmR2HZKmdBltoK.1
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85970622537?pwd=ZFlUZHk5K09ZQjZXZTN0MFFHcUFhZz09
Quick Start Workshop: Make Your Excel Spreadsheets Accessible, Part 3
Get up to speed quickly on making your Microsoft Excel spreadsheets accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to prevent reading and navigating order culprits, freeze columns and rows, hide unused columns and rows, delete empty rows between elements, create accessible links, and use the Accessibility Assistant.
Lori Lane
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83838411791?pwd=Kbsp7Xdqz7R4YHirfKaItXVFxqvX7x.1
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.
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83977396812?pwd=a4DGd1KuoGuzKUjvi1kUEQLSmR3xkK.1