Workshop

Department

Fix it: Headings, Styles, and Color for Formatting Document Structure

ewelc05s — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 21:49:54 +0000

Fix it: Headings, Styles, and Color for Formatting Document Structure ewelc05s Fri, 03/14/2025 - 16:49

Join the Office of Digital Accessibility and the Center for Online ��ý, Research and Service in the next installment of the Fix-It series. This workshop focuses on using headings, styles, and color for formatting document structure. We'll cover steps to create accessible documents structures for all readers.

Meeting ID: 816 9660 5177
Password: 732122

When

Fri, Apr 11 2025, 11 - 11:30am

Location

Zoom (link in event description)

Event Type

Department

Digital Accessibility

Fix it: Tables

ewelc05s — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 21:37:54 +0000

Fix it: Tables ewelc05s Fri, 03/14/2025 - 16:37

Join the Office of Digital Accessibility and the Center for Online ��ý, Research and Service in the next installment of the Fix-It series. This workshop focuses on creating accessible tables.

Meeting ID: 816 9660 5177
Password: 732122

When

Thu, Mar 27 2025, 11 - 11:30am

Location

Zoom (link in event description)

Event Type

Department

Digital Accessibility

Accessible Files for Websites and Canvas

ewelc05s — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:17:55 +0000

Accessible Files for Websites and Canvas ewelc05s Tue, 03/04/2025 - 11:17

Join the Office of Digital Accessibility and the Center for Online ��ý, Research and Service in the next installment of the Fix-It series. This workshop focuses on creating accessible documents for websites and Canvas courses. We'll cover steps to create accessible documents and how to identify and remove unused Canvas content and files.

Meeting ID: 816 9660 5177
Password: 732122

When

Thu, Mar 6 2025, 11 - 11:30am

Location

Zoom (link in event description)

Event Type

Department

Copyleaks Faculty Listening Session

ewelc05s — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:55:38 +0000

Copyleaks Faculty Listening Session ewelc05s Wed, 02/12/2025 - 11:55

Join staff from ITS and COLRS to share your experiences with Copyleaks as a plagiarism and AI detection tool. What is working? What is not working as expected? What have you heard from students?

Join the Zoom meeting

Meeting ID: 816 9660 5177
Password: 732122

When

Thu, Apr 10 2025, 11am - 12pm

Location

BRK 416 or Zoom (link in the description)

Event Type

Department

Fix it: Errors for Canvas Content copied from Word

ewelc05s — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:49:29 +0000

Fix it: Errors for Canvas Content copied from Word ewelc05s Tue, 02/04/2025 - 16:49

Join the Office of Digital Accessibility and the Center for Online ��ý, Research and Service in the next installment of the Fix-It series. This workshop is focused on the issues that arise when copying text from Word to Canvas. We'll cover how to avoid them from the beginning and how to fix them after the fact.

When

Thu, Feb 13 2025, 12 - 12:30pm

Location

Zoom (link in event description)

Event Type

Department

Digital Accessibility

AI Hands-On Prompt Training

nelha2 — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 04:03:27 +0000

AI Hands-On Prompt Training nelha2 Wed, 01/29/2025 - 22:03

AI Prompt Design: Get the Most Out of Your AI

So it's been about 2 years since AI models took us by surprise, now what? How can business professionals facing mounting workloads and rising costs, use these AI models to create better solutions that go beyond basic automation?

Come find out at our next workshop. In this AI session we will introduce you to a strategic approach to creating reliable AI assistants that can handle specialized tasks across your organization. You can be looking to streamline your marketing activities, or design a newsletter, or maybe enhance aspects of your customer service, or optimize your content production. Daniel Reifenberger will teach you how to effectively "train" AI agents to perform these functions with consistency and accuracy. The result? A scalable, cost-effective way to expand your team's capabilities without expanding your payroll.

We're asking you to imagine having specialized assistants who can handle your:

Content calendar management
Market research reports
Customer response drafts
Data analysis & reporting
Social media planning
Competitive analysis

So, Join us in this practical, hands-on workshop

Running a department or agency? Bring your team.

Meet Daniel Reifenberger, our AI implementation strategist and workshop leader. With over 14 years of experience in direct marketing and e-commerce optimization, Daniel brings practical expertise in transforming business operations through strategic automation. As founder of Loyal Tribe, LLC, he has helped e-commerce companies achieve 10-30% revenue growth in just 90 days by implementing smart systems and processes. His unique background, which includes leading a 50-person team at Apple and developing strategic marketing campaigns for global brands, gives him firsthand insight into the challenges and opportunities of integrating AI into existing business workflows. Daniel combines his entrepreneurial mindset with hands-on technical experience to help professionals like you transform their operations through practical AI implementation.

When

Thu, Jun 19 2025, 4:30 - 6:30pm Google Outlook iCal

Location

15 S.Old State Capitol Plaza, 2nd Floor

Event Type

Innovation Center

Department

Innovate Springfield

Thrive Solo

nelha2 — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 03:54:09 +0000

Thrive Solo nelha2 Wed, 01/29/2025 - 21:54

Innovate Springfield brings you a unique opportunity for solo-entrepreneurs, freelancers and business operators in our area. Dr. Harry Elston, Ph.D., CIH, PMP is the founder of Midwest Chemical Safety. He will lead this two-hour work workshop.

With over 28 years of experience serving clients like Argonne National Labs and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Dr. Elston offers insights based on real-world business operations.

The workshop covers essential aspects of solo entrepreneurship:

Business structure optimization
Financial management fundamentals
Resource identification
Strategic evaluation methods
Contract negotiations
Risk management
Accounting and tax considerations

Dr. Elston combines his technical expertise as a Fellow of the American Chemical Society with proven business acumen in maintaining a sustainable consulting practice.

Registration is Free.

Dr. Elston owns Midwest Chemical Safety, a small business specializing in providing safety and occupational safety solutions to clients such as Argonne National Labs, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, and Cooper Machinery Services. He has over 28 years of experience owning and operating a small consulting business.

Dr. Elston is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association with a doctorate in physical chemistry. His expertise spans chemical process safety, environmental compliance, risk management, and helping organizations implement comprehensive safety programs while ensuring regulatory compliance with OSHA, EPA, and DHS requirements.

Dr. Elston is a Navy veteran where he served as a nuclear engineering officer and a plankowner of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

When

Tue, Mar 18 2025, 4:30 - 6:30pm

Location

15 S. Old State Capitol Plaza, 2nd Floor

Event Type

Innovation Center

Social Innovation Workshop Registration Form

Department

Innovate Springfield

2025 IIN Social Innovation Workshop

jcook36 — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 20:14:05 +0000

2025 IIN Social Innovation Workshop jcook36 Thu, 01/09/2025 - 14:14

2025 IIN Social Innovation Workshop

Join CSPL and the Illinois Innovation Network for a Social Innovation Workshop at the UIS Student Union Ballroom and on Zoom! Learn design thinking principles that will help prepare a competitive application for up to $100,000 in IIN Social Innovation and Impact seed grant funding.

The Illinois Innovation Network drives inclusive and integrated research, innovation, and economic development across Illinois. IIN hubs combine research, public-private partnerships, entrepreneurship, and workforce training programs to spur inclusive economic development regionally and throughout the state. Special thanks to the Social Innovation Subcommittee for spearheading this event.

This workshop will guide participants to:

Key Components: Develop a strong, well-informed proposal and strengthen their funding application for greater effectiveness
Consulting Expertise: Gain insights from previous social innovation seed funding awardees on successful projects that address complex social challenges, build community capacity and partnerships, and serve as scalable models for other communities
Funding Opportunity: Up to $100,000 per project for 2-3 awardees
- Proposal submission deadline: March 30, 2025
- Expected project start date: July 1, 2025
- Eligibility: All IIN hubs are eligible to apply

You'll hear from speakers with the Siebel Center for Design, the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, and the Office of Broadband. This hybrid event is free to attend. Registration opens at 9:00 am with a continental breakfast, and the program begins at 10:00 am. Registrants will receive a social innovation workbook and social entrepreneur workbook, and lunch will be provided.

A Zoom link will be sent to registrants by email prior to the event. In-person registrants will receive parking and additional details via email. Please contact cspl@uis.edu with questions.

When

Wed, Jan 22 2025, 9am - 3pm

Location

Student Union Ballroom

Event Type

Employee

Innovation Center

Center for State Policy & Leadership

Department

Canvas Basics for Faculty

ewelc05s — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 04:43:21 +0000

Canvas Basics for Faculty ewelc05s Mon, 01/06/2025 - 22:43

Join COLRS staff to learn about navigating the Canvas interface and the foundational tools for organizing and building a course at UIS. Topics covered include: navigating, communicating with students, creating modules and assignments, and gradebook.

Join the Zoom session.

When

Wed, Jan 15 2025, 12 - 1pm

Location

Zoom (link in event description)

Event Type

Department