Browse the list of available short courses on the ReggieNet Support site. Offerings this semester include:

• ReggieNet: Gradebook Clinic
• ReggieNet: Instructional Clinic
• ReggieNet: Rubrics

Due to CTLT's move to Williams Hall, no Clickers workshops will be offered. Instead, instructors are invited to email CTLT@ilstu.edu to request a one-on-one consultation.

About.IllinoisState Websites for Faculty and Staff

Location: Williams Hall 325

Monday, January 27 • 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Tuesday, January 28 • 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Monday, March 2 • 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday, April 16 • 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Showcase your teaching, research, and service using the newly updated About.IllinoisState customized web pages. No additional software is required. This workshop is open to faculty and staff only. Registration is required.

Due to CTLT's move to Williams Hall, no Camtasia workshops will be offered. Instead, instructors are invited to email CTLT@ilstu.edu to request a one-on-one consultation.

SoftChalk Create

Location: Williams Hall 325

Wednesday, April 15 • 9 a.m. to noon

Looking for a creative, new way to engage students? SoftChalk can help! This program lets you easily create engaging, interactive web lessons. You will learn to create interactive learning games such as customizable flashcards, image labeling, matching games, crosswords and more. SoftChalk lessons are easily imported into ReggieNet. Registration is required.

Screencast-O-Matic Pro

Location: Williams Hall 325

Wednesday, March 4 • 9 a.m. to noon
Thursday, April 23 • 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Screencast-O-Matic is an inexpensive, web-based software that allows you to record and narrate videos from your desktop. This workshop explores how to use this service to create material for a flipped, blended, or online course. Registration is required.

Teaching with Zoom

Location: Williams Hall 325

Friday, January 24 • 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Monday, March 23 • 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

In this face-to-face workshop, you’ll practice using Zoom, the university’s online conferencing platform, to facilitate learning. Learn how to set up virtual meetings, and explore useful tools like polls, break-out rooms, and more. You’ll also learn about integration with ReggieNet and how to get your own free, “pro” account through the university. Registration is required.

Location: Alumni Center 117

Tuesday, January 28 • 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Tuesday, March 10 • 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Learn how to use the News.IllinoisState.edu content management system, powered by WordPress, to add news articles, tag them to feed to multiple locations (including your website), insert images, photo galleries, and more. This workshop is open to faculty and staff only. Registration is required.

Formstack for Beginners

Location: Williams Hall 325

Thursday, January 30 • 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Wednesday, February 26 • 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesday, March 25 • 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Thursday, April 23 • 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Discover how to build and update forms using Formstack, Illinois State’s primary, non-research form creation tool. You will learn how to download forms submissions data and set up notifications. Completing this training is a prerequisite for using Formstack. Registration is required.

(Please note: Qualtrics is the recommended survey platform for research. Learn more at About.IllinoisState.edu/SurveyOptions.

Improve Your Website Content

Location: Williams Hall 325

Thursday, January 30 • 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday, February 24 • 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday, March 24 • 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Monday, April 27 • 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

You have a lot of important stuff to say on your website. Getting people to read your website can be a challenge. Walls of text, long sentences, and big words prevent users from finding the information you want them to know. This course teaches you simple tricks to turn your ice-cold website content into hot-fire content that’s easy to read, conversational, and not so blah. Registration is required.

OUCampus

Location: Williams Hall 325

Thursday, January 23 • 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday, February 10 • 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday, March 17 • 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Thursday, April 23 • 11 a.m. to noon

Learn how to update your unit’s website using OUCampus, Illinois State’s primary content management system. You will be given access to your website(s) and trained to add, edit, and publish content, including links and PDFs. You’ll also learn how to request more complex website updates from the WEB staff, such as photo and layout changes. Registration is required.

Excel: Level 1

Location: State Farm Hall of Business 016C

Tuesday, February 4 • 9 a.m. to noon

An introduction to Microsoft Excel: Topics include basic features such as spreadsheet arrangement (rows, columns, and cells), entering, editing, and formatting data. Also learn about formulas and graph creation. Registration is required.

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Excel: Level 2

Location: State Farm Hall of Business 022C

Tuesday, February 11 • 9 a.m. to noon

This course continues the basics of creating and modifying charts that began in Excel: Level 1. Also explore useful tools like filtering, which make viewing data accessible at a glance, and pivot tables to summarize values. Registration is required.

Microsoft Forms: Getting Started

Location: Williams Hall 325

Thursday, February 20 • 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Wednesday, March 25 • 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Microsoft Forms is a quick, easy, mobile-friendly way to create sign-up forms, polls, and surveys. As part of Office 365, it is open to faculty, staff, and students. This one-hour workshop will get you started using forms, show you how to design questionnaires, export data, and use this powerful tool as a real-time way to poll an audience. Registration is required.

OneDrive: Getting Started

Location: Williams Hall 325

Thursday, February 20 • 11 a.m. to noon
Wednesday, March 25 • 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Take your projects on the go using Microsoft Office apps for iOS, Android, and Windows mobile devices through OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud-based storage, free for members of the campus community. Learn how to share documents through OneDrive and discuss how to use this service within the boundaries of Illinois State data security policies and FERPA. Bring your smartphone or tablet with you to get the most out of this workshop. Registration is required.

OneNote: Introduction

Location: Williams Hall 325

Tuesday, February 18 • 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Thursday, March 26 • 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Transform how you take and share notes with Microsoft OneNote. Unlike a word processor, OneNote allows you to easily include images, videos, and audio clips anywhere on the page. Organize information into virtual notebooks that can be shared across all your devices and with others. This workshop shows you the basic features of OneNote, how to navigate the interface, and how to synchronize OneNote across mobile devices. Registration is required.

PowerPoint

Location: Williams Hall 325

Wednesday, January 29 • 9 a.m. to noon

Get an overview on this presentation software’s basic tools and functions. You will learn to work with text, images, slide layouts, backgrounds, slide transitions and more. This class is suitable for those who are entirely new to PowerPoint or for those who would like a refresher. Registration is required.

Due to CTLT's move to Williams Hall, no Microsoft Word workshops will be offered. Instead, instructors are invited to email CTLT@ilstu.edu to request a one-on-one consultation.

Adobe Spark

Location: Williams Hall 325

Tuesday, February 11 • 10 a.m. to noon

Create compelling media with Adobe Spark-- a browser-based, mobile-friendly graphic design app. Discover how students can use this free tool to craft social media, web pages, and short videos as part of a presentation or other learning project. You’ll get a chance to practice with Spark, explore its different uses, and become aware of important considerations in terms of accessibility. Registration is required.

Illustrator: Making a Flyer

Location: Williams Hall 325

Thursday, March 26 • 9 a.m. to noon

Adobe’s vector graphics editor is a companion to Photoshop. In this workshop, you’ll learn basic features by creating a flyer for an event. Learn how to manipulate text and images to create stunning handouts or posters for print or digital distribution. Registration is required.

InDesign: Introduction

Location: Williams Hall 325

Tuesday, March 31 • 9 a.m. to noon

Get an introduction to this page layout editor, including a tour of basic tools. Learn to place and move graphics and text to create an aesthetically pleasing format for printing. Registration is required.

Photoshop: 3 Ways to Change a Photo

Location: Williams Hall 325

Thursday, February 13 • 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

When it comes down to it, there are only 3 ways to change a photo in Photoshop: general changes that affect the whole photo, changes via selection, and changes made using a brush-metaphor tool. We’ll be exploring all three. As far as brushes go, we’ll be spending a good amount of time learning how to use the Clone Stamp and Healing Brush tools. Registration is required.

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Photoshop: Adjustment Layers

Location: Williams Hall 325

Thursday, March 5 • 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

This session will give you an overview of the use of powerful Adjustment Layers in Photoshop, a relatively easy-to-learn tool used to create powerful effects. Half of this session will be spent colorizing a black-and-white photo, and the rest looking at techniques used by professional photo editors. Registration is required.

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Photoshop: Getting Started

Location: Williams Hall 325

Thursday, February 6 • 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Get an overview of the digital image editing program, including a walkthrough of basic tools and concepts. Learn to works with raster graphics, using the tools and commands available in Photoshop, as well as the various ways you can save your work for a website or for printing. This class finishes with a lesson on how to professionally color correct an image. Registration is required.

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Photoshop: Layers

Location: Williams Hall 325

Thursday, February 20 • 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

This workshop covers how to manipulate, re-order and merge layers. The session will also give you an overview of how to combine elements from different pictures to create a new composition. Registration is required.

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Photoshop: Selections

Location: Williams Hall 325

Thursday, February 27 • 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Look at how to make harder selections using Photoshop’s more advanced selection tools. Registration is required.

Adobe Premiere Rush

Location: Williams Hall 325

Tuesday, February 25 • 9 a.m. to noon

Discover the power of this easy-to-use video editing tool! Adobe Premiere Rush distills its more full-featured cousin into an agile, intuitive app for both desktop and mobile devices. Learn the basics of cutting, color correcting, and adding text to your videos, as well as how to save and upload files to share with your class. Registration is required.