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Have you been asked to put together a PowerPoint presentation, but you're not sure how to start? Take this short course and learn the basics, including how to use the new 2016 interface to create slides and put content on them; format and custom design the slides; and prepare speaker notes and handouts.
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This 6-hour course introduces the basics of Adobe Illustrator. Topics will include design principles, elements, and graphics composition; creating documents containing basic shapes and customized paths. We will also learn how to insert text and typographical characters.
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Emily Thuma, author of "All Our Trials," will be giving a lecture at the University of California, Santa Cruz about her book.
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Every graduate student hears many times “the dissertation is not the book,” but what does that really mean? Dawn Durante, a senior acquisitions editor at the University of Illinois Press, will discuss the differences between the dissertation and the book and give helpful advice on how to approach revisions.
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Peter Cole, the author of"Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area", will give a talk at the Work Organisation and Employment Relations Research Centre.
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Emily Thuma, author of "All Our Trials," will be giving a lecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara about her book.
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Peter Cole, author of "Dockworker Power," will be speaking at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England.
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Peter Cole, author of "Dockworker Power," will be speaking at Queen Mary University of London.
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This talk reveals the untold story of the transnational efforts the University and its students went to support the war effort in 1917.
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Melanie Holmes, author of A Hero on Mount St. Helens: The Life and Legacy of David A. Johnston, will be give a book talk at 12pm and 2pm at the Johnston Ridge Observatory on the anniversary of the Mount St. Helens eruption.
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Richard Hughes, author of "Myths America Lives By 2nd edition: White Supremacy and the Stories that Give us Meaning" will give a lecture at the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing.
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Cicero M. Fain III, the author of "Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story" will give a book talk at the D.C. Chapter of The Ohio State University Alumni.
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This 6-hour, hands-on course is an intro to web page design using Dreamweaver CC. Students will become familiar with the Dreamweaver environment, interface elements, layout customization, website creation and publishing. Activities will include creating a new site, laying out basic pages and text, using text styles and containers, inserting images, uploading a simple site.
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In "The Fabrication, Materials, Design, Cultural Context, Uses, and Miracle of Paper," Sidney E. Berger explores the most extraordinary forms of paper decoration, and offers a look at many of its uses.
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In this 2-hour workshop participants will learn how to use Photoshop to do basic photo correction, use selection tools, manipulate, save, and store images. No prior knowledge of Photoshop is required.
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In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn how to create and open Illustrator documents, navigate the user interface, use vector shapes to create a logo that looks good on screen and in print. No prior knowledge of Illustrator is required.
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In this 3 hour course, participants will learn how to create and edit OneNote notebooks, search and export notes. We will enter data into OneNote from a variety of sources, from existing documents to webpages to images.
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Michael Jeffords and Susan Post, co-authors of "Curious Encounters with the Natural World: From Grumpy Spiders to Hidden Tigers", "Exploring Nature in Illinois", and "Butterflies of Illinois" will give a book talk at Hartfield Book Company.
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Wish you had a smarter, more efficient way to arrange your Outlook 2016 email and more? In this two-hour workshop, you will learn how to use the conversation view; how to insert a screenshot into a message; sorting messages; advanced searching techniques, including filters; working with folders; using flags, color categories, and rules.
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In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn how to create and open InDesign documents, navigate the user interface, modify a document, import graphics, and manipulate basic text and text frames.
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This two-part series offers tips on what you can do to increase your confidence as a teacher. In Part 1, topics include creating a comfortable teaching and learning environment, making the material your own, and tips on using your voice effectively. You will be asked to create a 1-2 minute lesson to present during the workshop.
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Join us for a book launch celebrating the release of "A Hero on Mount St. Helens: The Life and Legacy of David A. Johnston by Melanie Holmes at the David Johnston Community Center in Oak Lawn, IL.
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Richard Hughes, author of "Myths America Lives By 2nd edition: White Supremacy and the Stories that Give us Meaning" will give a lecture at the Council of Christian Colleges Institute for New Faculty, Calvin College, Grand Rapids
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InDesign is a desktop publishing program that combines incredible power and flexibility with a surprisingly easy-to-use interface -- for creating or editing everything from simple posters and brochures to multi-chapter books. We will do the basics in this 6 hour class.
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Learn how to use backward design to create a good course, and get a head start on learning about Bloom's Taxonomy and learning objectives.
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Learn how to write good learning objectives to get your course design started on the right path.
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In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn how to adjust a photo’s color and brightness in Lightroom; crop, straighten, and fix perspective, brush over certain parts of a photo for local adjustments; and work with photos on multiple devices. No prior knowledge of Lightroom is required.
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Richard Hughes, author of "Myths America Lives By 2nd edition: White Supremacy and the Stories that Give us Meaning" will give a lecture at the Christian Scholars Conference, Lubbock Christian University.
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Ensure proper course alignment by choosing assessments that match your learning objectives.
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Description: In this workshop, participants will identify the benefits of using a rubric (with an emphasis placed on analytic rubrics). Participants will then create a rubric that determines "the best type of pizza". Finally, participants will plan how to incorporate rubrics into their teaching.
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This two-part series offers tips on what you can do to increase your confidence as a teacher. Part 2 will focus on public speaking skills such as posture, movement, and responding to students' questions. For this workshop you will also present a 1-2 minute lesson in order to practice your newly learned skills.
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Ruth Nicole Brown, the author of "Hear Our Truths: The Creative Potential of Black Girlhood" will give a book talk at the Trinity United Church of Christ.
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Andrew Stoner, author of "The Journalist of Castro Street," will be speaking at the Aurora Public Library about his book.
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Join us for a book signing at Printer's Row Lit Festival and meet Melanie Holmes, author of "A Hero on Mount St. Helens: The Life and Legacy of David A. Johnston."
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Join us for a book signing at Printer's Row Lit Festival and meet George Van Dusen, author of "Clear it with Sid!: Sidney R. Yates and Fifty Years of Presidents, Pragmatism, and Public Service"
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Michael C. Dorf and George Van Dusen, authors of "Clear It With Sid!" will be speaking at Politics and Prose Bookstore at the Wharf.
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Richard Hughes, author of "Myths America Lives By 2nd edition: White Supremacy and the Stories that Give us Meaning" will give the Rabbi Ira Sanders Distinguished Lecture of the Central Arkansas Library System.
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Learn ways to engage students in class that align with your course design.
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Come join us as we dissect the types of questions instructors ask their students and learn what’s packed inside that serves to promote or undermine effective teaching strategies.
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Andrew Stoner, author of "The Journalist of Castro Street," will be speaking at IndyReads about his book.
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Have you been asked to put together a PowerPoint presentation, but you're not sure how to start? Take this short course and learn the basics, including how to use the new 2016 interface to create slides and put content on them; format and custom design the slides; and prepare speaker notes and handouts.
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Attendees will become familiar with the Outlook 2016 calendar interface (including the enhanced Ribbon tools). You will also learn how to schedule and edit an appointment; work with calendar labels and tasks displayed on the Calendar. We will schedule meetings with the Scheduling Assistant and practice scheduling a conference room.
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Andrew Stoner, author of "The Journalist of Castro Street," will be speaking at the Unabridged Books.
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Learn to create a syllabus that best reflects your course design while also serving as an introduction to you as a teacher.
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Walter Rimler, author of "The Man That Got Away," will be participating in a discussion with Harvey Granat and David Lahm, at the 9nd Street Y cultural center.
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The idea of teaching online can seem very daunting. How can we meaningfully transfer our best face-to-face teaching practices to our online instruction? In this workshop, we demystify this process by looking explicitly at the objectives of our teaching strategies and how we can recreate these elements for our students’ online learning experience.
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Carol Haddix, Bruce Kraig, and Colleen Taylor Sen, co-editors of "The Chicago Food Encyclopedia," will be speaking and signing books at the Schaumberg Township District Public Library.
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Wish you had a smarter, more efficient way to arrange your Outlook 2016 email and more? In this two-hour workshop, you will learn how to use the conversation view; how to insert a screenshot into a message; sorting messages; advanced searching techniques, including filters; working with folders; using flags, color categories, and rules.
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Jessica Wilkerson, author of "To Live Here You Have to Fight," will be giving a book talk at Taylor Books.
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In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn how to create and open Illustrator documents, navigate the user interface, use vector shapes to create a logo that looks good on screen and in print. No prior knowledge of Illustrator is required.
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Emily Thuma, author of "All Our Trials," will be part of a panel discussion about her book at the Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics in San Francisco.
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Alumnus St. Elmo Brady was the first African-American to obtain a PhD in chemistry in the US. He received his degree from the University in 1916 for work completed at Noyes Laboratory and continued his career as a professor of chemistry at historically black colleges and universities. This talk will discuss the life and accomplishments of this important educator.
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Join Peter Cole for a book signing of "Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay area."
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Through the centuries, people have devised imaginative, even diabolical, puzzles to test our wits. This exhibit is a selection of the world’s most famous mechanical puzzles. Enjoy their artistry and creativity—and try your hand at solving some of them. Join Guest Community Curator Philip Nyman for a talk and demonstrations of some of the puzzles from his collection.
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Jessica Wilkerson, author of "To Live Here You Have to Fight," will be giving a book talk at Halls Public Library about her new book.
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Michael C. Dorf and George Van Dusen, authors of "Clear it with Sid!: Sidney R. Yates and Fifty Years of Presidents, Pragmatism, and Public Service" will give a book talk at the Chicago Arts Council.
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In this 2-hour workshop participants will learn how to use Photoshop to do basic photo correction, use selection tools, manipulate, save, and store images. No prior knowledge of Photoshop is required.
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This 6 hour course will prepare you to use the most common basic features of Adobe Photoshop CC.
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This two-hour short course will introduce you to Microsoft's latest version of its relational database application, Access 2016. Attendees will take a tour of the objects in an Access database, including tables, queries, forms, and reports and spend some time working in the most important of all the objects--tables.
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Bring out your creative side at Krannert Art Museum as we explore the museum gardens. Participants should bring materials that relate to their own art practice —sketching, photography, painting, or other media. We’ll talk with local artist Kelly Hieronymus about using what we see in nature to inspire us creatively, then we’ll spend time making art in the gardens.
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Michael C. Dorf and George Van Dusen, authors of "Clear it with Sid!: Sidney R. Yates and Fifty Years of Presidents, Pragmatism, and Public Service" will give a book talk at the Skokie Chamber of Commerce.
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Cynthia Clampitt, author of Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland, will give a presentation at Sun City.
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Richard Hughes, author of "Myths America Lives By 2nd edition: White Supremacy and the Stories that Give us Meaning" will give a lecture at the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg.
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A properly designed database makes it easier to work with up-to-date, accurate information. Investing the time required to learn the principles of good relational database design ensures that you will end up with a database that meets your needs and can easily accommodate change. This new workshop provides guidelines for planning an Access database.
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In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn how to create and open InDesign documents, navigate the user interface, modify a document, import graphics, and manipulate basic text and text frames.
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InDesign is a desktop publishing program that combines incredible power and flexibility with a surprisingly easy-to-use interface -- for creating or editing everything from simple posters and brochures to multi-chapter books. We will do the basics in this 6 hour class.
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Michael C. Dorf and George Van Dusen, authors of "Clear it with Sid!: Sidney R. Yates and Fifty Years of Presidents, Pragmatism, and Public Service" will give a book talk at the Mayor Harold Washington Library. Former Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias will moderate a conversation.
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In this 6-hour course, you will import and export data into Excel 2016, work with conditional formatting, and learn about macros. Additional topics will include summarizing data using subtotals and data validation; and analyzing data using Goal Seek and Solver along with what if scenarios. Prerequisite: Completion of Excel 2016 Level 1 or equivalent knowledge
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Extend your InDesign skills even further by learning to use InDesign's more advanced features effectively. We'll work more deeply with styles. You'll use clipping paths to reveal only part of an image, create type outlines, and create Bezier paths. We'll also import layered files, merge data into documents and create a book with table of contents and references.
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Michael C. Dorf and George Van Dusen, authors of "Clear it with Sid!: Sidney R. Yates and Fifty Years of Presidents, Pragmatism, and Public Service" will give a book talk at the Winnetka Book Stall.
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May Berenbaum, author of "Honey I'm Homemade" will give a talk at the Human-Animal Studies Conference.
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This 6-hour course introduces the basics of Adobe Lightroom. Participants will work on the organization and management of photos, learning the Lightroom environment, managing images and workflow, reviewing images, sorting and organizing images as well as managing an image catalog.
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In this 3-hour course learn how to create and work with Access forms. Create a new form using the form wizard and explore layout and design view. Add and modify form controls including a calculated control and lookup control. Learn about control properties, form properties and setting tab order. Create a subform and learn about switchboard and navigation forms.
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Lightroom Level 2 is the second course in Lightroom, utilizing the Develop module, to concentrate on making image corrections in a non-destructive manner. Topics include: Develop module basics, Image adjustment basics, working with color, fixing common image problems like straightening and cropping, as well as more advanced topics like creating snapshots and panoramas.
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Saheed Aderinto, author of "When Sex Threatened the State: Illicit Sexuality, Nationalism, and Politics in Colonial Nigeria, 1900-1958" will give a talk at the Human-Animal Studies Conference.