Come join Professor Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson as we discuss tips for creating presentation assignments that can guide and prepare your students for success.

We will cover how to create clear guidelines and expectations, as well as ideas for exercises and rehearsals to help get your students comfortable speaking in front of a group/crowd. Feel free to bring any existing presentation assignment prompts/guidelines that you have. 

This event may be attended in-person (UHB 1031) or via Zoom.

Come discover how Professor Peter Shapinsky's course "Exhibiting Asia: Trans-Pacific Material Culture" turns a museum partnership into a hands-on learning opportunity, as students "adopt" artifacts from the Illinois State Museum, research their history, and build public web exhibits using Omeka. The ISM gains new scholarship on understudied collection pieces, while students gain real-world skills in material culture, exhibit design, and digital publishing, producing award-winning work presented at STARS and national conferences.

Please join the CFE for a panel discussion on “Beyond the Basics: Using AI to Innovate Teaching and Research.” This event will feature a window into how three of our colleagues—Brian Chen (SISSPH), Bell Eapen (MIS), and BJ Fletcher (SPMP)—are using AI in their work as educators and scholars, as well as a discussion of the AI tools and platforms available on the UIS campus, led by Kara McElwrath (ITS).

This event may be attended in-person (UHB 1031 Conference Room) or via Zoom.

Career readiness has become an increasingly important focus in higher education, yet many faculty are already developing these skills through the courses and experiences they create for students.

Join this interactive conversation as we explore what career readiness looks like in today's higher education environment, share practical strategies that are already working, and discuss ways to make these connections more intentional.

From noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 17, Mason Kuhn, associate professor in the School of Education, will use “magic” to elicit discussion about dialogic feedback.

Tuesday, September 8th, 2026, from 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Interested in learning more about becoming involved in leading a study away program for UIS students?

As part of our launch of our new UIS Online Course Quality Rubric, COLRS staff is focusing our teaching tip and workshop series this academic year on the six domains of the rubric, offering ideas and strategies to help instructors meet the essential standards.

The first workshop will focus on Domain 2: Technologies and Tools. Join us for this workshop, where we will explain what Domain 2 is all about, share strategies for how to meet the standard, and connect this domain to joyful teaching practices.

We hope to see you there!

COLRS will host an informative session on Turnitin from noon to 1 p.m. on Sept. 3 on Zoom.

As part of our move to Turnitin as the plagiarism and AI detection software, COLRS staff is offering a series of trainings to get you started. In this first workshop, we will go over how to add Turnitin to your usual Canvas assignments as well as how to configure Turnitin settings to get the results you're most interested in seeing. This workshop will be recorded in case you are not able to attend.

We hope to see you there!

New to Canvas? Need a refresher? Join COLRS staff on Aug. 19 as they go over how to use Canvas as an instructor.