Category: Training Opportunities and Workshops

Learn how to help someone in need and spread hope by attending the next #WSUWeSupportU preventing suicide training from Counseling and Prevention Services (CAPS). The training will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 in 256 Rhatigan Student Center.

The training is free for all participants. Students can register via the CAPS webpage, and staff and faculty can register on myTraining. All in attendance will also receive a free Suspenders4Hope T-shirt.

For any questions about the training or how to register, contact CAPS’ outreach coordinator at rachael.gladden@wichita.edu.

Master Classroom touch panel training is now available online. The touch panel’s user interface has been updated to enhance the user experience with simple and advanced modes. Visit the CMS 2023 Master Classroom Touch Panel Training webpage for text-based training and video walk-throughs.

Want a hands-on or in-person training session instead? Check out the Campus Media Services in-person training schedule and join one of our open labs or make a one-on-one appointment.

If you pay invoices, enter requisitions, monitor budgets or have financial-related questions, this Finance Update is for you. Topics will include:

• How your work will change after the most significant improvement to Wichita State’s purchasing process goes live in 2023.
• Budget presentation on business analytics and how this can simplify budget monitoring.
• Subject matter experts will be available to answer your questions.

Financial Services Update will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25 in 208 Hubbard Hall.

Find more information and sign up for this session through myTraining.

Please submit questions prior to the event so that our subject matter experts can address them during the event by emailing training@wichita.edu.

Attend the free #WeSupportU Suspenders4Hope evidence-based training session and receive free CEUs. Hosted in partnership with Sedgwick County and StopSuicideICT, the first 100 registrants will receive a free Suspenders4Hope t-shirt.

The training is scheduled for 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 in the Sunflower Room of the Sedgwick County Extension Office, 7001 W. 21st Street North in Wichita.

The training is presented by Dr. Jessica Provines, WSU’s assistant vice president for wellness and chief psychologist. Registration is encouraged but not required.

Free artificial intelligence (AI) tools that can write full essays are now here. In the past two months, free online AI tools have gone from being able to write reasonable paragraphs from a simple prompt to producing full essays with citations on more complex topics. These tools will continue to develop rapidly, and professors, advisors and others who work with students need to be aware of these tools and what they can do.

During the week of Jan. 9-13, there will be several online presentations on topics associated with artificial intelligence, and we hope instructors and student-facing staff can make time to attend at least one of these sessions:

• 10 a.m. Jan. 9: President Muma will be discussing Digital Transformation at WSU, and he will be followed by John Jones, who will provide further context for discussions about AI and related topics. Here is the Outlook Invite for President Muma’s discussion.
• Noon Jan. 10: WSU will be hosting a panel on partnering with AI for creative pursuits such as writing and visual art. There will be a related discussion of the academic integrity implications of AI as well. Here is the Outlook Invite for the Creative Use of AI panel.
• Noon Jan. 12: A panel of WSU experts will discuss “Academic Honesty in the Age of AI.” The panelists will explain the issues and take questions from the audience. Here is the Outlook Invite for Academic Honesty in the Age of AI.
• 2 p.m. Jan. 12: There will be a book discussion of “Robot Proof: Higher Education in the Age of AI” WSU libraries has a digital copy available. And if you do not have time to read a book right now, you can get what you need from this 30-minute podcast interview with the author Dr. Joseph Aoun.

Classroom technology training labs provide essential hands-on training to access classroom technology across campus.

• Master Classroom sessions include demonstrations on how to use the podiums, teach via Zoom and record with Panopto.
• Bring Your Own Device sessions will include a key and recommendations for cables and adapters. Please bring your laptop with you.

We will also discuss available opportunities for further online training and resources, such as procuring a Zoom Pro account.

Are you interested in learning more about Microsoft Cloud services available to WSU faculty and staff? Live training sessions on Teams, SharePoint, and more are available through ITS Applications Training.

Current sessions on Microsoft Cloud services include:

• Teams Essentials: Jan. 10
• Teams Advanced for Team Owners: Jan. 11
• SharePoint — Foundations: Jan. 17
• SharePoint 2 — Site Creation Basics: Jan. 19

Sign up for these sessions, and future training sessions, through myTraining. For more information, visit: wichita.edu/myTraining.

The Academic Resources Conference (ARC) is back for a week of events Jan. 9-13. In addition to technical training, the conference will focus on the impact digital transformation has on education. The whole campus community is invited.

All ARC events are free and take place via Zoom. You can see the full schedule of sessions, panels and discussions and grab calendar invites on the ARC session page.

A sneak peek at some can’t-miss sessions:

• At 10 a.m. Jan. 9, President Rick Muma will speak on Digital Transformation and its impact on education. The conference will then offer 12 other sessions with some kind of digital transformation or artificial intelligence focus. This discussion culminates in a presentation on the “Ethics of Big Data,” presented by Dr. Susan Castro at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 13.
• Roy and Polly Wenzl join the conference at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 to show how “Narrative Storytelling is a Skill You Can Learn.”
• Technical training and information opportunities include hearing about Navigate from Kim Sandlin from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 and ArcGIS with Ethan Lindsay from 2 to 3 p.m. Jan. 12. There will also be Blackboard, Panopto and Watermark training opportunities throughout the week.
• Monday-Thursday, there is a lunch-and-learn Panel Hour from noon-12:50 p.m. We will discuss equity and digital transformation (Monday), creative intelligence and AI (Tuesday), the future of work (Wednesday), and academic honesty and AI (Thursday).
• From 1 to 1:50 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, there will be an ARC book club where participants will discuss the book “Robot Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” (available free through University Libraries).

All events will also be recorded, so make sure to check out the schedule to see what you can attend live or virtually. ARC is presented by the Office of Instructional Resources.

Questions? Email OIR@wichita.edu.

GTA training is Jan. 10. Join the Graduate School and the Academic Resources Conference from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 10 in the Santa Fe Room (233) of the Rhatigan Student Center.

Check-in starts at 8:30 AM. New GTAs are required to attend all sessions, and returning GTAs are strongly encouraged to attend.

Need assistance building your schedule, or just a quiet place to work on it? Sign up in myTraining for the upcoming Schedule Building Open Lab Series. In this series, we will focus on various schedule-building topics and answer your schedule-building questions.

Building in SSASECT: Open Lab — 1-2 p.m. Dec. 8 in 122 Jabara Hall. This open lab will focus on creating, modifying, and deleting CRNs in Banner 9.

New Classroom Feature Request Form: Open Lab — 2-3 p.m. Dec. 12 in 122 Jabara Hall.  This open lab will focus on the process of submitting the New Classroom Feature Request form.

WSU Schedule Building Reports: Open Lab — 0-10 a.m. Dec. 12 in 122 Jabara Hall. This open lab will focus on running the various schedule-building reports such as the schedule of courses, errors, and warnings reports.