Category: Training Opportunities and Workshops

Equip yourself with the skills to create impactful research posters for conferences, competitions and presentations, especially if you’re participating in URCAF or GRASP.

Join University Libraries for its Savvy Scholar Workshop, “Creating a Stunning Research Poster,” from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 19 at Ablah Library in the Digital Learning Commons (in-person and online). There is no cost to attend.

Wichita State is transitioning from Blackboard “Classic” course format to the “Ultra” course format as of summer, 2024, and the Office of Instructional Design urges all instructors who work in Blackboard to register for a free training seminar offered by Anthology.

The seminar is only an hour and will provide instructors with the information necessary to get started in Ultra Course Format. There are four seminar times coming up over the next four months: March 19, April 17, May 14 and June 12.

All instructors should try to attend the seminar if it’s possible, and making time to attend the seminar on more than one date could be beneficial.

Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Services is offering a substance use and mental wellness prevention course from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 7 in 245 Rhatigan Student Center, CUW Room.

The course aims to help students, faculty and staff develop tools to reflect on how they engage with substances, stigma related to substance use disorder and how to best support members of their community. Participants will receive a free Suspenders4Hope T-shirt on completion of the training.

Those interested in attending, students can register by submitting a form online and faculty and staff can register through myTraining.

Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education Services (HOPE Services) is offering a substance use and mental wellness prevention course from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27 in 245 Rhatigan Student Center, CUW Room.

The course aims to help students, faculty and staff develop tools to reflect on how they engage with substances, stigma related to substance use disorder and how to best support members of their community. Participants will receive a free Suspenders4Hope T-shirt on completion of the training.

Students can register by submitting a form online and faculty and staff can register on myTraining.

Delmar Larson, founder and executive director of LibreTexts, will provide virtual training for Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) faculty on LibreTexts and the associated LibreVerse from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20 via Zoom.

LibreTexts is an Open Educational Resource (OER) platform. The KBOR system was the first state system to join the LibreNet, a consortium of members supporting LibreTexts. System members can create, adopt and adapt OER on the platform and use the associated technology. Attendees can open an account prior to this training session online.

Join University Libraries’ next Savvy Scholar Workshop on “Annotated Bibliographies and Why You Should Write One.” Happening from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27 at Ablah Library in the Digital Learning Commons (in-person and online).

Explore the purposes, processes and benefits of creating robust annotated bibliographies to enhance the quality and efficiency of your research projects and assignments.

Join University Libraries for its “Intro to Copyright” workshop from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23 at Ablah Library, Digital Learning Commons (in-person and online).

The informative session aims to familiarize attendees on the crucial aspects of protecting creative works, registering copyrights and best practices in intellectual property.

Whether you are a content creator or a budding artist, the session will enhance your knowledge on safeguarding your creative endeavors.

Bring a lunch for a productive break. The workshop is open to all, with no cost to attend.

Attend the #WSUWeSupportU “Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide” Training from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15 in 261 Rhatigan Student Center, Olive Room.

Learn about tools to support the community and assist someone in need. Students, staff and faculty are welcome to sign up for the training.

Sign up on myWSU under the myTraining section or on the registration website. All participants will receive a free suspenders #WSUWeSupportU T-shirt.

ITS Applications Training is excited to announce new training available to faculty and staff: Microsoft Lists Essentials. Microsoft Lists is so much more than just a list maker. This powerful tool can be used to track expenses, manage inventory, organize events and so much more. Lists is also fantastic for collaboration, integrating seamlessly into both Teams and SharePoint. This could be a game-changer if you are in need of a simple database tool for your team.

Are you interested in attending Microsoft Lists Essentials? Visit myTraining in myWSU to sign up for a session.

Sessions will be held:

• 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 12
• 9 a.m. Thursday, March 21
• And more coming soon

Explore copyright basics at the University Libraries’s Entrepreneurship Research Lunch & Learn, Introduction to Copyright workshop, from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Digital Learning Commons in Ablah Library (in-person and online).

Learn about creative work protection, registering copyrights and best practices. Feel free to bring a lunch and help spread the word, the session is open to all at no charge.