Office of Innovative Technologies Student Workshop Descriptions (Summary)
Online Self-Paced Workshops
OIT Online Self-Paced Workshops are available in Canvas Catalog, our outreach learning platform.
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Featured Workshop
Canvas In Your Pocket: The Mobile Canvas Experience from a Student Perspective

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Fall Training 2026: Empower Your Skills with Supported Technologies

This 30-minute session will explore Canvas from the student perspective, with a focus on the Canvas Student mobile app. We will begin by discussing why the mobile Canvas experience matters, especially as many students regularly use mobile devices to access course content while instructors and instructional designers often focus mainly on the desktop version when designing Canvas courses.

The session will then include a live demonstration of the Canvas Student app, showing how students navigate courses, check announcements, access modules and assignments, view grades, and manage other common course activities. After the demonstration, we will compare the mobile app with the desktop version of Canvas and discuss key differences, strengths, and limitations from the student perspective. The session will conclude with practical considerations for instructors and instructional designers on how to design Canvas courses that work well across both desktop and mobile environments.

At this end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Explain why the mobile Canvas experience is important for students.
  • Identify key features of the Canvas Student mobile app.
  • Compare the student experience in the Canvas mobile app and desktop version.
  • Recognize design considerations that can improve the Canvas experience across both mobile and desktop platforms.
Workshop occurs in Eastern Standard Time (EST).


S This is a student focused workshop and students are given enrollment priority.
Best Practices for Surveys

Sorry, there are no scheduled times for this workshop. Contact us for more info.

This workshop presents essential guidelines and strategies for designing and conducting effective online surveys. Key topics include planning and structuring surveys, designing clear and unbiased questions, survey flow, pilot testing, recruiting participants, reducing risk of fraudulent responses, data cleaning, and preparing data for analysis.

Workshop occurs in Eastern Standard Time (EST).


S This is a student focused workshop and students are given enrollment priority.
Microsoft Excel: Worksheet Basics

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Students will learn the basics of using the Excel interface to accomplish the following tasks: create and edit worksheets, enter data and formulas, format text and values, use sort and filter tools, insert pictures, and manage a workbook.

Workshop occurs in Eastern Standard Time (EST).


S This is a student focused workshop and students are given enrollment priority.
Microsoft Word: Formatting for Resumes

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Students will learn the basics of using Microsoft Word to format a resume by using styles in the document, adjusting the fonts, and using alignment tabs.

Workshop occurs in Eastern Standard Time (EST).


S This is a student focused workshop and students are given enrollment priority.
Microsoft Word: Track Changes

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This 40-minute workshop will introduce participants to Microsoft Word’s Track Changes features.

Workshop occurs in Eastern Standard Time (EST).


S This is a student focused workshop and students are given enrollment priority.