OIT Training Workshop Descriptions (Summary)
Online Self-Paced Workshops
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Adobe Acrobat: Basics

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There are two version of Acrobat--Reader DC and Acrobat Pro DC. Acrobat Reader DC’s primary purpose is for reading, sorting, and filling out PDF forms. In this one-hour workshop we’ll focused on Acrobat Pro for those times you require additional functionality such as editing and mark-up, updating a PDF, designing a form to be filled-out and signed, and many advanced features. You’ll learn the basics of the tools available and what they do. We’ll even teach you how to create a basic digital signature, and show you how to convert a file from PDF to a Word document.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Adobe Express: Creating professional looking graphic designs for your projects

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Adobe Express is a combination of graphic design tools. In this workshop you'll learn to create posters with animation, editing images for your posters, how to make report covers, and how to add video to your presentations. Note: Everyone is requested to bring a laptop if they want a hands on experience.

S This is a student focused workshop and students are given enrollment priority.
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Adobe Photoshop: Compositing Images with Photoshop

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Through the use of creative selections you’ll combine multiple images into one image.

S This is a student focused workshop and students are given enrollment priority.
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ArcGIS: Online Fundamentals and Story Maps

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This workshop will introduce you to the basics of geographic information system (GIS) mapping using ESRI’s ArcGIS Online platform. In this session, you will learn how to use the ArcGIS online system, to create a series of maps. After creating the maps, you can then export your maps to ESRI’s Story Maps, which will allow you to create stable link to a mixed media mapping project that you can use for research, teaching, and job portfolio purposes.

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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Canvas: Accessibility Checking with UDoIT

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Online courses are only beneficial when they are accessible and usable by all students who need them. UDOIT is a cloud-based course accessibility checker that scans your Canvas course for potential accessibility problems and guides you through the steps needed to fix them. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to add UDOIT to your Canvas course, use it to check for errors, and address potential accessibility issues.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Canvas: Analytics for Student Success

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Analytics can improve student success by providing insight into student learning behaviors. Faculty will learn how to assess the effectiveness of their online teaching methods, identify areas that need improvement, and identify at-risk students.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Canvas: Applying the UTK Canvas Course Template

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This workshop/consultation session will assist you through the steps of applying the UTK Canvas Course Template to your Canvas courses. The template will ease your Canvas course design efforts and your students will appreciate the clear and consistent navigation the template offers.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Canvas: Assignments and Grades

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This workshop will focus on the Canvas assignment tool faculty can use to track and/or improve student learning. Instructors will also learn the relationship between Canvas assignments and the grade book. We'll go beyond the nuts and bolts of assignment creation and management by learning about many best practices and helpful hints that can contribute toward a better, more efficient online experience for both you and your students.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Canvas: Foundations: Getting Started

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This workshop provides a foundational overview of basic features and functionality available in Canvas that allows instructors to build and support engaging courses.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Canvas: New Quizzes

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New Quizzes, the newest assessment engine in Canvas, will eventually replace the Classic Quiz tool in Canvas. New Quizzes offers many benefits for online assessment, including a redesigned, more modern interface, a variety of new question types, detailed quiz log information, and more! Join us in this workshop session to learn how New Quizzes functions and compares to Classic Quizzes.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Cloud Storage: Options for UTK Faculty/Staff

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Comparison of T-Storage, Microsoft OneDrive, and Google Drive with emphasis on uses for faculty and staff.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Google Forms: Introduction

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ONE-HOUR WORKSHOP. It’s more than just creating a survey, although we can do that with Google Forms too, but you can also create registration information, take a quick poll, collect email addresses, and even create a pop quiz that can be taken on any device and the results sent back to a spreadsheet in real-time where you can create charts to help you analyze the data. In this class you’ll learn the basics of using Google Forms by designing a form to collect email addresses and creating a quick opinion poll.

Although this is listed as a student-focused workshop, faculty and staff are welcome to attend.



S This is a student focused workshop and students are given enrollment priority.
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HPSC: Introduction to ISAAC Open Resources

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This session aims to provide users an overview of the ISAAC cluster and other resources, show the information available on the HPSC website, how to obtain an account, how to access and login to resources, how to request a project for research, provide a file system overview, and describe data transfer capabilities available. These sessions will be held online via Zoom. (Eastern Time Zone)

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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HPSC: Introduction to ISAAC Secure Enclave Resources

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This session aims to provide users an overview of the ISAAC Secure Enclave cluster, show the information available on the HPSC website, how to obtain a Secure Enclave account, how to access and login to resources, how to request a project for research using the Secure Enclave, provide a file system overview, and describe data transfer capabilities available. These sessions will be held online via Zoom. (Eastern Time Zone)

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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HPSC: ISAAC GPU Computing

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The ISAAC GPU Computing workshop is intended for researchers new to the ISAAC resources. It will describe the GPU resources available in the ISAAC clusters and how to access and use them, including using GPU resources via the SLURM workload management system and access to GPU resources via Open OnDemand, an open-source web-based portal providing an easy-to-use interface to the cluster resources (similar to Google Collaborator). (Eastern Time Zone)

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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HPSC: Running Jobs on ISAAC Resources

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These sessions aim to train new users on using the ISAAC cluster resources specifically running jobs using the Torque/Moab resource management system. In this series, you will learn how to develop Torque scripts for job submission, examples will be given, and troubleshooting techniques for common errors that may arise while submitting the jobs. These sessions will be held online via Zoom. (Eastern Time Zone)

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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HPSC: Using ISAAC Open OnDemand

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These sessions aim to train new users on using the Open OnDemand web-based interface to ISAAC cluster resources to create, submit, and monitor jobs. These sessions will be held online via Zoom. (Eastern Time Zone)

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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Introduction to TurnItIn

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TurnItIn offers superlative online text matching via their integration with Canvas Assignments. Instructors will learn how to set up TurnItIn Similarity in their Canvas Assignments, as well as how to read and interpret the similarity report that TurnItIn generates for each student Assignment submission.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Library and Office of Information Technology Resources for Teaching

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In this session, resources for teaching from the UTK Libraries and the Office of Information Technology will be presented for graduate students looking towards a future in higher education teaching roles.

S This is a student focused workshop and students are given enrollment priority.
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LinkedIn Learning: Creating Collections & Groups

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Participants will gain an understanding of how to use LinkedIn Learning as admin, how to create collections, creating reports, and posting to Canvas.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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LinkedIn Learning: Posting to Canvas & Reports

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Participants will gain an understanding of how to use LinkedIn Learning as a sub-admin. The sub-admin roll will allow you to curate collections and then assign that LinkedIn Learning content to specific groups of students. You can upload links to those collections to your Canvas classes and monitor the completion of that assigned content by reviewing reports.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Microsoft 365: Outlook Tips & Tricks

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Learn tips and tricks for Microsoft Outlook to help make yourself more efficient and better able to communicate.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Microsoft 365: Sharing and Collaborating

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This workshop will focus on using the collaborative aspects of the Microsoft 365 suite. We will cover related features of Outlook and Calendar, Groups, Planner, and OneNote, as well as Microsoft 365 mobile apps. (This is part of the Microsoft Mondays series. Attend one or all of these workshops.)

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Microsoft 365: Using Outlook Add-ons to Speed up Your Work

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There are a number of helpful add-ons for Outlook. In this workshop you'll learn where to find add-ons, how to install add-ons, and how to use add-ons.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Microsoft 365: Using Planner to Keep up with Projects

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Microsoft Planner is an easy to use application inside of 365. In this workshop you'll lean to group all your projects into buckets that will help you never miss a deadline.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Microsoft OneNote: Introduction

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Digital Tools for Notetaking - One Note session (This is part of the Microsoft Mondays series. Attend one or all of these workshops.)

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Mplus, SAS: Analyzing Multilevel Regression Models with SAS and Mplus

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Multilevel regression models are models in which the experimental units are nested within larger groupings such as students within classrooms or workers within factories. Both the individual experimental unit (student) and the higher level grouping variable (classroom) can contribute unique variance to the variables in the regression and the relationship between them. The workshop will work through a simple two-level model using two popular statistical packages, the SAS Mixed procedure and the Mplus Twolevel Random analysis.

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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Nvivo: Fundamentals

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NVivo is a qualitative data-analysis package used to organize and analyze resources used in qualitative research. NVivo allows researchers to analyze documents, electronic web surveys, audio and video files, images, database tables, web pages, and social media content in one platform. This workshop will provide an overview of the software. The interface and features are demonstrated, along with examples of research projects utilizing the software. Participants will import and organize data in NVivo, add research notes and annotations, and code qualitative data in a variety of ways. Participants will also understand the potential of NVivo as a tool for organizing, questioning, visualizing, and reporting qualitative research data. It takes approximately 6 hours to complete this workshop.

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: PowerPoint for Faculty & Staff

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Do you have a class or conference presentation coming up? Get some tips for designing a great PowerPoint presentation. Log in to Canvas with your NetID and Password to begin this workshop at your own pace at the following URL: https://utk.instructure.com/enroll/3M49RJ

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: PowerPoint for Students

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Do you have a class presentation coming up? Get some tips for designing a great PowerPoint presentation. Log in to Canvas with your NetID and Password to begin this workshop at your own pace at the following URL: https://utk.instructure.com/enroll/GBPEX9

S This is a student focused workshop and students are given enrollment priority.
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Panopto: Learn to Record and Edit in Panopto

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This workshop will cover the basics of recording and editing using Panopto. Learn two ways to record by choosing from the browser-based recording feature called Panopto Capture or the Panopto Desktop Application. Attendees will also learn simple editing techniques using Panopto's built-in editor.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Panopto: Manage, Host, and Assign Videos within Canvas

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This workshop will cover practical techniques for uploading and managing Panopto content within Canvas. Panopto is fully integrated with Canvas allowing instructors to share content to their Canvas course without leaving the course site. Learn how to add Panopto video content to your course using the external tools and text editor functions inside of Canvas. Integrate videos within the assignments function in Canvas to allow students to submit their own Panopto videos for feedback and grades.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Presentations: Best Practices for Presentations

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In this workshop, attendees will get tips on the best practices for designing, delivering and assessing presentations. Software covered will include PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Sway. We’ll give you tips on how to not use endless bullet points, what types of images are best (hint: don’t use clipart), and how to organize your presentation to keep your audience awake.

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

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In this hands-on workshop you will learn to use the Python programming language to create list, dictionary, tuples, and strings; how to manage your files and workspace; how to control Python functions; how to read comma-separated data files; how to select variables and observations; how to create plots.

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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Qualtrics: Basics

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In this introductory workshop, you will learn how to create and deploy a web-based survey using Qualtrics. Basic question construction (single and multiple response questions, grid/matrix tables for Likert questions, text questions) will be covered, as well as how to add Display and Skip Logic, which allows the respondent to skip questions that do not pertain to them, thereby shortening their response time. An overview of the reporting tools, how to export data as an SPSS dataset and an overview of best practices for collecting online data will also be presented.

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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R: Basics

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In this hands-on workshop you will learn to use the R programming language to create vectors, factors and data frames; how to manage your files and workspace; how to control R functions; how to read comma-separated data files; how to select variables and observations; how to create plots and how to perform basic statistical analyses.

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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R: Markdown

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In this hands-on Zoom workshop you will learn how to blend your research writing, programming, and output into a single word processing style document using the R Markdown language in RStudio. This style of work is known as Reproducible Research since every phase of the analysis can be recreated by “knitting” a single document. The output document can be HTML with an interactive table of contents, or Word or PDF formats. While we will be using it with the R language, Markdown commands apply to many other languages such as Python and SAS. A recommended prerequisite for this course is the R-Basics workshop. It takes approximately 2 hours to complete this workshop.

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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SAS: Data Analysis

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SAS is a popular package for data analysis and graphics. This workshop shows you how to run the most widely used statistics and graphics in SAS, as well as how to interpret the output. Topics include: Importing data in SAS, SAS procedure statements, exploring your data, measuring the strength of association between two continuous variables, t-tests, chi-square tests, analysis of variance, regression, how to produce plots in SAS, and where to go to learn more. The hands-on session will employ SAS for Microsoft Windows. Participants should have a knowledge of bivariate statistics.

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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SAS: Programming Basics

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SAS is one of the most popular software packages for data analysis and visualization. It is a powerful tool that enables programmers to perform various tasks including information retrieval, data management, report writing and graphics, statistical analysis, and data mining. This workshop provides instruction on how to program effectively using SAS and understand basic concepts about SAS programs.

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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SPSS: Data Analysis

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SPSS is a popular package for data analysis and graphics. This workshop shows you how to run basic statistical procedures and graphics in SPSS, as well as how to interpret the output. Topics include: exploring your data to find errors, extreme values and sparse categories; examining the distributions of continuous variables; measuring the association between two continuous variables; comparing two groups on categorial and continuous variables and where to go to learn more.

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
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Zoom: Hosting Events Safely with Zoom

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There are additional considerations when you’re using Zoom for reasons other than classes or meetings.  In this session we’ll cover how to take steps to help protect yourself from Zoom bombing incidents, how to manage a larger meeting, and how to create a registration form using Zoom’s built in registration process. 

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Zoom: Introduction to LiveOnline@UT

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If you currently use tools like Skype and FaceTime, or require an alternative tool for video conferencing for administrative or teaching needs, you’ll want to learn more about LiveOnline@UT (Zoom). Zoom enables users to have interactive, high-quality video and audio conferences from laptops, desktops, and mobile devices. Join us to learn more about Zoom and how it can assist you in teaching and learning, administration, and research collaboration.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
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Zoom: What's New in LiveOnline@UT?

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What's New In Zoom - Join us for this one-hour workshop and explore the latest updates in LiveOnline@UT (Zoom). The agenda includes topics such as exploring content sharing and screen layout options, engaging on-screen feedback icons, and managing participants. We’ll discuss these topics and much more! Pre-requisite: Experience with scheduling and leading Zoom meetings. This workshop is online and the workshop instructor will email you a Zoom meeting link the day before the workshop.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
Structuring Your Online Course Site for Student Success

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Student evaluations and anecdotal comments indicate that students put a premium on clarity, organization, and consistency when it comes to online course sites. Many considerations go into designing an online course. For example, what types of and how much course content to include, when and how students are expected to access and use the materials, and how students should complete assignments, participate in discussions, and engage with the instructor and each other. This session will provide design ideas to encourage a consistent, positive, and quality student learning experience.

S This is a student focused workshop and students are given enrollment priority.
Adobe Acrobat: Indexing, Searching, Combining - Going Beyond the Basics

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In this short one-hour workshop we’ll dive deep into some of the power features of Acrobat Pro DC. You’ll learn how to Index one or hundreds of PDFs with a single search, save a PDF in various formats such as a jpg, and combine multiple PDFs into one large document that includes chapters. There will be time for questions, so be sure and bring them along, and together we’ll find a solution.

S This is a student focused workshop and students are given enrollment priority.
Adobe Photoshop: Improving your Photos

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In this class, participants learn to use masks to protect parts of an image from change, just like using masking tape to paint a room or a vehicle, or using a stencil to letter a sign. Students also learn to retouch photos. They will learn to remove unwanted objects from a picture, change a gray sky to partly cloudy, and brighten the colors.

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

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Canvas Catalog is an outreach platform for non-credit/non-degree related purposes. Colleges or units may use Catalog to offer professional development, public outreach, or other certificate-based courses. Catalog extends access to those outside of the university community. Catalog offerings can be fee-based using a special payment gateway, or they can be offered at discounts based on special promotional codes, or at no additional cost to the participant. Customized certificates are available to users upon completion of activities. Catalog is a separate instance of Canvas and is the only avenue to provide external users to a Canvas-based course.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
Canvas: Getting Started with Canvas Studio

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This workshop will provide an overview of the Canvas Studio video platform - the next-generation online video learning platform. Canvas Studio integrates with Canvas and allows instructors to seamlessly create media interaction and active learning experiences in the online classroom. Learn how Canvas Studio can engage both students and instructors, provide insightful viewing analytics, generate captions, and turn video and audio content into conversation. All workshops are listed in Eastern Standard Time.

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
Canvas: What's New in Online@UT

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What's New in Canvas - Join us for this half-hour workshop and explore the latest updates in Online@UT (Canvas). It is important to stay up to date as features and functionality get added, changed, or removed frequently in Canvas. Come learn new and upcoming enhancements inside the Canvas interface!

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
Classroom Tech: Clicker Setup Drop-ins

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Have a question on how to get your Clicker/TurningPoint registered? Drop into this Zoom session and get help to get your clicker setup. To attend this session, sign in with your UT Zoom account at tennessee.zoom.us with your NetID and password. If you're using the downloaded version of Zoom, choose "Sign in with SSO" and type tennessee (all lowercase) in the box and click continue.

S This is a student focused workshop and students are given enrollment priority.
Classroom Tech: Ag Campus 

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Please log into your UT Google account by using your UT Email and password, then fill out the form by going to https://tiny.utk.edu/classroomconsult to let us know what building, room number, and time you would like to meet.

[NOTE: If you are not logged in with your UT Google account, you will receive an error message.]
Following registration, check your email for a message with the subject line: Classroom Technology Consultation. This email will include the name of your trainer.

Please let us know if the building is unlocked or if we’ll need to meet you outside so you can let us in. We cannot give access to rooms that we have not reserved. You will need access to the room and the building. This training is best for instructors who know the room they are teaching in and who have access to the room and building prior to classes.

Examples of Ag Campus buildings include:
BioSystems Engineering and Environmental
Brehm Animal Science
Food Safety and Processing
Food Science and Technology
Morgan Hall
Plant Biotechnology Building

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
Classroom Tech: Central Area

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Please log into your UT Google account by using your UT email and password, then fill out the form by going to https://tiny.utk.edu/classroomconsult to let us know what building, room number, and time you would like to meet.

[NOTE: If you are not logged in with your UT Google account, you will receive an error message.]

Following registration, check your email for a message with the subject line: Classroom Technology Consultation. This email will include the name of your trainer.

Please let us know if the building is unlocked or if we’ll need to meet you outside so you can let us in. We cannot give access to rooms that we have not reserved. You will need access to the room and the building. This training is best for instructors who know the room they are teaching in and who have access to the room and building prior to classes.

Examples of buildings in the Central Campus include:
Art and Architecture
Bailey Education
Claxton Education
Communications Building
Haslam Business College
Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Building
Henson Hall
Howard Baker Center
Humanities and Social Sciences
Jessie Harris
John C. Hodges Library
McClung Tower
McClung Museum
Mossman
Stokely Management Center
Strong Hall

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
Classroom Tech: The Hill

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Please log into your UT Google account by using your UT Email and password, then fill out the form by going to https://tiny.utk.edu/classroomconsult to let us know what building, room number, and time you would like to meet.

[NOTE: If you are not logged in with your UT Google account, you will receive an error message.]

Following registration, check your email for a message with the subject line: Classroom Technology Consultation. This email will include the name of your trainer.

Please let us know if the building is unlocked or if we’ll need to meet you outside so you can let us in. We cannot give access to rooms that we have not reserved. You will need access to the room and the building. This training is best for instructors who know the room they are teaching in and who have access to the room and building prior to classes.

Examples of buildings on The Hill include:
Alumni Memorial
Austin Peay
Ayres Hall
Buehler
Burchfiel Geography
Dabney
Dougherty Engineering
Ferris Hall
Hesler Biology
Min Kao
Nielsen Physics
Nursing Education Building
Perkins Hall
Tickle
Walters Academic
Zeanah Engineering

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
Microsoft 365 Bookings: Overview

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This workshop will walk you through the basics of setting up Microsoft Bookings. Bookings is an online app that makes scheduling appointments a breeze. Bookings can be setup for single use or for your entire office. (This is part of the Microsoft Mondays series. Attend one or all of these workshops.)

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
ONLINE, SELF-PACED: R for Machine Learning

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In this hands-on workshop you will learn how to use R to discover useful patterns in your data and to make accurate predictions. Topics will include data preparation, automated variable selection, cross-validation methods, model tuning, and several popular modeling approaches including decision trees, random forests, gradient boosting machines, and neural networks. We will use the popular tidymodels package which integrates the various steps and standardizes them across many modeling methods. This workshop takes approximately 8 hours to complete. A recommended prerequisite for this course is the R: Basics workshop.

Enroll in Online Workshop

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
ONLINE, SELF-PACED: R: Markdown

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In this hands-on previously recorded Zoom workshop you will learn how to blend your research writing, programming, and output into a single word processing style document using the R Markdown language in RStudio. This style of work is known as Reproducible Research since every phase of the analysis can be recreated by “knitting” a single document. The output document can be HTML with an interactive table of contents, or Word or PDF formats. While we will be using it with the R language, Markdown commands apply to many other languages such as Python and SAS. This workshop takes approximately 2 hours to complete. A recommended prerequisite for this course is the R: R: Basics workshop.

Enroll in Online Workshop

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Accessible Learning Materials & Tools

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Designing for accessibility is the process of proactively creating materials that are usable by the full range of potential end users. This often means making sure that materials and communications can be accessed, perceived, used, and understood by people who use different interfaces or tools, and/or who have relevant disabilities. Designing for accessibility almost always benefits many people including those who do not have relevant disabilities.

Here at the University of Tennessee, our policy is to ensure that all learning materials are accessible. This course introduces some best practices that you can begin applying immediately to ensure accessibility and usability of learning materials and communications.

You will learn how to:

  • create accessible documents and PowerPoint presentations
  • identify tools and resources for closed captioning
  • use the Read&Write software, for which UT Knoxville has a site license
  • .
Enroll in Online Workshop

SThis is an instructor focused workshop and only faculty/staff or GTAs may enroll.
ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Analyzing Multilevel Regression Models with SAS and Mplus

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Multilevel regression models are models in which the experimental units are nested within larger groupings such as students within classrooms or workers within factories. Both the individual experimental unit (student) and the higher level grouping variable (classroom) can contribute unique variance to the variables in the regression and the relationship between them. The workshop will work through a simple two-level model using two popular statistical packages, the SAS 'Mixed' procedure and the Mplus 'Two level Random' analysis. This workshop takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete.

Enroll in Online Workshop

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Basic Statistical Concepts

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Basic statistical concepts are fundamental to understanding more in-depth analysis that are typically performed when conducting quantitative research. This workshop discusses the contribution of statistics to the scientific method and provides an overview of the statistical methods associated with basic data analysis. Topics include basic statistical concepts, developing a research hypothesis, the importance of statistical power, an explanation of basic statistical tests, and guidelines on how to present research results. An example is provided of a past research project in veterinary medicine. This workshop takes approximately 45 minutes to complete.

Enroll in Online Workshop

R This is an researcher focused workshop.
ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Best Practices for Online Assessment

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Putting your final exam online? Need ideas for how to assess learner progress in Canvas? This is a one-stop location for asynchronous, self-paced training related to designing and delivering effective tests and assessments online. Topics include pedagogy and design, using Canvas to construct tests and assessments, and facilitating feedback effectively.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Canvas Folio: Digital Tool for Assessment and Student Career Prep

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This self-paced training resource introduces you to the Canvas Folio (Portfolium) Network, that can be accessed in Online@UT (Canvas), and provides you with materials to get you started building your Folio.

You will learn how to:

  • navigate a Canvas Folio
  • customize a Folio profile
  • build and promote a Folio
  • network using a Folio
  • access resources to help you build your portfolio.
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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Canvas Training for Faculty

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This self-paced Canvas Training workshop aims to equip instructors and staff with Canvas' need-to-know tools and features, so they are better prepared to jump-start their course design and delivery at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Participants who complete this workshop will be able to:

  • Identify and apply options for organizing course content via the homepage, modules, and course navigation.
  • Create course-related activities using assignments, discussions, and quizzes.
  • Identify assessment options using the SpeedGrader and Grading tools.
  • Recognize ways to manage enrollment and online instructor presence using the messaging system (inbox), user settings (including profile and notification preferences), and groups.
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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Clicker Self-Service Training Resource

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This resource will equip you with the tools and knowledge to pose response-driven questions in real-time during your course instruction. You can use PointSolutions to ask and receive responses in face-to-face or online classes. This response system also allows you to sync the responses to Canvas for class participation scores or quizzes.

Using this resource will help you to:

  • Set up your Canvas course for using clickers (or mobile responses)
  • Create questions in PowerPoint using PointSolutions
  • Create Anywhere Polling (including Ad Hoc questions or planned questions using a web interface)
  • Create self-paced quizzes (participants answer at their own pace) or scheduled quizzes
  • Sync grades to Canvas.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Data Visualization Best Practices

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The same data visualization could be good or bad depending on the point you’re trying to make. We will briefly discuss your options of using words and tables, then we will focus a variety of graphical displays, showing when each works best. Several different plot types are discussed including histograms, bar charts, dot plots, pie charts, line charts, box plots, and scatter plots with various types of fit lines. This presentation takes approximately 1 hour to complete. This workshop is optionally followed by R: Data Visualization which shows how to make the graphs discussed in this workshop.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Getting Started in OneNote

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OneNote is a Microsoft application designed for taking notes and gathering information on any device. In this self-paced course, you will learn how to use OneNote to take notes more efficiently, collaborate on note taking, and more. We will dive into how to set up OneNote for your specific use, as well as give you the necessary steps for continued use of the program. This course will also give you tips and best practices.

You will learn how to:

  • create and organize notes in OneNote
  • export and share notes
  • collaborate asyncronously and in real time
  • work with tables in OneNotes
  • add media objects, such as audio recordings and video, and Excel files to notes
  • integrate OneNote with other Microsoft apps.
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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Implementing UDL on Canvas

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This self-paced course will give you the opportunity to learn about Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL advocates for accessible and inclusive instructional approaches that meet the needs and abilities of diverse learners. After completing this course, you will be able to design engaging, effective, and accessible courses using the Canvas features and other technology tools.

Learning outcomes

  • Define the main concepts of UDL
  • Identify a three-step process for implementing the UDL principles in designing and developing instruction and assessment
  • Utilize Canvas and other technology tools to design a flexible learning environment that presents instructional content and communication via alternate media and formats
  • Identify strategies and tools for facilitating mastery-oriented feedback; learner organization, self-management, and study skills; and collaboration.
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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: JMP Basics

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Students will learn the basics of using the JMP interface to accomplish the following tasks: Manage data effectively; Explore data by using the software's extensive graphical capabilities; Create and manage data summary reports in JMP; Conduct basic data analysis; Find help and learning resources. Hands on tutorials will be conducted throughout the session and prior preliminary knowledge of JMP is not required. This workshop takes approximately 1 hour to complete.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Materia: Engage Students with Interactive Course Widgets

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Materia is a learning tool, available in Online@UT (Canvas), that allows you to easily embed engaging learning activities into your online courses. Materia learning apps, called widgets, can bring life to content modules, practice, study activities, and even assessments. Learn how to enable and use Materia in your Canvas course.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Mediated Multilevel Regression Models

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A mediated regression is one in which the relationship between the independent and dependent variables is partially or totally due to the action of a third intervening variable. In this workshop we will extend the idea of mediated regression to multilevel models, models made up of variables from more than one level of aggregation, e.g. students within classrooms, etc. A working knowledge of basic mediated regression and multilevel modeling is desirable. This workshop takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Mediator and Moderator Regression

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Mediator and moderator variables are terms in a regression model which intervene between the independent and dependent variables and alter the relationship between them. This workshop will explain the difference between mediation and moderation effects and show how to model and assess them. Examples will use both traditional statistical software and structural equation modeling software. This workshop takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Moderated Mediation Regression Models

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In a mediated regression model the relationship between the dependent and independent variables is at least partially the result of the intervention of a third variable, the mediator. In moderated mediation this mediation effect is in turn influenced by the value of yet another variable, the moderator. This workshop will cover how to run a moderated mediation model in several popular software packages and how to interpret the results. This will include a discussion of, and SAS and Mplus code for, the Johnson-Neyman technique for determining the range of moderator values for which the mediation is and is not statistically significant. A basic understanding of linear regression as well as the concepts of mediation and moderation will be assumed. This workshop takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes to complete.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Moderated Regression Using Multi-group Analysis in Amos

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A moderated regression is one in which the relationship between a predictor and the dependent variable is altered (moderated) by the value of a third variable, called the moderator. In this 10-minute video we will discuss how to use the multi-group analysis feature of the Amos structural equation modeling software to assess the statistical significance of the moderation effect of a categorical moderator variable.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: NVivo: Fundamentals

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NVivo is a qualitative data-analysis package used to organize and analyze resources used in qualitative research. NVivo allows researchers to analyze documents, electronic web surveys, audio and video files, images, database tables, web pages, and social media content in one platform. This workshop will provide an overview of the software. The interface and features are demonstrated, along with examples of research projects utilizing the software. Participants will import and organize data in NVivo, add research notes and annotations, and code qualitative data in a variety of ways. Participants will also understand the potential of NVivo as a tool for organizing, questioning, visualizing, and reporting qualitative research data.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: OER: Avoiding Copyright Issues With Open Educational Resources (OER)

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In this course, you will learn how to use Open Educational Resources (OER) in your presentations and instructional content. OER are materials licensed for sharing by their creators.

After completing the course, you'll be able to:

  • Explain the Creative Commons licenses
  • Search for different types of OER, such as textbooks, instructional and learning materials, images, video and audio
  • Identify resources and tools to modify and share OER
  • Properly attribute and license OER
  • Guide others in creating OER.
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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Panopto

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Panopto is a lecture capture tool that allows you to record, edit, share, and manage video content on the web and through Canvas. The platform is fully integrated with Canvas and Zoom.

The goal of this course is to provide you with the tools you need to successfully record your lecture, event, or other video using the Panopto lecture capture platform in the classroom, your office, or at home. Don't let the lecture capture moniker fool you - while it is meant to record lectures, you can use it for many other things like event capture, announcements, assignments, assessments, and meeting recordings.

We will begin with an overview of the platform and then dive into how to record, edit, share, and manage your video content. You will also learn how to use Panopto in the classroom. We will also cover Panopto's integration with Canvas and how to best share Panopto video content in your course.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: PowerPoint: Recording Your Lecture with PowerPoint

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You have many tools available to you to record your lecture. Panopto and Zoom are powerful tools for recording your entire presentation, including other inputs such as document cameras and more. But if all you need is to record yourself delivering a PowerPoint lecture, you can record your lecture right from within PowerPoint.

Note: All instructions are for PowerPoint in Microsoft 365 Subscription (Mac) or Microsoft 365 Apps (Windows). Other versions of PowerPoint, including the volume license installed by OIT on university-owned computers, may not have all of the features discussed. You can not record narration in the web version of PowerPoint Online. You must use a desktop version of the software downloaded from Microsoft 365.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Python Basics

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In this hands-on workshop you will learn how to use the Python programming language to create a python variable-number, string, list, dictionary, and tuple; how to create Python functions, condition statements and iteration; how to install a python package; how to manage your files and workspace; how to read comma-separated data files; how to create plots using Seaborn package. This workshop takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: R: Basics

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In this hands-on previously recorded Zoom workshop you will learn to use the R programming language to create vectors, factors, and data frames; Manage your files and workspace; Control R functions; Read comma-separated data files; Select variables and observations; Create plots and perform basic statistical analyses. This workshop takes approximately 2 hours to complete.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: R: Data Visualization

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R’s ggplot2 package lets you visualize data and easily make complex graphs. In this hands-on previously recorded Zoom workshop you will learn the grammar of graphics approach and create a wide range of graphs including histograms, bar charts, dot plots, pie charts, line charts, QQ plots, box plots, and scatter plots with various types of fit lines. You will also learn how to easily create graphs divided up by groups and mosaic combinations. This workshop takes approximately 2 hours to complete. A recommended prerequisite for this course is the R: Basics workshop.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: R: Statistics

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In this hands-on previously recorded zoom workshop, you will learn to program common statistical analysis including frequency tables, descriptive statistics, chi-square, correlation, linear regression, t-tests, and analysis of variance with posthoc tests. This workshop takes approximately 2 hours to complete. A recommended prerequisite for this course is the R: Basics workshop.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Research Computing Support Overview of Services

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In this brief previously recorded 30-minute presentation, we will discuss the various software and services that Research Computing Support offers Students, Faculty, and Staff members. We cover how RCS provides assistance with analyzing data via statistical consulting, qualitative analysis, GIS support, content analysis, and data mining. This includes how we can help with: Designing studies, experiments, and determining sample size; Create, deploy, and analyze web survey data; Provide co-authorship, and several other research related topics. In addition, we discuss the research software available on campus and how to get assistance.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: SAS: ODS Graphics

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SAS is one of the most popular software packages for data analysis and visualization. The SAS Output Delivery System (ODS) Graphics procedures SGPLOT, SGPANEL, and SGSCATTER are powerful but easy to use tools for creating publication quality graphs and charts from your empirical data. This workshop is geared towards researchers who require publication quality graphics along with a working knowledge of the SAS software package. A recommended prerequisite for this course is the SAS: Programming Basics workshop. This workshop takes approximately 1 hour to complete.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Secure Online Testing with Proctorio

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Proctorio is an automated remote proctoring service that integrates with Online@UT (Canvas). Proctorio enables instructors to utilize machine learning and facial detection technology to remotely proctor online assessment to help protect the academic integrity of test-takers. This course provides resources for UTK instructors and students on the use of Proctorio in their Canvas courses.

Log in to Canvas with your NetID and Password to access this support site: https://utk.instructure.com/enroll/MFNBPF.

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ONLINE, SELF-PACED: Teaching Online Reboot: Canvas and Zoom

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If you are new to Canvas, this self-paced tutorial will get you quickly up and running by implementing the Preparing to Launch course template, available in Online@UT (Canvas), and you'll benefit from the detailed instructions found in this tutorial. If you are already an experienced Canvas user, this tutorial will help you dig a bit deeper into the capabilities of Canvas and Zoom and to refresh your skills.

In this tutorial you'll learn how to:

  • Create an inviting course Homepage.
  • Employ a course template designed by OIT to help structure your course site.
  • Upload course content to include recorded lectures, PowerPoints, links to external web resources and other materials.
  • Create assignments that are automatically linked to the gradebook and the course calendar and establish a standard method for students to submit assignments.
  • Create online assessments using the Canvas quiz tool, in which quiz questions and distractors can be randomized to create unique student attempts.
  • Deliver live lectures and conduct office hours online in Zoom.
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Recording at Home: Best Practices and Tips

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Learn how to make your at-home or remote recordings better with this workshop on best practices and tips for recording at home.

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SPSS: Basics

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SPSS is a popular package for data analysis and graphics. This hands-on workshop takes you from starting the package through data coding, entry and cleanup, creating new variables, how to get output for different groups, how to request an analysis or a graph, manipulating the output, and where you can learn more.

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Zoom: Breakout Rooms

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Breakout rooms can be a useful part of the Zoom experience, from organizing group discussions during class time to running multiple presentations in a conference type setting. The agenda will cover how breakout rooms work in Zoom: how they’re created, what they’re useful for, and the latest available features. Attendees will get to experience breakout rooms firsthand in this session, and they’ll also be given the opportunity to take control of the session and get experience creating and using breakout rooms themselves.

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