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Introduction to Covidence: A Systematic Review Software Tool

Sponsor(s): Taubman Health Sciences Library, UM Library
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Date: 12-03-2024
Time: 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Status: Open
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Are you working on or considering beginning a systematic review, meta-analysis, scoping review, or other literature review project? Learn to use the software Covidence, which is free for U-M faculty, staff, and students (and any project collaborators from other institutions). Covidence can help you: Deduplicate your literature search results set Share your literature search results with your collaborators Keep track of your inclusion decisions while … Continue reading Introduction to Covidence: A Systematic Review Software Tool »

2:00 pm-3:00 pm 12/03/2024 Open

Unlocking the 3rd Cornerstone of Well-Being: Compassion

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 12-04-2024
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Status: Open
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Join us for an immersive session on “Compassion” , the 3rd of the Five C’s of well-Being: Contentment, Calmness, Compassion, Courage, and Clarity. These are states of Being and form the foundation of psychological balance, emotional wellness, and mental clarity, leading to a life filled with happiness, fulfillment, and purpose. Compassion is a feeling of genuine concern for others and a desire to spontaneously help … Continue reading Unlocking the 3rd Cornerstone of Well-Being: Compassion »

12:00 pm-1:00 pm 12/04/2024 Open

Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word

Sponsor(s): UM Library
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Date: 12-06-2024
Time: 12:00 pm-12:50 pm
Status: Open
Description:

You are an expert in your field, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. In this online workshop, the experts from ScholarSpace will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that will help you ensure consistent formatting through the document, as well as manage margin size, insert captions, and create an automatic Table of … Continue reading Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word »

12:00 pm-12:50 pm 12/06/2024 Open

Heartfulness Meditation

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 12-06-2024
Time: 12:00 pm-12:30 pm
Status: Open
Description:

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. Perhaps Buddha put it best when he was asked, “What have you gained from meditation?” Buddha replied, “Nothing! But let me tell you what I lost: Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Insecurity, and Fear of Old Age and Death.” What you … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

12:00 pm-12:30 pm 12/06/2024 Open

Learn to Meditate in 3 days

Sponsor(s): ITS Teaching and Learning
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Date: 01-14-2025
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Status: Open
Description:

Start the New Year by setting a goal to enhance your mental well-being through meditation. Discover three simple techniques—relaxation, rejuvenation, and meditation—in just three master classes. Relaxation brings your body into a calm, steady state, fostering physical stillness and preparing the mind for meditation. Rejuvenation clears the mind, helping to release stress and complex emotions, leaving you feeling light and refreshed. Meditation is a mindful … Continue reading Learn to Meditate in 3 days »

12:00 pm-1:00 pm 01/14/2025 Open

Digital Accessibility Considerations for Public-facing Student Work

Sponsor(s): Learning and Teaching with Technology Consultants
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Date: 01-17-2025
Time: 11:00 am-11:30 am
Status: Open
Description:

Classes are incorporating more and more multimodal projects that ask students to produce final products that are public-facing. Accessibility is an essential component to creating digital content available on the internet. It is important that instructors are incorporating accessible design into their teaching and requirements of public-facing projects. This session will cover what accessibility is, why it is important, and guidance on what to teach … Continue reading Digital Accessibility Considerations for Public-facing Student Work »

11:00 am-11:30 am 01/17/2025 Open

Creating Accessible Text Documents

Sponsor(s): Learning and Teaching with Technology Consultants
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Date: 01-22-2025
Time: 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
Status: Open
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Accessible course materials play an important role in creating an equitable learning experience for all students. Accessible documents are ones that are available to all viewers and interpretable by assistive technology such as screen readers. In this session, you’ll learn how to structure documents with headers, use styles for consistency and meaningful structure, choose accessible colors or fonts, choose meaningful link text, and save a … Continue reading Creating Accessible Text Documents »

3:00 pm-4:00 pm 01/22/2025 Open

Creating Accessible Images and Videos

Sponsor(s): Learning and Teaching with Technology Consultants
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Date: 01-30-2025
Time: 10:00 am-11:00 am
Status: Open
Description:

Accessible course materials play an important role in creating an equitable learning experience for all students. But how do we do it? In this session, you’ll learn how to create more accessible images (including best practices for charts and diagrams) and video by considering alternative text, color and contrast, sizing, captioning and transcripts, and even the tools we use to create and share our content. … Continue reading Creating Accessible Images and Videos »

10:00 am-11:00 am 01/30/2025 Open

Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word

Sponsor(s): UM Library
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Date: 01-30-2025
Time: 11:00 am-11:50 am
Status: Open
Description:

You are an expert in your field, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. In this online workshop, the experts from ScholarSpace will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that will help you ensure consistent formatting through the document, as well as manage margin size, insert captions, and create an automatic Table of … Continue reading Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word »

11:00 am-11:50 am 01/30/2025 Open

Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word

Sponsor(s): UM Library
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Date: 02-07-2025
Time: 11:00 am-11:50 am
Status: Open
Description:

You are an expert in your field, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. In this online workshop, the experts from ScholarSpace will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that will help you ensure consistent formatting through the document, as well as manage margin size, insert captions, and create an automatic Table of … Continue reading Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word »

11:00 am-11:50 am 02/07/2025 Open

Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word

Sponsor(s): UM Library
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Date: 02-26-2025
Time: 12:00 pm-12:50 pm
Status: Open
Description:

You are an expert in your field, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. In this online workshop, the experts from ScholarSpace will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that will help you ensure consistent formatting through the document, as well as manage margin size, insert captions, and create an automatic Table of … Continue reading Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word »

12:00 pm-12:50 pm 02/26/2025 Open

Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word

Sponsor(s): UM Library
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Date: 03-18-2025
Time: 1:00 pm-1:50 pm
Status: Open
Description:

You are an expert in your field, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. In this online workshop, the experts from ScholarSpace will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that will help you ensure consistent formatting through the document, as well as manage margin size, insert captions, and create an automatic Table of … Continue reading Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word »

1:00 pm-1:50 pm 03/18/2025 Open

Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word

Sponsor(s): UM Library
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Date: 04-11-2025
Time: 10:00 am-10:50 am
Status: Open
Description:

You are an expert in your field, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. In this online workshop, the experts from ScholarSpace will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that will help you ensure consistent formatting through the document, as well as manage margin size, insert captions, and create an automatic Table of … Continue reading Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word »

10:00 am-10:50 am 04/11/2025 Open

Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word

Sponsor(s): UM Library
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Date: 05-12-2025
Time: 12:00 pm-12:50 pm
Status: Open
Description:

You are an expert in your field, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. In this online workshop, the experts from ScholarSpace will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that will help you ensure consistent formatting through the document, as well as manage margin size, insert captions, and create an automatic Table of … Continue reading Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word »

12:00 pm-12:50 pm 05/12/2025 Open