Past Events
CITL/LearnX-MakeX: Intermediate WordPress
Date & Time: Friday, October 19, 2018, 9:00 am to 11:30 am
Location: Linderman 302
Presenters: Bobby Seigfried and Rob Weidman
Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students
This intermediate-level workshop will take a deeper dive into Lehigh’s WordPress instance including: advanced editing and editing techniques; a more detailed look at the application of popular plugins; reviewing approaches and important considerations related to selecting, applying, and customizing themes; and sharing best practices for collaborating with and managing users/roles on your site. Since there is not enough time to review the basics, this workshop assumes you are already comfortable using WordPress, have a site created in Lehigh’s instance, and are ready to take your site to the next level. Please have ideas, content, and artifacts ready to be used on your site during this hands-on session.
Student Voices: Perspectives from First-Generation Students on their Experiences in Lehigh's Classrooms
Date & Time: Thursday, October 11, 2018, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: CITL Classroom (EWFM 379)
Presenters: Greg Reihman and George White
Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students
Student Voices: Conversations on the Diversity of Student Experience in Lehigh's Classrooms. Each conversation will highlight the experience of a different group of students, with a focus on how their particular identities and backgrounds shape their experience as learners at Lehigh. A panel of three or four students will share their experiences in our classrooms and offer their perspectives on practices that they have found helpful or not so helpful. It is our hope that participants in these conversations will leave with a broadened understanding of student diversity and an improved understanding of factors that affect student learning and student success.
CITL: Introducing LUapps!
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: EWFM 520
Presenters: Amanda Caton
Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students
Library and Technology Services is pleased to announce the launch of LUapps, a new service that allows you to access software applications anytime, anywhere, and on any device! LUapps simplifies access to over 50 software titles from a laptop, desktop, tablet, or smartphone, and provides a more consistent user experience across Mac and Windows operating systems. All you need is the Citrix Receiver on each device where you want to run LUapps, a connection to the Internet, and VPN if you’re off-campus.
CITL/LearnX-MakeX: iPhone Pocket Production
Date & Time: Friday, October 5, 2018, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Digital Media Studio (EWFM 421)
Presenters: Allen Kingsbury
Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students
This hands-on workshop will demonstrate a powerful video creation tool that is at the fingertips or in the pockets of nearly every American - the cell phone. The video capabilities of cell phones are becoming so great that even some feature films and documentaries are being recorded exclusively with them. During this 2 1/2 hour long workshop you will learn good tips and techniques for shooting video with your iPhone or iPad mobile device. The workshop will cover inexpensive products that can help improve recording quality and the software available on Apple's iOS to perform the editing. We'll practice recording in the field and editing in the classroom. By the end of the workshop, you should be able to walk away with a finished video. Please bring your iPhone/iPad. Some iPads will be available for use as well for participants who don't have an iPhone. (The Cap for this workshop is 12)
CITL: Introducing LUapps!
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 3, 2018, 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Location: EWFM 520
Presenters: Amanda Caton
Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students
Library and Technology Services is pleased to announce the launch of LUapps, a new service that allows you to access software applications anytime, anywhere, and on any device! LUapps simplifies access to over 50 software titles from a laptop, desktop, tablet, or smartphone, and provides a more consistent user experience across Mac and Windows operating systems. All you need is the Citrix Receiver on each device where you want to run LUapps, a connection to the Internet, and VPN if you’re off-campus.
CITL: The Art of Inquiry: Crafting Effective Research Assignments
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 3, 2018, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: CITL Classroom (EWFM 379)
Presenters: Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle and Jasmine Woodson
Audience: Faculty, Staff
In an increasingly overwhelming information landscape, novice researchers often struggle to find, absorb, and incorporate information effectively. This workshop will offer strategies for creating research assignments to help motivate your students beyond a checklist of requirements and foster curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking in meaningful research experiences.
CITL/LearnX-MakeX: Introduction to WordPress
Date & Time: Friday, September 28, 2018, 9:00 am to 11:30 am
Location: Linderman 302
Presenters: Rob Weidman and Bobby Siegfried
Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students
This entry-level workshop provides an overview of the popular Wordpress platform available at Lehigh for creating websites, blogs, or other digital projects. This workshop is for beginners with little or no experience working with Wordpress. We will create a project of your liking by going step-by-step through the process of choosing a theme, creating pages, adding content, and publishing your site to the web. Please come prepared with an idea of a site, blog, or project you would like to develop as well as a few artifacts (images, media files, etc) that you would like to incorporate into your project.
(Registration is limited to 18)
CITL/LearnX-MakeX: Creating 360 Virtual Tours
Date & Time: Thursday, September 27, 2018, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Location: CITL Classroom (EWFM 379)
Presenters: Scott Rutzmoser and Steve Sakasitz
Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students
An overview of quick, easy-to-use, and free tools that can be used to create and publish 360 web tours and web VR applications using 360-degree photos. We will be demonstrating the process using two popular frameworks, Marzipano (http://www.marzipano.net/) and Google Tour Creator (https://vr.google.com/tourcreator/), and will discuss some of the benefits of each. This is a Bring your own lunch event. Cookies and drinks will be provided.
CITL: Introducing LUapps!
Date & Time: Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Location: EWFM 520
Presenters: Amanda Caton
Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students
Introducing LUapps!
Library and Technology Services is pleased to announce the launch of LUapps, a new service that allows you to access software applications anytime, anywhere, and on any device! LUapps simplifies access to over 50 software titles from a laptop, desktop, tablet, or smartphone, and provides a more consistent user experience across Mac and Windows operating systems. All you need is the Citrix Receiver on each device where you want to run LUapps, a connection to the Internet, and VPN if you’re off-campus.
CITL: Effective Writing Assignments
Date & Time: Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: CITL Classroom (EWFM 379)
Presenters: Greg Skutches, Director, Writing Across the Curriculum
Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students
Effective writing assignments foster student engagement, promote deep learning, and facilitate effective and efficient feedback and grading. This hands- on workshop will explore the components of effective writing assignments with special attention to improving your own assignments for your current and future courses. Download the flyer.