Upcoming
4th Annual Learning Innovation Symposium
REGISTER Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 11:30am - 4:30pm CLI Space, 7th Floor, Galvin Tower
The theme this year is Focus on Student Success: Keeping Them Ahead of the Curve. See our draft agenda for details (view with Illinois Tech login). Register today and join the conversation!
Making Large Feel Personal Engaging Students in High-Enrollment Courses
Register | Dates
- Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 12:45-1:45, Workshop 1: Active Learning, Interactive Pedagogy & Physical Room Management
- Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 12:45-1:45, Workshop 2: Scalable Assessments & Exam Environment Management
- UPDATED, now: Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 12:45-1:45, Workshop 3: Workload Sustainability, Communication & Teaching Team Management
- TBD, Workshop 4: Unfinished Discussions, Tools, & Wrap Up
Join colleagues and CLI on Zoom for this new 4-workshop series featuring guest speakers who will share practical strategies for student engagement, scalable assessment, communication, workload management, and effective teaching practices at scale. Watch this brief video (made with Google's Gemini Notebook) for a preview of discussion topics.
Pre-Series Survey Take a few moments to complete this survey. We'll use results to inform this and future CLI workshops on student engagement, pedagogy, and class management.
Introduction to Accessibility
SpringTBD
Join CLI to kick off our Accessibility initiative. In the meantime, visit our Digital Accessibility site for resources to make your course and course materials more accessible to all users.
Past
2026
August 20, 2026, 12:45-1:45p.m. Setting Up Your Syllabus, Assignments, and Gradebook in Canvas (via Zoom)
August 27, 2026, 12:45-1:45p.m. Organizing Course Content with Canvas Modules (via Zoom)
July 8 - 22, 2026, CLI 2026 Summer Camp for Faculty: Designing for the Future
- Wednesday July 8, 12:30pm, Understanding the Future
- Wednesday July 15, 12:30pm, Future-Ready Education Design & Flexible Modalities
- Wednesday July 22, 12:30pm, Future-Ready Access, Equity & Evidence
January 7, 2026, 12:45-1:45 PM, Mapping Success: Aligning Program and Course Objectives via Canvas Outcomes
January 14, 2026, 12:45 PM-1:45 PM, The CLI - Who We Are and What We Can Do for You!
AI for Illinois Tech Faculty Sessions 3-7
Mapping Success: Aligning Program and Course Objectives via Canvas Outcomes - multiple sessions
February 11, 2026, Panopto In-Video Quizzing
2025
December 16, 12:45-1:45 PM, AI for Illinois Tech Faculty, Session 2: Understanding AI Risk | What to use, What to avoid and Why (Virtual)
December 9, 12:45-1:45 PM, AI for Illinois Tech Faculty, Session 1: Introduction to AI | Ethics & Communication (Virtual)
December 3, 12:45-1:45 PM, Reconnecting Faculty Affiliates: What’s New, What's Next
December 2, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, Teaching with MATLAB in the Modern Classroom
November 26, 12:45-1:45 PM, Blue by Explorance - Student Course Evaluation System
November 20, 1:00-2:00 PM, Teaching with MATLAB in the Modern Classroom
November 12, Faculty Mentorship: From Compliance to Connection
October 22, Rethinking Rubrics: Enhancing Clarity, Consistency, and Feedback Recording
October 8, Faculty and HLC Reaccreditation
September 24, Mastering Discussion Boards
August 28th, Introduction to Packback
August 27, CLI Symposium
August 21, Introduction to Packback, In-person
July 9, 16, 23, 30, 🌿 Summer Camp 2025 🌿
March 4, 2025, ☕ Faculty Affiliates: TOP Ticket Questions
March 19, 2025, ☕ Faculty Lounge, Panopto Tips – light editing, micro-lecturing
February 19, Faculty Lounge, Managing/Encouraging Attendance – Large and Small courses
February 4, Faculty Affiliates: Non-Graded Activities/Badges/Rewarding professional performance
2024
October 22, 2024, ✏️ Digital Badges in Canvas
October 16, 2024, ☕ Faculty Lounge, Tools to build learning assets (Rise 360, Lightboard, Studio time, AI-generated content, Discussions, AR/VR, Microsoft 365)
9/19/24 Course Data and Analytics (📺 watch with Illinois Tech login)
9/13/24, Turnitin Virtual Training for Faculty
9/11/24 Outcomes & the Learning Mastery Gradebook (📺 watch with Illinois Tech login)
9/10/24 Content Creation with the Rich Content Editor (📺 watch with Illinois Tech login)
9/4/24, Outcomes and Competencies for Admins (📺 watch with Illinois Tech login)
Sept. 3, Digital Accessibility in Canvas: Designing Inclusive Online Courses | Recording | Slides (📺 view with Illinois Tech login)
8/27/24, CLI 2024 Symposium: Harnessing Technology
8/16/24, Grading and Feedback in Canvas (📺 watch with Illinois Tech login)
8/15/24, New Quizzing in Canvas (📺 watch with Illinois Tech login)
7/24, CLI Summer Camp: Transforming with Canvas
4/24/24, Faculty Lounge: Assessments
3/28/24, Faculty Lounge: On Rubrics
2/1/24, Canvas Preview
2/19/24, Canvas Preview
2/27/24, Canvas Preview
2/29/24, Faculty Lounge on Mentorship
1/31/24, Canvas Preview
1/17/24, Faculty Lounge: Building Community with Faculty Affairs