The Center for Student Innovation wants to expand your ability to learn outside your major or discipline by offering Instructor-Tailored Workshops. These workshops are taught by faculty skilled in their line of study and offer you the chance to learn and apply skills outside your degree. You may even find new ways to apply these skills within your own field.
This workshop will introduce the fundamentals of data visualization in GIS, and specifically how to connect data in tabular form (e.g. Excel spreadsheets) with mapped features. Through a step-by-step tutorial, participants will create maps of agricultural production by county throughout the U.S. Tips and data sources for mapping other phenomena will also be discussed. Data and software provided; please sign up by February 24th to ensure software access.
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Date for Spring 2026
This workshop will introduce the basics of working with digital audio on a computer, and explore the fundamentals of music through free and open-source technology tools. Students will get to know how to use a digital audio workstation for recording, audio visualization, editing, and distribution. Students will also get an introduction to sequencing and beat making, through guided tutorials on web-based audio tools.
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Date for Spring 2026
A statistical scientist from JMP Software will demonstrate analyzing data using a no-code interactive statistics software. Focus will be on illustrating best practices and the thought process in exploring data through visualizations to extract features and communicate insights learned. Examples will be used across many disciplines including business, engineering, social sciences, life/health sciences, among others.
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Date for Spring 2026
600 Lincoln Avenue,
Charleston, IL 61920
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