Event Type: Workshop

Apr 18

• Workshop

Andrew Stauffer (University of Virginia) and Amanda Licastro (Penn Libraries): "Book Traces: Library History and the Marks of Collaborative Reading"

This lecture introduces the Book Traces project, which supports the discovery, cataloguing, and preservation of pre-1923 library books that bear traces of the past: inscriptions, annotations, insertions, and other modifications made by historical readers.

• Monday, April 18, 2022, 5:15pm, in person and via Zoom
• 5:15pm - 6:15pm
• Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center, 6th Floor Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

Feb 28

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students Only

Arduinos, Electronics, and AI

Try out physical computing using Arduinos by making a simple electronics project, like an automatic timer to switch on/off an electrical appliance or a music activate LED light bar. Using AI, we will learn how Arduino coding works and how to apply it to our projects.

• February 28, 2025
• 12:30pm - 2:00pm
• Education Commons

Apr 21

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Art21 on the 21st

Join Fisher Fine Arts Library as we watch episodes from Art21 on the 21st of the month

• April 21, 2025
• 11:00am - 1:00pm
• Seminar Room, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Level B

Jun 02

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Assignment & Quiz Basics

Learn how to create assignments with various submission types, create quizzes with multiple question types, configure quiz and assignment settings, and use Assignment Groups.

• June 2, 2025
• 12:00pm - 12:45pm
• Virtual

Jun 06

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Assignment & Quiz Basics in Canvas

This workshop will focus on using Assignments and Quizzes in Canvas. Topics covered include creating assignments with various submission types, creating quizzes with multiple question types, configuring quiz and assignment settings, and using Assignment Groups.

• June 6, 2024
• 12:00pm - 12:45pm
• Virtual

Jan 22

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Assignment & Quiz Basics on Canvas (Virtual Workshop)

This workshop will focus on using Assignments and Quizzes in Canvas.  

• January 22, 2024
• 12:00pm - 12:45pm
• Virtual (Zoom)

Mar 21

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Astro-Beading

Come to Education Commons to make your birth chart into a necklace! Connect with others who share this interest and learn more about your chart while gaining beading skills.

• March 21, 2024
• 3:30pm - 5:30pm
• Education Commons TinkerLab

Apr 12

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Author Contracts

This workshop will discuss common author contract provisions, especially as they relate to copyright and the rights you may retain after signing.

• April 12, 2024
• 12:15pm - 12:45pm
• Meyerson Conference Room 223, Second Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center and Online

Feb 07

• Workshop

Aylin Malcolm (University of Pennsylvania): "Revolutionary Science: Movable Books and the Medieval Universe"

In this talk, I review a range of movable devices from the later Middle Ages, including their applications in cosmography, medicine, and the computation of the date of Easter.

• Monday, February 7, 2022, 5:15pm, via Zoom
• 5:15pm - 6:15pm
• Zoom

Mar 13

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Basic Bookbindings: 1, 2 & 3 Signature Pamphlets

Create several simple blank book structures suitable for making zines or book editions. All supplies provided and no experience needed!

• March 13, 2023
• 5:00pm - 8:00pm
• Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts, Lower Level