Research Guides: SkillShops: Online

Learn new skills online in a way that works best for you!

Canvas online SkillShops allow you to work at your own pace. There are 18 different Canvas SkillShops on a variety of topics. Each Canvas SkillShop takes 1-1.5 hours if you tackle all at once, or else you can break that up and finish it over a weekend or even longer.

Canvas SkillShops

Advanced Research
Learn advanced research strategies for finding scholarly articles and other sources. Approximate length: 1 hour.
APA Citations
Learn about paraphrasing, quoting and how to create citations properly in APA format. Approximate length: 1 hour.
Career Values SkillShop
Gain clarity and confidence with your own career values, which will help you make career choices that are more fulfilling. Approximate length: 1 hour
Chicago Citations
Learn about paraphrasing, quoting, and how to create citations properly in Chicago Manual of Style Notes-Bibliography format. Approximate length: 1 hour.
Evaluating Information Sources in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Learn about information sources that are commonly used in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Approximate length: 1 hour
Evaluating Information Sources in the Natural Resources & Sciences
Learn how to evaluate information sources in the Natural Resources and Sciences. Approximate length: 1 hour
Getting Started with Camtasia
Learn to edit video by creating a short screen capture with several edits to enhance your video. Approximate length: 1.5 hours
Getting Started with InDesign
Learn how to create a newsletter template with Adobe InDesign. Approximate length: 1.5 hours
Getting Started with WordPress
Create a basic blog with your first post and About page. Approximate length: 1 hour
Cal Poly Humboldt Special Collections
Learn about the Cal Poly Humboldt Library Special Collection and how to find primary sources for research about Humboldt County and Northern California. Approximate length: 1.5 hours.
Making Academic Posters
Learn about how to create an academic poster. Approximate length: 1.5 hours.
MLA Citations
Learn about paraphrasing, quoting and how to create citations properly in MLA format. Approximate length: 1 hour
Podcast Basics
Learn how to create a micro podcast using openly licensed audio and Audacity. Approximate length: 1.5 hours.
Reading Scholarly Articles
Learn tips on identifying, finding and reading scholarly articles. Approximate length: 1.5 hours.
Research Basics
Get started with searching in online databases and create a short bibliography of the sources you find. Length: 1.5 hours
Video Storytelling & Project Management
Learn the basics of shooting and editing a short video. Approximate length: 1.5 hours
Writing With Sources
Learn about using other sources like articles, books and images in your academic work and avoiding plagiarism. Approximate length: 1 - 1.5 hours.
Zotero Citation Management
Zotero is a powerful open source (free) tool for managing your citations. With just the click of a button, create in-text citations and even your bibliography. Approximate length: 1.5 hours.

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Integrating Online SkillShops Into Your Canvas Course

You can add any of our online SkillShops as an assignment in your course by importing the SkillShop from the Canvas Commons (instructions on importing from Canvas Commons). Simply search "SkillShops," look for the course you're interested in and add the assignment to your course. Students will upload their SkillShops badge to your course to show that they completed the SkillShop. If you would like to learn more about using online SkillShops in your course, contact us: skillshops@humboldt.edu.

All of the courses listed on this page are available in the Canvas Commons!