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Instructional Technology

Are you ready to enhance your teaching and use technology to foster student engagement and learning? We support the use of instructional technology across the university, including ICON, UICapture, Gradescope, and more.

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Classroom Technology

Do you want to get the most out of your learning space? We provide technology consulting, training, and management of more than 300 technology-equipped classrooms that are designed to enrich the teaching and learning experience.

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Teaching and Learning Data

Harness the power of data. We transform gigabytes of data into teaching and learning insights that help instructors understand how students are engaging with course materials and identify timely interventions and support.

News

Reflecting on Jesse's Career

Friday, December 5, 2025
Maggie Jesse, executive director of the ITS Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology, will end her 36-year career at the University of Iowa on Dec. 5. To celebrate Maggie and her accomplishments, we asked her to reflect on her time at the university.

Tips for Submitting Final Grades to MAUI

Thursday, December 4, 2025
The end of the fall semester is quickly approaching. Learn about the three options instructors have for submitting final grades to MAUI and tips to make entering graders easier whether they're using the MAUI in ICON function, manually entering grades, or uploading a file to MAUI.

Making Accessible ICON Sites Easier to Create: Accessible Course Template

Tuesday, December 2, 2025
You may have heard of the ICON accessible course template, developed by OTLT. What you may not know is that it’s available for use as you begin to prep for winter and spring courses. You can even start using it from within your new ICON course site.

Events

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PDF Fixes for Accessibility

Thursday, February 12, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual

This training session will teach you about the pitfalls of PDF files and how to replace or remediate them to help make your materials meet digital accessibility standards. We will learn about the tools we have on campus to help with this process and provide a demo on how to fix PDFs and make your documents better.

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Anthology Ally: An ICON Course Accessibility Tool

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual

Anthology Ally is a powerful tool in your ICON courses. It provides instructors guidance and feedback on accessibility issues in their course sites and offers students multiple formats for downloading and using course materials. Join us to learn how this tool works, how you can make your course sites more accessible, and how it can increase students' ability to engage with your course materials.

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AI in Teaching Roundtable

Friday, March 6, 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm
University Capitol Centre
Join this roundtable discussion featuring campus AI thought leaders to consider the opportunities and challenges generative AI presents in the classroom.
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Course Accessibility For Everyone (CAFÉ): Full Blend

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual

Course Accessibility for Everyone (CAFÉ) will help you make your ICON course site accessible to all your students. We'll focus on how to improve usage of headings, tables, color contrast, alternative text, and more. By making these simple changes to your ICON site, you're making your course accessible for everyone.

This offering combines content from previous CAFÉ sessions into a single extended session.

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