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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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AI Literacy for Educators

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual

Join this session for an understanding of what today's AI tools can and can't do. We'll focus on the responsibilities educators have when AI enters the learning environment. The session emphasizes clear communication with students and helping learners develop good judgment about when AI supports learning and when it undermines it.

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The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences...

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Authentic Assignments

Thursday, February 5, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual

Learn what platforms are available to enable students to create projects that showcase their learning beyond the classroom.

The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching and learning data, and advanced classroom and instructional technology. To learn more about the services we offer, please visit our website at teach.its.uiowa.edu.

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Assignments: ICON User Group

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual

This session of the ICON User Group will start with an overview of how to use Assignments in ICON and lead into faculty discussing how they use ICON, asking each other questions and giving each other tips. All instructors are welcome to attend ICON User Group sessions.

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The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching and learning data, and advanced...

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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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The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON...

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