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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

ICON course archive process begins July 1

Thursday, April 9, 2026

With the new course retention process, ICON courses will be archived one year after they close. This will help instructors meet ADA Title II regulations as instructors will only need to focus on their most recent year of courses and the upcoming semester for accessibility needs. Learn more about the process.

Awareness of agentic AI: Essential knowledge for faculty

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Most people are familiar with generative AI, like Copilot. Less widely known are the more recent developments in agentic AI. While it has positive uses, it may also create risks. Learn about agentic AI and how to respond to it.

AI in student learning: Insights from large-scale research

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming higher education, yet there is limited real-world data on how students use these tools in their learning. The ITS Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology (OTLT) is partnering with University of Iowa instructors to fill that gap.

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Events

Generative AI in Student Learning

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 9:30am to 11:00am

University Capitol Centre

How are students and faculty navigating the world of generative AI and its implications?

Join OTLT to discover what we’re learning about students’ use of generative AI and hear from faculty members about how they're creating AI guidance for their courses. Register to attend this AI research event, which will take place on Wednesday, April 15, at 9:30 a.m. in University Capitol Centre 2520D. We’ll offer light refreshments starting at 9:15 a.m.

During the event, we’ll:

Present data on students’...

What Your Students Wish You Knew About ICON

Thursday, April 16, 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Virtual

This session will cover ways to set up and organize your ICON site so students can easily navigate it, complete work, and monitor their progress.

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...

PDF Fixes for Accessibility

Friday, April 17, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm

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.

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

LaTeX Accessibility with MathJax and Pressbooks

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am

Virtual

LaTeX markup language is an efficient and powerful way to prepare mathematical equations and formulae to share with others, but PDF outputs of LaTeX don't meet important accessibility standards. This training will demonstrate how to transform your LaTeX files into HTML, use MathJax to make them more accessible, and share them with others in the Pressbooks platform.

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

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