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Funding available for teaching projects

Proposals for this year's Innovation in Teaching with Technology Awards will be accepted from Sept. 10 to Oct. 13.

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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

Dave Long named executive director of ITS Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology

Monday, September 14, 2026

Dave Long has accepted the position of executive director of the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology (OTLT) after a competitive national search.

Improving the Note Depot experience

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Launched in 2025, Note Depot, a centralized note-taking platform in ICON, has helped meet hundreds of student accommodations. We're continuing to improve the experience for instructors and students as well as increasing the quality and accuracy of AI notes.

A new accessibility tool for math and science

Thursday, September 3, 2026

As part of the university’s commitment to digital accessibility, the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology now offers Equatio to faculty, staff, and students to support accessible math learning wherever they are. Equatio is a digital math tool that offers multiple input methods, making it easier for users to engage with math equations in multiple formats.

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Events

PDF Fixes for Accessibility

Thursday, October 1, 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.

Course Accessibility For Everyone (CAFÉ): Full Blend

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 12:00pm to 1:30pm

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.

Gradescope Bubble Sheets

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am

Virtual

Discover the efficiency of assessment management with Gradescope's Bubble Sheets. Learn to effortlessly create assessments with multiple-choice answer keys for automatic grading of your students' submission. Simplify your assessment workflow with Gradescope's effectiveness and precision.

HPC Workshop: Machine Learning and Big Data

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 10:00am to 4:00pm

Seamans Center

ITS-OTLT-Research Services is hosting a two-day intensive workshop (October 13&14) on Machine Learning and Big Data, led by Prof. John Urbanic from the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC). The workshop will be held in a large room equipped with two-way video communication between participants and the instructor. Please note that all participants must attend in person at our campus satellite site, as there will be no option for individual remote participation via video call (e.g., Zoom). The...

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