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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

Confusion to Clarity: Implementing Elements of Success in Large Classes

Monday, March 31, 2025
Thanks to the introduction of Elements of Success in a business course, students better understand their performance and emails to the instructor after final grades were posted were nearly eliminated.

Pilot a New ICON Template to Increase Course Accessibility

Monday, March 31, 2025
To help meet campus-wide accessibility goals and with input from campus partners, the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology created an ICON course site template that can help guide the development of an accessible and uniform site. This new course template is optional and not meant to replace existing templates that many units across campus already use for their programs. Rather, it offers resources and help to instructors who'd like some advice on how to present their courses in an accessible way.

Extended Quiz Time Accommodations Now Automatic in ICON

Monday, March 31, 2025
Instructors who use ICON Classic Quizzes no longer need to manually adjust the time allowed on quizzes for students who elect to use Student Disability Services extended time accommodations.

Events

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Anthology Ally: An ICON Course Accessibility Tool

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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.  Register to attend. The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools...
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Pressbooks Book Fair

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
Join us this spring for a celebration of the easy-to-use platform of Pressbooks. It is a software that allows you to create Open Educational Resources (OER), including eBooks, handbooks, student work collections, portfolios, anthologies, and more. This event will showcase a range of projects from University of Iowa faculty and staff. This will be followed with an interactive panel session for questions and discussion. Panelists include:Micah Bateman, assistant professor, School of Library and...
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Broader Impacts Fair

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 12:00pm to 2:00pm
University Capitol Centre
The Research Development Office is hosting an in-person Broader Impacts Fair on Wednesday, April 23 from noon to 2 p.m. in UCC. The goal of the fair is to provide a unique opportunity to connect researchers with campus resources and foster partnerships that are essential for developing and delivering impactful National Science Foundation (NSF) Broader Impacts activities. During the fair, six participating units will showcase their BI expertise through lightning talks. Following the lightning...
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Khan Academy Founder to Speak at Iowa

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of the Khan Academy, will present a public talk on Reimagining Education and the Tools We Use.The Khan Academy is a nonprofit educational organization that offers free lessons in math, science, and humanities, as well as tools for parents, teachers, and districts to track student progress. Khan Academy is pivoting an AI guide called Khanmigo that is a tutor and teaching assistant. Worldwide, Khan Academy has more than 160 million registered users in 190 countries...
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