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Getting Started with Elements of Success

Friday, January 9, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual

Elements of Success is a platform developed at the University of Iowa for students to better understand their course performance. This session gives an overview of the platform and how it can be incorporated into courses and how to set it up.

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Course Accessibility For Everyone (CAFÉ): Full Blend

Monday, January 12, 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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Syllabus Savvy: Communicating AI Expectations

Monday, January 12, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual

Join this session to learn how to model clear instructions about AI use, ways to create AI disclosure statements, and suggestions for maintaining ongoing conversations about your AI policies throughout the semester. By setting expectations, promoting transparency, and encouraging open dialogue about AI use, you'll create an informed learning environment where students can leverage these tools responsibly and effectively.

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ICON Gradebook

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual

An overview of ICON (powered by Canvas) Gradebook. Attend this session to learn how to build a simple gradebook from start to finish, enable a standard grading scheme to convert scores to letter grades, organize assignments into grading groups, and enter grades using SpeedGrader for faster input. 

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