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Top Hat Student Response System

Thursday, August 22, 2024 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
Top Hat Pro has several options to engage students with in-class quizzes, surveys, and discussions, as well as attendance features that connect to the ICON Gradebook. Learn how to get started with this platform and get ideas to adapt it to your courses. Register to attend. 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...
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ICON Gradebook

Friday, August 23, 2024 2:00pm to 3:00pm
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.  Register to attend. The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching and...
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ICON Overview

Monday, August 26, 2024 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
ICON (Iowa Courses Online) is the learning management system at the University of Iowa, and is primarily powered by Canvas, but there is even more to know about ICON. Join this session for an introduction to ICON's basic user interface, how to manage your account settings, and learn about the tools available in an ICON course site. Register to attend. The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning...
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Introduction to Generative AI

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
Join us for an introduction to generative AI: identify current capabilities, ethical use cases, and the privacy considerations associated with generative AI systems. We will also introduce strategies for effective prompting and offer additional resources to continue learning about AI applications.  Register to attend. The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching and...

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