The AI in Teaching Roundtable featured four Provost AI Fellows who discussed their upcoming courses designed for the interdisciplinary undergraduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence. Panelists addressed the nature of AI as a crucial disciplinary subject matter and a challenge to traditional course design and assessment.

Looking for practical ways to increase student engagement, during class, outside of class, and across different learning spaces? Join OTLT for a set of hands-on workshops designed to help instructors effectively increase student engagement. Each 90‑minute session combines brief demos, guided work time, and opportunities to share ideas with colleagues. All sessions will be on Thursdays in July and held in Library 1022. Attendees will leave with strategies and resources that can be immediately applied.

ICON Direct’s eReader is being updated to VitalSource on Monday, May 18, 2026. For summer classes beginning on May 18, eTexts will not be available until approximately noon that day. The ICON link to the eTexts will remain ICON Direct eTexts, and students will maintain access to previously purchased eTexts in the new eReader.

Mark your calendar for ICON Day 2026, happening Friday, Nov. 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom at the Hilton Garden Inn. This year's theme, Make It Click: Technology for Active Learning, spotlights practical ways to spark participation and deepen learning. You’ll leave with templates, demos, and ideas you can apply in your next class.

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.

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.

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.

Universities nationwide are experiencing an increase in student accommodations requests. A new UI-developed notetaking platform is meeting hundreds of class notes accommodations with ease.

Students discussed ICON, artificial intelligence, personal device preferences, digital resources, and challenges with technology at this year's Student Technology Panel. Here are five key takeaways from the conversation.

Beginning fall 2026, the University of Iowa will implement updates to TILE classrooms to simplify room terminology and align classroom technology resources with current student device use patterns. Learn more about the naming changes and redeployment of in-room laptops.