Canvas will release new feature enhancements on Saturday, July 18, including:
Due and Availability Date Bulk Edit: The Assignments page supports editing all graded assignment, discussion, and quiz dates in a single page. The page also displays assignments with multiple due dates. Limiting...Read more
Extreme changes require extreme flexibility. Instructors who eight weeks ago may have never been interested in digital content may now find themselves searching for ways to introduce eTexts and online learning platforms into their courses.
ICON Direct is the University of Iowa's...Read more
The Course Design Institute is an intensive, multi-day workshop that provides hands-on guidance in the process of developing or revising a course, including focusing on course content, developing assessments, and creating effective learning experiences.
The OTLT Center for Teaching will...Read more
When Megan Lorenz became a Center for Teaching graduate teaching fellow, she was a seventh-year PhD candidate in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. She was also balancing teaching full time, managing a new baby at home, dissertating, and applying for jobs.
Today, she is...Read more
Each year, the graduate teaching fellows design and facilitate workshops as part of their work with the Center for Teaching. In this Q&A series, we’ll feature each fellow, focusing on the process behind developing their workshops and the strategies presented in them.
Mary Aldugom...Read more
For Brandon Myers, a lecturer in computer science, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning has provided a framework to carefully evaluate strategies he’s already trying in the classroom.
“In the second introductory computer science course, we found that students needed solid conceptual...Read more
Please join us in welcoming three new staff members to the Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology (OTLT).
Robert ButlerAs an IT support consultant in the Learning Spaces Technology Tier3 Technical Support Team, Robert will support learning spaces across campus through technical...Read more
Each year, the graduate teaching fellows design and facilitate workshops as part of their work with the Center for Teaching. In this Q&A series, we’ll feature each fellow, focusing on the process behind developing their workshops and the strategies presented in them.
Melanie King, a...Read more
Funded through student technology fees, the Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards (ITTA) support significant, innovative projects that show the potential to improve teaching and learning throughout the University of Iowa.
This year's recipients are...Read more
This academic year, the OTLT Center for Teaching’s Early Career Faculty Academy celebrates its fifth cohort. The Academy was launched in fall 2015 by Anna Flaming, Center for Teaching associate director, in coordination with the Office of the Provost. The Academy supports new tenure-track...Read more
