In collaboration with Classroom Management and Operations, OTLT Learning Spaces Technology (LST) has established North Hall 103 as a sandbox classroom. This partnership will introduce new classroom tools and technologies into a production environment within the sandbox classroom.

The Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards (ITTA) provide funding for innovative, results-oriented instructional technology projects that raise the level of teaching and learning at Iowa and have the potential to impact student success and retention. Submit your proposal by Tuesday, Oct. 17.

The University of Iowa’s inclusive access program, ICON Direct, hits a new achievement, with a total of over $11.2 million in student savings as of the end of the academic year 2023-2024. The textbook adoption period for winter 2024 and spring 2025 begins Tuesday, Oct. 1, and ends Monday, Dec. 23.

The ICON Direct program’s new lower price of $10 for Top Hat has resulted in 35% more orders for the fall 2024 semester versus fall 2023. Top Hat can make your classes more interactive, facilitate class discussions, guide lectures, encourage peer instruction, and allow for immediate student feedback and polling.

A new service is available to pilot in university TILE classrooms for the fall 2024 semester, Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). It allows students and faculty to access needed software from their own devices, even if their personal devices don’t meet the compute requirements.

Congrats to the receipts of this year’s OpenHawks OER Grants. OpenHawks is a campus-wide grant program, awarded by the University of Iowa Libraries, that funds faculty efforts to replace high-cost textbooks with open educational resources (OERs) for enhanced student success.

Organizing your ICON course site can feel daunting. What’s best for a 3000 level STEM class? This article outlines a few beloved strategies to consider when designing your ICON course.

The Learning Spaces Technology team spent the summer updating and improving technology in many university learning spaces, completing the largest single classroom refresh in that team’s history.

Turnitin has launched a new version of its Similarity Report. This upgrade is designed to provide an enhanced user experience with an intuitive interface and improved support for assistive technologies.

There has been an update to the Turnitin external tool function on ICON (Canvas). This change may affect your course assignments, particularly those using Turnitin from previous semesters that have been copied into fall 2024 courses, new assignments, and Blueprint courses.