Register by Friday, Oct. 13, to join us at ICON Day.
Hear from Thomas Tobin, an internationally recognized scholar, author, and speaker on technology-mediated education, at ICON Day 2023 . Join the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology on Friday, Oct....Read more
What are the learning experiences of first-year students? A common question we ask each fall as we welcome students to the university. The Support Community for Instructional Technology, or SCIT, invited five high school faculty from the area to discuss their recent...Read more
We're excited to announce that this year’s Innovations in Teaching with Technology Award (ITTA) will begin accepting proposals on Thursday, Sept. 14. This award provides funding for instructors to showcase their creative use of instructional technology to enhance student...Read more
We hope you feel recharged after a well-deserved break and are excited for another academic year. As you continue to work on your ICON course sites, now is the perfect time to read about the ICON summer updates that you might have missed.
1. Bulk Publish and Unpublish Module Items...Read more
The ITS Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology (OTLT) is here to partner with instructors as they prepare for the fall 2023 semester.
Learn best practices for integrating learning technology into your course and help set yourself up for success with ICON,...Read more
The ICON Navigation menu link used to access ICON Direct eTexts is being renamed. Starting in the fall 2023 semester, it will be called “ICON Direct eTexts” instead of “Unizin Engage.” The new link will be added to all courses with ICON Direct eText orders before...Read more
The RedShelf eReader (used for ICON Direct eTexts) was updated to the newest version over the summer. The majority of the changes are a simple reorganization of the studying and learning tools, which are now located in three main areas of the reader....Read more
To advance the UI’s strategic plan goal of excellence in teaching and learning, the university is transitioning the administrative home of the Center for Teaching from the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology (OTLT) in Information Technology Services back to the Office of the Provost....Read more
A new community of practice (CoP) focuses on using course learning data to identify barriers to learning and generate solutions at a course or program level.
Launched by OTLT Research and Analytics in fall 2022, the Data-Informed Teaching Community of Practice...Read more
Gradescope is available for instructors to use in their ICON courses to provide paper-based, online, and programming assignments. Gradescope also offers bubble sheet assignments, allowing instructors to create multiple-choice bubble sheet exams or assignments with an answer key for automatic...Read more
