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Azure Virtual Desktop available in TILE rooms
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
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.
2025 OpenHawks OER grant recipients announced
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
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.
What your students wish you knew about ICON
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
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.
Classroom refresh: New features and improvements
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
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.
A new era of user experience: Turnitin’s upgraded similarity report
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
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.
Navigating the new Turnitin external tool function in ICON
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
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.
Moving to Gradescope Bubble Sheets
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Digital Desk, the previous solution for Scantron bubble sheets, has been decommissioned, and the Exam Scoring service replaced with Gradescope Bubble Sheets.
When AI gets lost in its own reality
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Chat GPT declared that an Australian mayor served time in prison for bribery, but do you believe it? One of the considerations that comes with the use of generative AI platforms such as Copilot is the need to verify all output for accuracy in case of what is known as hallucinations. But what are these hallucinations, and why do they happen?
OTLT seeking instructors for ICON pilot programs
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
We’re facilitating two pilots: Microsoft Teams and ICON integration and ICON Discussion Tool redesign. We're seeking instructors who may be interested in participating as their insights are invaluable in shaping the success of new technologies and ensuring that instructional technology enhances student learning outcomes.
Don’t forget Digital Desk is moving to Gradescope Bubble Sheets
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Digital Desk, the current solution for Scantron bubble sheets, will be decommissioned, and the Exam Scoring service will be replaced with Gradescope Bubble Sheets for fall 2024.
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