Instructional and Classroom Technology

Topics include ICON, ifolio, clickers, TILE classrooms and much more.

Clickers

Also known as
Student Response Systems
Audience Response Systems
Clickers allow students to enter responses through mobile devices and can be used as a formative assessment tool and help promote active learning.

ICON

ICON is the learning management system at the University of Iowa.

UICapture

Also known as
Panopto
UICapture creates and streams digital recordings of audio, video and screen content via a software application called Panopto that is installed on either Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, or Android.

ACE Online Course Evaluations

Also known as: 
Course Evaluations
Assessing the Classroom Environment (ACE) is an online evaluation system that collects student opinions about a course/instructor and provide a standard set of summary results.

Clickers

Also known as: 
Student Response Systems
Audience Response Systems
Clickers allow students to enter responses through mobile devices and can be used as a formative assessment tool and help promote active learning.

Commons

Commons is a learning object repository that enables educators to find, import, and share resources.

Exam Scoring

Also known as: 
Scantron
Copy Center
Bubble sheets
Exam Scoring offers test scoring and analysis service for objective, multiple-choice examinations. The service provides high levels of reliability, accuracy, and security.

ICON

ICON is the learning management system at the University of Iowa.

ICON Direct

Also known as: 
Unizin Engage
Engage eReader
Inclusive Access
ICON Direct will connect students and faculty to their course content through ICON.

ifolio Electronic Portfolio

The ifolio project is a modular, customized, and web-based electronic portfolio system to serve the diverse needs of many departments.

Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards (ITTA)

Also known as: 
Academic Technology Advisory Council Award Program
The goal of the ITTA program is to raise the level of teaching and learning at the UI by supporting significant and innovative instructional technology projects that impact teaching and learning.

Kaltura

Kaltura is a digital media platform which allows users to upload, tag content with metadata, view, browse and play media assets via easy-to-use video and audio streaming software.

Learn at Iowa

Also known as: 
Canvas Catalog
Learn at Iowa ( https://learn.uiowa.edu ) is an online course storefront, payment processing, and certificate generation platform that allows external users to sign up for non-academic courses.

Peerceptiv

Also known as: 
Peer Review
Peerceptiv is a tool to augment peer-review of writing. It enables instructors to describe assignments and the process of peer review, create reviewing rubrics, and establish a communication framework for students to share and respond to each other.

Plagiarism Detection

Also known as: 
Turnitin
Originality Check
Plagiarism Detection is one of three interrelated tools in the Turnitin suite that ensures original work by using text matching to assist plagiarism and collusion checks.

Pressbooks

Pressbooks is easy-to-use book writing software that lets you create a book in all the formats you need to publish. Pressbooks delivers print-ready PDF files, as well as ebook files optimized to look great on mobile devices.

Respondus

Respondus Inc. are the developers for the quiz authoring tool Respondus 4.0 and the secure Respondus LockDown Browser. Both pieces of software are available to users on campus.

Tablet Mobility Project

Mobility and interactivity in the classroom is a growing necessity at the University of Iowa. Standing at a podium delivering PowerPoint is no longer the best option for some faculty in many courses.

TILE - transform, interact, learn, engage

The TILE (Transform, Interact, Learn, Engage) program creates new learning space structures that address a variety of teaching and learning needs on campus and help recruit and retain students.

UICapture

Also known as: 
Panopto
UICapture creates and streams digital recordings of audio, video and screen content via a software application called Panopto that is installed on either Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, or Android.

University Classrooms

Also known as: 
formally General Assignment Classrooms
University Classrooms, formally known as General Assignment Classrooms, are used by all departments across campus and supported by Learning Spaces Technology group.