IT Events

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ICON Gradebook

Thursday, December 4, 2025 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual

An overview of ICON (powered by Canvas) Gradebook. Attend this session to learn how to build a simple gradebook from start to finish, enable a standard grading scheme to convert scores to letter grades, organize assignments into grading groups, and enter grades using SpeedGrader for faster input. 

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The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching and...

Leveraging Microsoft Copilot: How AI Can Assist You

Friday, December 5, 2025 9:00am to 10:00am
Virtual
An introductory training on Copilot
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Microsoft Teams: Structure and Manage Your Team (Best Practices)

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 11:00am to 11:45am
Virtual

This course is designed for anyone who creates a team or has been given the team owner role in an existing team. Team owners have access to settings and capabilities that members do not see. This training will discuss how best to create a team, choose settings based upon your needs, and manage the team throughout its existence. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for your department, team...

December AI Monthly User Group

Thursday, December 11, 2025 9:00am to 10:00am
Virtual
A monthly session on artificial intelligence across campus
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Microsoft Teams: An Introduction

Thursday, December 11, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual

This introductory course will give you a high-level overview of how to utilize Microsoft Teams and the tools within to collaborate and communicate with a work group, a project team, or any assortment of people. Topics covered include navigation, settings, chat, communicating in a team, and more. This course is designed for first-time users of Teams and those who would like to ensure they are getting the most out of this organizational tool. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for...

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Teaching with AI Agents: A Post Pilot Panel

Friday, December 12, 2025 1:00pm to 2:00pm
University Capitol Centre

Join us to learn about the Cogniti pilot that was carried out this fall. Cogniti is designed to let instructors build custom chatbot agents that can be given specific instructions and resources to assist student learning. Instructors will share their experiences from this semester, highlighting how they integrated AI chatbots into their ICON courses, the outcomes from these decisions, and if they recommend this platform to their colleagues.

1 to 1:30 p.m.: Panel Discussion featuring pilot...

Leveraging Microsoft Copilot: How AI Can Assist You

Monday, December 15, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
An introductory training on Copilot
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Microsoft Teams: Get Started with Teams Phone

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 11:00am to 11:30am
Virtual

The University of Iowa is currently in the process of migrating from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams for telephony services. This course will show you how to place calls, transfer calls, set up voicemail, assign delegates, and more.

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Microsoft Loop: Get Started with Loop

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 2:00pm to 2:45pm
Virtual

Microsoft Loop is a transformative co-creation experience that brings together teams, content, and tasks across your tools and devices. This training will introduce you to Loop workspaces, which can be used as a notetaking tool or to manage projects. Additionally, we will discuss how you can integrate a Loop workspace into a team in Microsoft Teams. While this is a Microsoft Loop training, it is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before attending this session.

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Boost Skills with LinkedIn Learning

Thursday, December 18, 2025 10:00am to 10:30am
Virtual

LinkedIn Learning is an online training library that provides access to thousands of courses. This session will discuss how to create a learning plan, how to use AI coaching and feedback, as well as certifications that can be obtained for free on the platform.