IT Events

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Accessible Documents Workshop (100 Days Encore Session)

Friday, April 10, 2026 10:30am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Understanding a few core skills can go a long way toward providing accessible digital content.
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Microsoft Teams: Customize with Apps

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual

This course will show you how to utilize applications in a channel, meeting, or chat to extend the capabilities of your team. We will talk about using personal applications to help streamline and organize your work within Microsoft Teams. The apps covered in this course include OneNote, Forms, Planner, and Viva Learning. 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, or...

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AI Prompting (Beginner): Crafting the Basics

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
Through hands-on practice and interactive exercises, attendees will apply promoting strategies in real-time with guidance and feedback.
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Generative AI in Student Learning

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 9:30am to 11:00am
University Capitol Centre

How are students and faculty navigating the world of generative AI and its implications?

Join OTLT to discover what we’re learning about students’ use of generative AI and hear from faculty members about how they're creating AI guidance for their courses. Register to attend this AI research event, which will take place on Wednesday, April 15, at 9:30 a.m. in University Capitol Centre 2520D. We’ll offer light refreshments starting at 9:15 a.m.

During the event, we’ll:

Present data on students’...

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Boost Skills with LinkedIn Learning

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 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.

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Survey Accessibility in a Flash: Universal Design for Universal Insight

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 12:00pm to 12:50pm
Virtual
Join the Center for Social Science Innovation and the Office of Civil Rights Compliance for a quick introduction to survey accessibility, with a focus on the importance of accessibility in survey research and best practices during survey recruitment, development, and deployment. The workshop will introduce participants to general principles of digital accessibility and use Qualtrics to demonstrate best practices for developing accessible recruitment materials and surveys. The strategies learned from this workshop will be applicable to a range of survey design needs, including for research purposes and for distributing general feedback surveys.

AI Prompting (Advanced): Elevating your Craft

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
Designed for users who already understand the basics, this session dives deeper into prompt engineering techniques to generate more precise, creative, and impactful generative artificial intelligence responses.
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What Your Students Wish You Knew About ICON

Thursday, April 16, 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Virtual

This session will cover ways to set up and organize your ICON site so students can easily navigate it, complete work, and monitor their progress.

Register for the event.

The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching and learning data, and advanced classroom and instructional technology. To learn more about the services we offer, please visit our website at teach.its.uiowa...

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Microsoft Teams: Working with Files

Thursday, April 16, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual

This course will show you how to edit and share files in Teams chats, meetings, or channels. We will talk about best practices for Team file storage and organization as well as co-authoring files and how to access personal files view. We will discuss how Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive work together from a file storage perspective. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for your department...

Leveraging Microsoft Copilot: How AI Can Assist You

Friday, April 17, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
An introductory training on Copilot