IT Events

Roles, Rules, and Tools: Accessibility for Web Editors

Friday, February 21, 2025 10:30am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Web accessibility is a cornerstone of our accessibility efforts. Come learn how you can make your web content more accessible for all.

Unlocking Microsoft Copilot’s Potential: Prompting Best Practices

Friday, February 21, 2025 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
Unlock the full potential of Microsoft Copilot by mastering the art of effective prompting in this training session. Participants will learn key principles of crafting clear, concise and contextually relevant prompts to get the best responses from Copilot.
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UICapture Essentials: The Basics

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual
Join this information session to learn the basic functions of UICapture, including creating, editing, and sharing recordings.  Register to attend. 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.edu.
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Microsoft Loop: Getting Started with Loop Components

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 2:00pm to 2:30pm
Virtual
Microsoft Loop is a transformative co-creation experience that brings together teams, content, and tasks across your tools and devices. This training will focus on Loop components, which are portable components that move freely and stay in sync across Outlook, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 tools.

Unlocking Microsoft Copilot’s Potential: Prompting Best Practices

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
Unlock the full potential of Microsoft Copilot by mastering the art of effective prompting in this training session. Participants will learn key principles of crafting clear, concise and contextually relevant prompts to get the best responses from Copilot.
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Research Panel Event: Students’ Use (and Misuse) of Generative AI Tools in the Classroom

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 10:30am to 12:00pm
University Capitol Centre
Curious about how AI is shaping student learning? The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology partnered with 10 University of Iowa faculty members to research how students are using AI tools and their impact on learning. Please register to attend. Join to: Learn key findings from the research, including students' experiences with AI tools integrated into their course materials, their perceptions of their impact on learning, and preferences for course guidance and policies. Listen to a...
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Gradescope Bubble Sheets

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
Discover the efficiency of assessment management with Gradescope's Bubble Sheets. Learn to effortlessly create assessments with multiple-choice answer keys for automatic grading of your students' submission. Simplify your assessment workflow with Gradescope's effectiveness and precision.  Register to attend. 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...
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Data-Informed Teaching Community of Practice February Meeting

Thursday, February 27, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
University Capitol Centre
The Data-Informed Teaching Community of Practice is a faculty community that is open to any instructors who are interested in collaborating with and supporting one another in using data to improve student success at the course and/or program level. Everyone will have their own focus, and the group will serve as a space to practice effective approaches to identifying and using data for improved student learning. We invite all faculty at the University of Iowa who are interested in these topics to...
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Microsoft Teams: Working with Files

Thursday, February 27, 2025 2:00pm to 2:45pm
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...
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Anthology Ally: An ICON Course Accessibility Tool

Thursday, February 27, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
Anthology Ally is a powerful tool in your ICON courses. It provides instructors guidance and feedback on accessibility issues in their course sites and offers students multiple formats for downloading and using course materials. Join us to learn how this tool works, how you can make your course sites more accessible, and how it can increase students' ability to engage with your course materials.  Register to attend. The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools...