This session explores how instructors can use paper-based assignments and assessments while leveraging Gradescope's powerful grading and feedback tools. Learn how students can submit their handwritten work to Gradescope, allowing instructors to annotate, comment, and grade efficiently online.

Join us for an informative session designed to help faculty members begin proposals for the Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards (ITTA). This award provides funding for innovative and results-oriented learning technology projects that elevate teaching and learning at the University of Iowa and have the potential to significantly impact student success and retention.

This training session will teach you about the pitfalls of PDF files and how to replace or remediate them to help make your materials meet digital accessibility standards. We will learn about the tools we have on campus to help with this process and provide a demo on how to fix PDFs and make your documents better.

Course Accessibility for Everyone (CAFÉ) will help you make your ICON course site accessible to all your students. We'll focus on how to improve usage of headings, tables, color contrast, alternative text, and more. By making these simple changes to your ICON site, you're making your course accessible for everyone.

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. 

Learn about technologies that help students better understand their own learning and thought processes.

Note Depot is a centralized note sharing platform in ICON. Developed at the University of Iowa, this tool can simplify access to note-taking resources and support students with the class notes accommodation.

So, What is Active Listening Anyway?

An overview of the ICON Gradebook. Attend this session to learn how to organize ICON assignments in your gradebook, grading options in ICON, and suggested gradebook settings.

ICON Day 2026 will spotlight practical ways to spark participation and deepen learning. Sessions will showcase technology tools that make active learning easier to design and run. Leave with templates, demos, and ideas you can apply in your next class. Claire Howell Major, PhD, will deliver the keynote, Choosing Active Learning Strategies to Support Deeper Student Thinking. This session will highlight how active learning is an instructional approach proven to support student engagement and learning outcomes across disciplines. Register by Monday, Nov. 2.