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Introducing the New IT Self-Service Portal

In an effort to better support the University of Iowa community, Information Technology Services (ITS) has deployed a new IT self-service portal called Enterprise Service Center (ESC). The self-service portal provides faculty, staff, and students a...

Four ways to protect yourself from phishing

The University of Iowa email system receives more than 2.5 million messages per day, but about 69 percent never reach inboxes. Screening systems flag them as spam or scams—they’re discarded before they can do harm. But some deceptive and dangerous...

2021 OneIT Year in Review

The year was marked with significant change, both in how the campus utilizes technology and in how the IT community works to provide it. The 2021 OneIT Year in Review highlights how OneIT met COVID-related needs and supported the UI's mission.

January 16, 2018 - Turnitin offers Faster Formative Similarity Reports

Friday, January 5, 2018 - 12:01pm
Beginning January 16, 2018, Feedback Studio will offer faster formative Similarity Reports - Give students more support to master paraphrasing and citation conventions. For instructors who allow resubmissions within their assignment settings,...

Avoid holiday cybercrime

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 - 4:35pm
Cyber criminals love to take advantage of the holiday season. People are busy and perhaps less vigilant—particularly given the volume of email advertisements and online transactions happening this time of year. University IT security experts are...
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MAUI and ICON to require Two-Step Login in 2018

Monday, November 20, 2017 - 10:07am
Starting in early 2018, UI faculty and staff will need to use Two-Step Login when accessing MAUI and ICON, a measure designed to protect student information and academic records. MAUI will require Two-Step Login starting Jan. 2, ICON starting Feb. 5.
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Celebrate GIS Day on Nov. 9

Tuesday, November 7, 2017 - 10:21am
GIS Day is an international forum for users of geographic information systems technology to demonstrate real-world applications.
GIS Day
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Student Self Regulated Learning

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - 12:00am
Elements of Success (EoS) is an innovative, analytics dashboard tool in ICON that promotes students' self-regulated learning. On Tuesday, November 7, the OTLT Research and Assessment team will present to instructors how to leverage EoS.
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Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology

Professor Counts on ITTA to Support Innovative Teaching Project

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - 12:00am
Each year, the Academic Technology Advisory Council (ATAC) hosts the Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards (ITTA), a program designed to enhance teaching and learning at the University of Iowa.
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Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards

Wednesday, September 6, 2017 - 12:00am
The Academic Technologies Advisory Council is seeking proposals from instructors for the Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards (ITTA). This program aims to enhance teaching and learning at the University of Iowa.
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Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology

Learning Design Collaboratory: Teaming Up for Transformation

Wednesday, September 6, 2017 - 12:00am
Where can UI faculty members team up with instructional designers, technology support staff, and educational researchers with experience in research-based teaching practices? Answer: In the University of Iowa’s new Learning Design Collaboratory.
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Jesse receives 2017 IT Leadership Award

Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 12:00am
Maggie Jesse, Senior Director of the Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology in Information Technology Services, received the 2017 IT Leadership Award in recognition of her exemplary contributions to the UI IT community.

Large-Scale Storage helps 'save Brinton'

Friday, June 30, 2017 - 4:39pm
Saving Brinton, a new Iowa-made documentary about a cache of century-old films preserved with help from the UI Libraries, just saw its world premiere in Washington, D.C. Washington, Iowa, resident Mike Zahs—who discovered the films once shown around...
Photo of old movie ticket reading "Tonight! Brinton's Famous Moving Pictures"
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Two-Step Login expands to MAUI, ICON, and MyUI

Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 10:33am
The University of Iowa has expanded Two-Step Login to web-based applications, including MAUI, ICON, and MyUI, and campus cyber-security experts advise all UI faculty, staff, and students to enable the feature for these applications. Two-Step Login...
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D2L Shutdown Plan

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 11:22am
As part of the University of Iowa's adoption of Canvas as the new LMS that powers ICON, the previous version of ICON (Desire2Learn, aka D2L) will be replaced by the ICON Archive system, When the Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology made the...
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Printing price change supports sustainability

Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - 11:15am
ITS and UISG developed a new funding model for printing, which discontinues the free print credit and lowers per-page prices. The change takes effect fall 2017 for all Information Technology Center printers and partner printing facilities.
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ICON & Office 365 integration

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 - 9:52am
The ICON and Office 365 integration allows instructors and students to use, create, share and collaborate on files stored in Office 365 within their ICON course sites. Office 365 is now available in several areas in ICON, including Assignments,...
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Being a Good Wi-Fi Citizen @ UIowa

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 12:24pm
Being a Good Wi-Fi Citizen What Does it Mean to be a good Wi-Fi Citizen? It may not be obvious at first, but what you do when you’re in your office, classroom, or walking around campus CAN affect Wi-Fi performance for those around you. Setting up...
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Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology

Join the Canvas Commons Community

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 12:00am
Canvas Commons is a learning object repository that enables educators to find, import, and share content in the following Canvas tools: course presentation modules, quizzes, assignments, discussions, pages or documents.
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Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology

New Tools to Enhance Student Writing

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 12:00am
Coming Summer 2017, a reimagined suite called Turnitin Feedback Studio will be incorporated campus-wide through ICON (Canvas).

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