Learn about Gradescope, an ideal tool for assessing and providing feedback for student assignments, including written formulas, graphs, calculations, and other kinds of work that cannot be easily graded through SpeedGrader. Gradescope is especially suited for large classes with complex assessment teams.Register for 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...

We invite you to explore the world of AI with us. Join our monthly AI User Group, a welcoming space for all AI enthusiasts, from beginners to experts, to inspire, educate, and foster a community. Each session will feature presentations on various topics, including ongoing projects for various AI Committees, tips from AI experts on using specific AI tools, and panel discussions on diverse AI-related subjects. The sessions will conclude with a roundtable for open discussion and questions. If you...

ICON (Iowa Courses Online) is the Learning Management System at the University of Iowa, and is primarily powered by Canvas, but there is even more to know about ICON. Join this session for an introduction to ICON's basic user interface, how to manage your account settings, and learn about the tools available in an ICON course site.Register for event.The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences...

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.

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.

Join us to learn some basics to help make your ICON course site accessible to all your students. This session will be focusing on how to improve some easy-to-fix challenges in site design, such as usage of headings, tables, or color contrast, so you can make sure any user can navigate and use your site with ease. By making these simple changes to your ICON site, you're making your course accessible for everyone.Register to attend.The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides...

Group work can be an important way to support student learning, but challenging to facilitate. In this workshop, we will talk about three tools that can support group projects: Microsoft Teams, Peerceptiv, and Pressbooks. The goal is to introduce these tools, their features and to help participants think about the possibilities for their courses.Register to attend.The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through...

Join us to learn some basics to help make your ICON course site accessible to all your students. This session will be focusing on how and why to use alternative text in your course site. We'll talk about why alternative text is important and practice writing alt text for images for your courses. By making these simple changes to your ICON site, you're making your course accessible for everyone.Register to attend.The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and...

Learn how to model clear instructions about AI use, ways to create AI disclosure statements, and suggestions for maintaining ongoing conversations about your AI policies.Register for 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...

Copilot Enterprise is a generative artificial intelligence (AI) assistant tool designed to respond to user queries in a conversational manner. This tool can be an invaluable asset, offering assistance in tasks ranging from answering questions, providing information, to generating content. The goal of Copilot Enterprise is to enhance productivity by helping you automate repetitive tasks, learn new concepts, problem solve, and more, all while keeping your data safe. This introductory level...