| | At ICON Day 2024, our keynote was delivered by Kate McDowell, associate professor at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, who discussed the essence of storytelling, its dynamic nature, and the crucial relationship between the teller and the audience, inspiring the audience to learn on their own. We also honored the 2024 ICON All Star recipients and hosted several workshops. | | | Join us at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 6, to learn some basics to help make your ICON course site accessible to all your students. This session will focus on how to improve some easy-to-fix issues 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. | | | | Attend this session at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 10, or at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, to learn how to copy an ICON course for a new semester in this step-by-step workshop. We'll cover settings, integrated tools, and common pitfalls to avoid. | | | Are you interested in collaborating with other instructors and supporting one another in using data to improve student success at the course and/or program level? Join the Data-Informed Teaching Community of Practice at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11, in University Capitol Centre 2070E for conversation, coffee, and donuts. | | | | Take time in January to increase the accessibility of your ICON courses for the spring 2025 semester. Course Accessibility for Everyone (CAFE) will offer basic ICON tips on Monday, Jan. 13; alternative text on Wednesday, Jan. 15; video captions and audio transcripts on Tuesday, Jan. 21; and document accessibility on Thursday, Jan. 23. | | | Join this information session at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, to learn the basic functions of UICapture, including creating, editing, and sharing recordings. | | | | This workshop will give you the ability to craft AI policies that set clear boundaries and expectations, promote adaptability and critical engagement with AI, and spark meaningful conversations with students. Whether you're AI-curious or AI-cautious, you'll leave with sample syllabus statements and the knowledge and tools to confidently address AI use in your courses. Join us at 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, to learn more. | | | Incorporating peer review activities into courses can help students become better writers, readers, and collaborators. Attend this session at 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, to learn how Peerceptiv scales this peer collaboration to any course size and integrates it with your ICON course site. | | | | Elements of Success is a platform developed at the University of Iowa for students to better understand their course performance. Join this session at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, to get an overview of the platform, how it can be incorporated into courses, and how to set it up. | | | |
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