| | At Instructurecon 2024, OTLT staff took part in and moderated a panel on Canvas Catalog. Locally known as UI Learn, Canvas Catalog is an online portal for non-credit courses available to both the public and the University of Iowa community. Instructurecon is an annual conference organized by Instructure, the company that creates Canvas. | | | Feedback provides an opportunity for growth in learning. Join this session on Thursday, Nov. 7, from 10 to 11 a.m. to learn how Peerceptiv gives students a structured rubric to anonymously evaluate the quality of individual assignments or a person's collaboration in group work. | | | | Join us on Friday, Nov. 8, from 10 to 11 a.m. to learn some basics to help make your ICON course site accessible. This session will focus on ensuring the documents and files in your site are usable by all your students. We'll talk about why and how to make sure your PDFs are navigable and can be read by screen reading programs, as well as other document types as necessary. | | | Attend this session on Tuesday, Nov. 12, from 2 to 3 p.m. to discover options for facilitating engaging video assignments using university supported technologies that are integrated with your ICON course sites. | | | | Attend this introduction to generative AI on Thursday, Nov. 14, from 10 to 11 a.m. to identify current capabilities, ethical use cases, and the privacy considerations associated with generative AI systems. We will also introduce strategies for effective prompting and offer additional resources to continue learning about AI applications. | | | 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. Attend this event on Tuesday, Nov. 26, from 10 to 11 a.m. to learn more. | | | | Join us on Tuesday, Nov. 26, from 2 to 3 p.m. to learn about creating quizzes, tests, and other assessments in ICON that are automatically graded, and how to add the Respondus Lockdown Browser to those assessments that require a higher level of security. | | | Top Hat Pro has several options to engage students with in-class quizzes, surveys, and discussions, as well as attendance features that connect to the ICON Gradebook. Learn how to get started with this platform and get ideas to adapt it to your courses. Attend this training on Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 10 to 11 a.m. to see if Top Hat is right for your course. | | | |
