Academic Technology Solutions
Academic Technology Solutions works closely with faculty to facilitate the use of technology in teaching, research, and scholarship. Through close partnerships with the UChicago Library, the Chicago Center for Teaching, and all other academic units across campus, we help faculty explore new ways of approaching academic endeavors using online tools, digital materials, and other technology solutions.
Featured Services
Instructional Design
We partner with instructors to implement instructional technology, develop instructional projects, create digital course materials, and more.
Multimedia Development
We can assist with content development through creating or enhancing imagery, animation, 3D renderings, video production, and more.
Audio-Visual Services
We can help you with your audio-visual needs, whether it be using AV in our campus classrooms or support for a departmental event.
News
Creative Assignments: Teaching with Images – Part 2 (Digital Exhibitions)
The homepage of Prof. James Allen Evans’ digital exhibition on the history of science, Scipedia In Part 1 of this series we examined some basic types of image assignments, such as using images in discussion boards or annotating images. Instructors looking to move...
ATS Pilots Gradescope
In response to faculty demand, Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) began a pilot of the grading tool Gradescope in autumn 2019, to run through summer 2020. Faculty and instructors can use Gradescope to grade students’ handwritten work in an easier, more efficient, and...
ATS Introduces Online Workshops for Canvas’ New Gradebook
Photo by Bench Accounting on Unsplash Starting in Winter Quarter 2020, faculty and staff can now attend live workshops online to learn how to use the updated features in Canvas’ New Gradebook. These workshops, which are being conducted via the Zoom web conferencing...
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Initiatives
ATS Pilots Gradescope
ATS is piloting the grading tool Gradescope through summer 2020. Faculty and instructors can use Gradescope to grade students’ handwritten work in an easier, more efficient, and more consistent way.
New Gradebook Online Workshops
Starting in Winter Quarter 2020, faculty and staff can now attend live workshops online to learn how to use the updated features in Canvas’ New Gradebook.
OneButton Studio
ATS launched UChicago’s first-ever OneButton Studio in Fall Quarter 2018. Located in Regenstein Library, Level A, the studio allows anyone to create high-quality videos by simply pressing a button to start and again to stop.