Remote and Hybrid Teaching
Training
ATS offers training in Canvas, Zoom, Panopto, and other technologies related to digital pedagogy, as well as classroom AV. Sign up for training
Virtual Office Hours
At Virtual Office Hours, you can get one-on-one help with any questions you have about remote and hybrid teaching. Join VOH
Instructional Design Consultations
Our instructional designers can help you structure your course to meet the demands of remote and hybrid teaching. Request a consultation
News
Social Annotation and the Pedagogy of Hypothes.is
“Social Annotation: Tools for Teaching Reading” was a collaboration between Remote Humanities and Academic Technology Solutions. For more on this event, see “Reflections in Online Pedagogy: Social Annotation Panel Recap” on the Remote Humanities blog. During the...
Digital Pedagogy Events for March 1-5, 2021
The week of March 1-5 will feature numerous events on topics in digital pedagogy. Come to learn more about Zoom, Panopto, the social annotation tool Hypothes.is, and the classroom polling tool Poll Everywhere. All workshops and discussions will be held online via...
Panopto Desktop App Incompatibility with Newest Apple Computers
The Issue and Cause If you are using the latest Apple Mac computers equipped with the latest Apple M1 CPU chip--these include MacBook Air (2020), MacBook Pro 13" (2020), and Mac Mini (2020)--you are likely to be experiencing issues with using the Panopto desktop...
Events
Initiatives
ATS Pilots Hypothesis
ATS will continue piloting Hypothesis — open-source software that allows for collaborative annotation on online documents such as web pages and PDFs — through the end of Autumn Quarter 2020. Hypothesis is integrated with Canvas. Faculty and instructors can request to join the pilot for their courses by filling out the Join the Hypothesis Pilot Form. To learn more about Hypothesis at UChicago, see: Use the Hypothesis-Canvas Integration.
Autumn Workshops
Academic Technology Solutions, the Chicago Center for Teaching, and the University of Chicago Library have designed workshops to help instructors prepare to teach in the Autumn Quarter. Faculty, instructors, teaching assistants, and support staff can register and view training at Teaching Remotely. Follow our recommended paths if you would like guidance on which workshops to attend.
Classroom AV Updates
Registrar-scheduled campus classrooms that are in use for Autumn 2020 for in-person classes have received video conferencing equipment updates. Instructional videos and written instructions are available to help students learn how to use them.