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
New and Custom Canvas Workshops and Walk-Ins Held in Autumn Quarter 2018
New Workshops Offered In Autumn Quarter 2018, many faculty, instructors, graduate students, and staff took advantage of new Canvas workshops offered by Academic Technology Solutions. These new workshops covered how to set up a Canvas site quickly and efficiently; how...
read moreCreative Assignments: Podcasting
Why Podcasts? Podcasting can be a creative assignment that encourages students to engage with a topic aurally and orally in addition to simply via text. By engaging the senses more deeply, students gain a more comprehensive understanding of the topic. A podcast is an...
read morePilot of Lecture Capture and Video Management System Panopto
The lecture capture and video management application space has been evolving quickly over the last few years. To help faculty test out new pedagogical methods and easier software-based lecture capture functionality, Academic Technology Solutions is conducting a pilot...
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Initiatives
Poll Everywhere Pilot Continues
ATS will continue piloting Poll Everywhere, a student response system, in a limited number of courses in the Winter 2019 quarter. So far, pilot faculty have seen more engagement with students in class.
Expansion of Canvas Support
Beginning in Autumn Quarter 2018, ATS expanded Canvas support by offering departments custom, on-demand workshops for their faculty and instructors.
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.