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 Library, museums, and research computing 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.
Classroom Technology
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
Announcing the 14th Annual Faculty Technology Receptions
Please join your colleagues for the 14th Annual Faculty Technology Receptions. Sample wine and cheese pairings while learning about technology resources available to UChicago faculty, lecturers, instructors, and researchers. Services including resources for new...
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Graduate Students and Postdocs: Be a Digital Pedagogy Fellow with ATS!
Graduate Students and Postdocs, would you like to gain experience in digital pedagogy, help promote pedagogically-sound use of educational technology at UChicago, and get ready to teach blended or fully-online courses? We are hiring Digital Pedagogy Fellows for...
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One Button Studio Launching Fall Quarter 2018
Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) is launching UChicago’s first ever “One Button Studio” for Fall Quarter 2018. It is located in Regenstein Library, Level A, and is based upon similar successful facilities at a number of other universities. The One Button Studio is...
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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 for the Fall 2018 and Winter 2019 quarters. So far, pilot faculty have seen more engagement with students in class.
Expansion of Canvas Support
For the 2018-19 academic year, ATS is expanding Canvas support by offering departments custom, on-demand workshops for their faculty and instructors.
One Button Studio
ATS is launching UChicago’s first-ever ‘One Button Studio’ for 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.