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
Important Information for Autumn Quarter 2021
Create your 2021 Autumn Quarter Canvas Course Autumn Quarter 2021 is fast approaching, and now is the time to create your Autumn Canvas courses. To do so, simply visit the Canvas course creation site and log in with your CNetID and password.* *Please note that faculty...
Updated Workshop Offerings for Autumn Quarter 2021
In preparation for the upcoming Autumn Quarter, Academic Technology Solutions has updated its workshop offerings. We are offering introductions to digital teaching tools such as Canvas, Zoom, Panopto, Poll Everywhere, and Gradescope; new workshops on blended...
Classroom Polling Helps Humanities Students Find Their Voice
Matt Teichman, former Lecturer in Humanities, used Poll Everywhere to promote student engagement in his seminar-style “Language and the Human” course. He had his students come up with poll questions themselves and then used them as prompts at the beginning of...
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.