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Faculty Success Story: Critical Readings through Podcasting with Melih Levi
This is the second part of a projected three-part series featuring UChicago faculty and instructors who have used podcasting in the classroom to promote deeper student engagement. Read Part 1 of the series here. Part 3 is forthcoming. Keeping students focused in...
Faculty Success Story: Leveraging the ATS Podcast Studio for Deeper Engagement with Portuguese Language Learners
This post is the first in a projected three-part series exploring innovative use of podcasting in the classroom by UChicago faculty and instructors. Parts two and three are forthcoming. Keeping students focused in classes and engaged with the material can be a real...
Share Panopto Videos Through Canvas Modules: A How-To Guide
You may already know that Canvas Modules are a handy, economical way to organize the content of your Canvas course – but did you know that you can share Panopto videos through Modules without worrying about the videos’ permissions? In this post, we’ll lay out how to...
Create Accessible Equations and Formulas with LaTeX, Canvas, and Overleaf
The typesetting system LaTeX (pronounced “lah-tech”) is widely used in academia, especially (though not exclusively) in STEM fields, to represent content in an organized and visually appealing fashion. One of LaTeX’s great strengths is its ability to format...
Explore Accessibility at Global Accessibility Awareness Day Events
Thursday, May 15, 2025, is the 14th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This is a day to reflect on the importance of accessibility and the need to lower barriers for the approximately one billion individuals worldwide living with disabilities. To mark this...
Create Reliable Supplemental Resources Using Custom Chatbots
While generative AI in higher education often brings to mind assistance (authorized or not) in achieving a final product or saving time at the cost of learning, many instructors are exploring the potential for using generative AI to create resources that support...
Find Insights and Resources for Teaching in the Generative AI Landscape in new Canvas course
Academic Technology Solutions, the Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning (CCTL), and the UChicago Library have collaborated to provide faculty and instructors with a unified resource with key information and ideas to support them in thinking through the teaching...
Enrich your Classroom Teaching with Podcasts
Do you have a topic that is so interesting you wished you could do an entire class on it? Or maybe wonder what students really thought about an issue? Maybe you wished you could debate a student in a comfortable low-pressure environment? Podcasting is the answer you...
Promote Your Students’ Mental Health and Wellness with Digital Technologies
College can be an exciting and enjoyable time, but it can also bring with it various stresses. Heavy workloads, looming deadlines, worries over financial aid – these can be a great enough burden even without external stressors, such as family difficulties,new...
Two Ways to Annotate Videos in Canvas
Social annotation promotes active learning and fosters collaboration among students and instructors. With social annotation, students benefit from seeing multiple perspectives and interpretations from their peers, creating a rich, collaborative learning environment....
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