Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) Blog
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Beginning the New Academic Year with Accessible and Inclusive Digital Syllabi
This post offers a pedagogical and technical grounding for accessible and inclusive syllabus (re-)design using digital tools. To explore these topics and tools at greater length, consider registering for the upcoming ATS workshop Accessible and Inclusive Digital...
Cultural Issues and the Pursuit of Academic Integrity (Combating Academic Dishonesty, Part 8)
Author’s Note: This is the latest installment in an ongoing series concerned with issues of academic integrity, particularly as they relate to classroom technologies. To view the previous installments, please see the Academic Integrity tag on our website. ATS...
Explore Multiple Approaches to Generative AI and Social Annotation with Fellow Educators through Hypothesis Academy
Looking for a way to explore new teaching approaches on a busy schedule? UChicago’s partner for social annotation, Hypothesis, offers an opportunity to read about, discuss, and design using new pedagogical ideas on an asynchronous basis that allows you to participate...
Initial Pedagogical Reflections from Spring Panel “Teaching in the Age of AI”
As we prepare for a new academic year, you may find yourself thinking about how to move forward in a teaching and learning environment that’s been altered and complicated by the widespread availability of generative AI tools like ChatGPT. To aid instructors in this...
Promote Inclusion with Small Changes Enabled by UChicago Teaching Tools
“Any approach or tool you use in class can be viewed through the lens of inclusion. Ask yourself: “Who is being included and who is being excluded by the choices I make? Kelly A. Hogan and Viji Sathy, Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College...
Request for Faculty Feedback on IT Services Portal
Author's Note: This is a guest post on behalf of IT Services. The University of Chicago IT Services is conducting a User Experience (UX) assessment of the IT Services Portal. The goal is to gather feedback from users like you on their experiences using the...
Protect Your Canvas Data: API Tokens and Security Risks
API (Application Programming Interface) tokens are used to allow external applications to access user data within Canvas via the application’s API. Typically, API tokens are created on behalf of users by approved applications that are integrated with Canvas. These...
Graduate Students and Postdocs: Apply to 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 the 2023-23 academic year.
Collaborative Learning and Classroom Pedagogy, Part 1: Approaches to Successful Collaboration
Author’s Note: This is the first installment in a series of posts concerning collaborative learning and how best to implement it in the classroom. ATS instructional designers Michael Hernandez and Joe Olivier contributed content to this installment. As educators...
Using Active Learning Strategies to Engage Entrepreneurship Students
This post is part of an ongoing series to promote active learning strategies and teaching tools that can support instructors in using them. Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) is hosting the new active learning series Try IT: Academic Tech for Active Learning. The...