Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) Blog
The latest news on teaching with technology
Upcoming Training Offerings from Academic Technology Solutions – Week 8
ATS is offering several workshops and mini-workshops in Week 8 that can help you to become more comfortable with Canvas, Zoom, Panopto, and other technologies for remote teaching. Mini-Workshops and Informational Videos Scheduling Office Hours in Canvas: Would you...
Upcoming Training Offerings from Academic Technology Solutions – Week 7
ATS is offering several workshops and mini-workshops in Week 7 that can help you to become more comfortable with Canvas, Zoom, Panopto, and other technologies for remote teaching. Mini-Workshops and Informational Videos Scheduling Office Hours in Canvas: Would you...
LinkedIn Learning Courses for Instructors and Students
LinkedIn Learning offers a number of courses that may be helpful to faculty and instructors in adjusting their pedagogy for remote teaching. These courses are self-paced and are free across the University to anyone with an active CNetID. Learning to Teach Online...
ATS Pilots Hypothesis
Credit: Hypothesis. Undergraduate English students annotating literary anthology by Robin De Rosa, Director of Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative, Plymouth State University. Update 9/23/2021: Hypothesis is now out of the pilot phase and fully funded by IT...
Upcoming Training Offerings from Academic Technology Solutions
ATS is offering several workshops and mini-workshops in the upcoming weeks that can help you to become more comfortable with Canvas, Zoom, Panopto, and other technologies for remote teaching. Mini-Workshops and Informational Videos Using Screen Share and Annotations...
In the News: UChicago Community Finds New Ways to Learn Together
UChicago News recently explored how remote teaching and learning are helping to build connections among members of the University community. Read the article to learn more: https://news.uchicago.edu/story/uchicago-community-finds-new-ways-learn-together
Creative Assignments: Teaching with Images – Part 2 (Digital Exhibitions)
The homepage of Prof. James Allen Evans’ digital exhibition on the history of science, Scipedia Note: This post was updated on 6/17/2020 to reflect updated information about Omeka. In Part 1 of this series we examined some basic types of image assignments, such as...
ATS Pilots Gradescope
In response to faculty demand, Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) began a pilot of the grading tool Gradescope in autumn 2019, to run through summer 2020. Faculty and instructors can use Gradescope to grade students’ handwritten work in an easier, more efficient, and...
ATS Introduces Online Workshops for Canvas’ New Gradebook
Photo by Bench Accounting on Unsplash Starting in Winter Quarter 2020, faculty and staff can now attend live workshops online to learn how to use the updated features in Canvas’ New Gradebook. These workshops, which are being conducted via the Zoom web conferencing...
Creative Assignments: Teaching with Images – Part 1
Photo by Christopher Flynn on Unsplash Images (e.g. photographs, illustrations, and visual metaphors) can facilitate student engagement and understanding in classroom assignments by making abstract concepts tangible and providing a different way of illustrating...
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