Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) Blog
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Teach Smart with Technology: Blogging as a Write-to-Learn Exercise
What are Blogs? Why use them as Assignments? A blog (the shortened version of the original term, “weblog”) is an online, chronological collection of first-person reflective essays that are often linked to supportive writings and media on the internet. Many instructors...
Teach Smart with Technology: Box vs. Google – Which Should I Use for My Class?
UChicago offers a variety of platforms to students, faculty and staff for storing and sharing files. Among these, Google Drive and Box are the most useful for teaching purposes as they are FERPA compliant and have features that support collaboration. Below is a...
Teach Smart with Technology: Using Wikis for Collaborative Learning
What are Wikis? Why use them as Assignments? Wiki is a collection of web pages that can be viewed and modified collaboratively via the internet. It is usually used for repository or reporting information and has versioning capabilities. Since it is an online...
Teach Smart with Technology: Use a Rubrics Tool to Make Grading More Efficient
What are rubrics? Why use them? Rubrics specify the qualities or processes that must be exhibited in order for a given piece of work to be assigned a particular evaluative rating (Peter McDaniel, Understanding Educational Measurement). They provide a guide for both...
Announcing New Executive Director and New Unit Name
IT Services is pleased to announce that Matt Meyer will be joining the University of Chicago as the new executive director for Academic Technology Solutions. In addition and in preparation for Meyer's arrival, the unit formerly known as Academic and Scholarly...
Teach Smart with Technology: Setting Up Permission for Collaborative Assignments
Do you use Google Docs, Spreadsheet, Presentations, Forms, Draw, Lucid Chart (drawing, flow chart & diagramming tool), Lucid Press (digital layout tool) for collaborative assignments in your classes? Have you run into permission issues? Here are a few tips and a...
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