by Cecilia Lo | Sep 24, 2019 | Instructional design, Services
Canvas Discussion Boards and course blogs have similar functions–they offer a space for students to post a short piece of writing or multimedia for fellow students to provide feedback. In addition to being a good venue for write-to-learn exercises, they are...
by Thomas Keith | Sep 6, 2019 | Instructional design, Multimedia Development, Services
Panopto is here! Following a successful pilot, the University has contracted with Panopto as its new video management platform. Panopto is a tool for recording, organizing, embedding, and live streaming video. It seamlessly integrates with Canvas for video/audio...
by Thomas Keith | Aug 8, 2019 | Faculty Success Stories, Instructional design
Mind-mapping tools allow the user to organize multiple items of information in the form of a map or web, visualizing relationships and making connections between data. George Adams, a doctoral candidate in Music and fellow with the Chicago Center for Teaching (CCT),...
by Thomas Keith | May 7, 2019 | Instructional design, Services
This post is an installment in an ongoing series that explores possibilities for creative classroom assignments. We will showcase courses that have successfully employed creative assignments, and introduce tools and strategies that can help your students...
by Thomas Keith | Apr 18, 2019 | Faculty Success Stories, Instructional design
The “flipped-classroom” model of pedagogy, replacing in-class lectures with active learning, is rapidly growing in popularity within higher education. At the University of Chicago, Academic Technology Solutions has been working with Prof. Dorian Abbot of Geophysical...
by Mohammad Ahmed | Mar 15, 2019 | Instructional design
In this three-part series, Academic Technology Solutions, in conjunction with Student Disability Services, explores how faculty and instructors can make digital learning materials more accessible for students with disabilities. The principal author of these posts is...
