This course is designed for users who would like to gain a better understanding about one of the key collaboration tools within Microsoft Teams — meetings. We will cover scheduling a meeting, as well as how to use the controls and features available during the meeting, such as breakout rooms. After the meeting is over, we will teach you how to access recordings, in-meeting chat, notes, and files. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To...

Please join us for the Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series, featuring: Kristi Hendrickson, PhD, CCC-SLP, Associate Professor, UI Communication Sciences and Disorders
“Long-Term Outcomes of Developmental Language Disorder: A 30-Year Longitudinal Study”

Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, Noon – 1 p.m. CST in the Pediatric Conference Center JCP 2415
Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP to paula-obrien@uiowa.edu.

Or join us via zoom: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/94014475258?pwd=yFC4y03GuRFOXTb1uWeQT7OIOkRG3C.1 Meeting ID...

The Iowa women's gymnastics team hosts Illinois, Illinois State, and Iowa State.

Course Accessibility for Everyone (CAFÉ) will help you make your ICON course site accessible to all your students. We'll focus on how to improve usage of headings, tables, color contrast, alternative text, and more. By making these simple changes to your ICON site, you're making your course accessible for everyone.

This offering combines content from previous CAFÉ sessions into a single extended session.

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Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion!

This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science.

Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.

Join this session to learn how to model clear instructions about AI use, ways to create AI disclosure statements, and suggestions for maintaining ongoing conversations about your AI policies throughout the semester. By setting expectations, promoting transparency, and encouraging open dialogue about AI use, you'll create an informed learning environment where students can leverage these tools responsibly and effectively.

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Learn and practice mindfulness meditation, an evidence-based strategy to help with stress, in a small group format over winter break. Workshop begins Monday, Dec. 22 and lasts for four weeks in 1 hour, 15 minute sessions. To learn more or register, visit our website.

What do students think about the workshop?

“I regret not having done this workshop earlier. I feel so much more in control where I once felt a slave to my intrusive mindset.”

“This workshop is a great opportunity for any and everyone...

This course will show you how to edit and share files in Teams chats, meetings, or channels. We will talk about best practices for Team file storage and organization as well as co-authoring files and how to access personal files view. We will discuss how Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive work together from a file storage perspective. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for your department...

An overview of ICON (powered by Canvas) Gradebook. Attend this session to learn how to build a simple gradebook from start to finish, enable a standard grading scheme to convert scores to letter grades, organize assignments into grading groups, and enter grades using SpeedGrader for faster input. 

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Libraries possess unique potential to serve as catalysts for community transformation but realizing that potential requires strategic collaboration. In this talk, Tyler Hahn provides a practical framework for building, implementing, and sustaining meaningful library partnerships. Explore how to identify potential partners through community asset mapping. Navigate the art and science of building effective collaborations. Overcome common challenges like resource limitations and competing...

ICON (Iowa Courses Online) is the Learning Management System at the University of Iowa, and is primarily powered by Canvas, but there is even more to know about ICON. Join this session for an introduction to ICON's basic user interface, how to manage your account settings, and learn about the tools available in an ICON course site.

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Top Hat has several options to engage students with in-class quizzes, surveys, and discussions, as well as attendance features that connect to the ICON gradebook. Learn how to get started with this platform and get ideas to adapt it to your courses.

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The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching and learning data, and advanced classroom and...