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  • Canvas: Evaluation and SpeedGrader

    Thursday, February 3 | 11am - 12pm

    Learn how to grade and give feedback in Canvas. This one-hour workshop is interactive and requires pre-registration so we can prepare your activities. It is intended for instructors currently teaching using Canvas.

    Using a time-saving tool called SpeedGrader, you can give students enhanced feedback using document annotation, media comments, and rubrics. This workshop will give you hands-on experience in using it to the benefit of you and your students.


    Facilitators: Gabrielle Coombs + Hazel Chongoti


  • The Canvas refresher and Teaching with Zoom – ELI

    Friday, February 18 | 10am - 12pm

    Come and join us to get a refresher on how to use Canvas and Zoom for teaching. This workshop will help you get more comfortable navigating Canvas, and you will learn how to set up modules, assignments, discussions, and more. You will also learn how to integrate Zoom into Canvas, and how to make Zoom work for you and your students during your synchronous lessons. You’ll also be able to ask our team-specific questions about Canvas and Zoom.


    Facilitators: Gabrielle Coombs + Hazel Chongoti


  • H5P Symposium

    Tuesday, February 22 | 9am-3pm

    Wednesday, February 23 | 9am-3pm

    This workshop will provide an overview of H5P and how it is being used in UBC’s Faculty of Education.

This event is being offered in partnership with the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology – register for this event on the CTLT website via the button below.


  • Learning Design Buffet

    Thursday, March 24 | 11am - 12pm

    This session will cover time-tested strategies for improving the student experience in digital learning spaces and will empower you with resources to meet your students' needs. We look forward to providing you with 1-on-1 support!

    Facilitators: ETS Learning Designers




  • Canvas Assignments Master Class

    Wednesday, April 13 | 11am - 12pm

    Join our Canvas Assignments Masterclass workshop as we take a deep dive into navigating, building, and grading assignments, group assignments and peer review on Canvas. We will uncover the hidden quirks of using these tools, troubleshooting common and not-so-common problems, and answering all your questions regarding Canvas assignments.

    Facilitators: Gabrielle Coombs + Hazel Chongoti



  • Canvas Basics for In-person Instruction (ELI)

    Friday, April 22 | 10am - 12pm

    Come join us in an interactive session where we will help you set up a basic Canvas shell and explore using the online learning environment to enhance your in-person classes. We will consider options such as entrance and exit slips, flipped classroom, online group work, creating spaces for handouts, pre-class multimedia activities.

    Facilitators: Simone Hausknecht + Gabrielle Coombs



  • Universal Design and Ally

    Friday, April 22 | 1pm - 2pm

    Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that addresses learner differences and helps to improve accessibility for learners. UDL is intended to give all students an equal opportunity to succeed. In this workshop, you will learn about the value of applying the UDL Guidelines and learn about some gaps in the framework. We will also take a look at tools and tips to help improve your courses.



    Ally is one such tool that can be integrated in Canvas to help you begin. Ally can help make courses more accessible by providing you with a report containing practical guidance with its time-saving interface with identifies and ranks the improvements needed. It also allows students to download documents in alternative formats (like audio or electronic braille). This session will explore Ally in action, and walk you through how to request it for your course.

    Facilitators: Parm Gill + Gabrielle Coombs



  • Beyond Canvas: FIPPA and Copyright for Teaching and Sharing

    Wednesday, April 27 | 1pm - 2pm

    Join ETS learning designer Helen DeWaard as she welcomes Stephanie Savage, Scholarly Communications and Copyright Services Librarian at UBC Library, for a session on the basics of copyright for teaching and sharing. This session will primarily cover the perspective of instructors as users of copyrighted works in their teaching activities and will include information on user rights, creative commons licenses, online teaching, and considerations for sharing materials outside of the UBC classroom environment. A presentation will be followed with ample time for questions.

    Facilitators: Helen DeWaard + Stephanie Savage



  • Celebrate Learning Week – Looking into the Future: Hybridity and Technology

    Tuesday, May 10 | 10am - 12pm

    The pandemic pushed faculties and students into a world of teaching and learning that increasingly weaves online and in-person learning and re-envisions the needs for the use of learning technologies. Please join our panelists from the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, Faculty of Medicine, and Faculty of Education to explore the possible directions of designing for learning in terms of the hybridization of courses and technology use. Our panelists bring their unique views and specific needs (e.g. large vs small courses, professional training and practice, pedagogical considerations) from these Faculties. We also invite the audience to join in the discussion with their perspectives, questions, and commentaries.

    This event is being offered by the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology – register for this event on the CTLT website via the button below.


  • Letters of Intent for Large TLEF Transformation Project Proposals

    Wednesday, June 29 - Thursday, July 14 (one-on-one consultation)

    CTLT released its call for Letters of Intent (LOI) for Large TLEF Transformation Projects on June 6th. This year’s Large TLEF is a special call focused on hybrid and multi-access course redesign projects. Only new applications aligned with this focus area will be accepted for the Large TLEF round. The deadline for applicants to submit LOIs for a Large TLEF Transformation Project is Thursday, July 14, 2022.

    Facilitators:

    • ETS Learning Designers