Beyond Canvas: Make it with Media
Wednesday, June 30 | 11:00AM – 12:00PM
This was a make and take session, studio style. Bring your course syllabus or media making experiences. Be prepared to share your media making and course design ideas and questions.
When considering the course design, it’s often difficult to figure out what technologies are the best fit for student learning or how to incorporate them into the course. This session will give you time to explore technologies as you think critically about integrating new media making technologies, such as the ones listed on CTLT technologies page. Let’s peek over the Canvas walls, or even consider building a gate to step through, figuratively speaking.
Facilitators: Helen DeWaard, Ka-Yee Chu
Antiracism and Education
Tuesday, June 29 | 1:00PM-2:00PM
This ETS Viewpoints panel discussion was a response to the call to action shared by Santa J. Ono to “work to model a different kind of community — one where we embrace difference and work to build each other up while enacting values of dignity, mutual respect and justice” and is an effort to open wider conversations about racism, while encouraging people to educate themselves on anti-racism work. It is not enough to acknowledge that racism exists and that antiracism strategies are necessary but as educators and citizens we must act. This session is grounded on the three pillars [Inclusivity, Accessibility, and Indigeneity] that are foundational to ETS and PDCE, and are reflective of the values embedded into the University strategic plans.
Panelists: Dr. Bathseba Opini, Assistant Professor, EDST | Andratesha Fritzgerald, EdS, Director of Teaching, Learning, and Innovation for the East Cleveland (OH) City School Districts
Canvas: Communication with Students
Thursday, June 24 | 11:00AM – 12:00PM
In this workshop, participants have explored different tools and ways to communicate with students online. Whether sending an email, writing an announcement, using discussion forums, or having a Zoom session each one creates a unique opportunity to build a relationship and offer students a way to express themselves. This session gave participants a chance to consider these multiple approaches and what each can contribute to student engagement.
Facilitators: Shur Lim, Simone Hausknecht
Canvas: Evaluation and SpeedGrader
Wednesday, June 2 | 11:00AM – 12:00PM
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: Faeyza Mufti, Jasleena Raina
Course Development Consultation
Tuesday, May 25 | 1:00PM-2:00PM
Wednesday, May 26 | 1:00PM-2:00PM
Thursday, May 27 | 1:00PM-2:00PM
A drop-in studio to get hands-on support in building your course in Canvas.
Come with your course syllabus or just a few ideas on how you plan to teach your online course, and we can work through the rest together.
Facilitators: Faeyza Mufti, Simone Hausknecht
Managing Classroom Culture and Community in Online Learning
Thursday, May 20 | 3:30PM-4:30PM
Classroom management and building a respectful community culture in a virtual environment can be approached in different ways. Some may feel there is no need to manage the online environment, others find it harder with the many tools of distraction and options for private conversations, while others find new ways to oversee the learning community. Come share your viewpoints on building a respectful classroom community and managing how the classroom looks, feels, and sounds when teaching online and within digitally-enabled learning spaces.
Panelists: Dr. Nancy Perry, Professor, ECPS | Steven Secord, Instructor, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University, Orillia, Ontario | Justine Johal, Vice principal Hyland Elementary in the Surrey School District (UBC BEd’15 and Masters student)
Alternative and Authentic Assessments
Monday, May 17 | 2:00PM-3:00PM
UBC has shaped, and is continuing to shape, the future of assessments and assignments through alternative and authentic formats. This session was an exploration of alternative and authentic assessments and their place in online learning.
Facilitators: Helen DeWaard, Meghan McMillen, Simone Hausknecht
Academic Integrity in the Online Classroom: Traditional Practices and New Challenges
Wednesday, April 21 | 1:00PM-2:00PM
This session will focus on academic integrity in the online classroom. In a traditional classroom, student accountability may have been assessed through monitoring in exams, or checking in on student conversations. In the online classroom, this can be complicated – some instructors have opted to use proctoring services, alternative assessments, analytics, or they have reconceptualized what needs to be taken into consideration as student accountability.
Panelists: Dr. Shawna Faber, Associate Professor of Teaching, ECPS | Louai Rahal, PhD Student
Transitioning from Collaborate Ultra to Zoom
Wednesday, April 14 | 1:00PM-2:00PM
Learn how to integrate Zoom with Canvas and gain familiarity with how Zoom functions in Canvas. This workshop will also compare the features of Zoom with Collaborate Ultra.
Facilitators: Ian Linkletter + Arshiya Malik
Teaching Online: UBC Instructors Share Their Experiences
Wednesday, April 7 | 1:00PM-2:00PM
This workshop will integrate the recommendations and suggestions of some of our very own UBC instructors to help reflect upon our personal challenges and areas of growth in online teaching.
Facilitators: Simone Hausknecht + Meghan McMillen