CTLT Events Newsletter
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Upcoming Events
Series: Canvas Training CanvasStudio
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Canvas Studio is a drop in space for anyone with questions related to UBC’s new learning management system Canvas. Here’s your chance to sit down with a Canvas expert and review your course design, explore migrating a Connect course to Canvas, and troubleshoot any challenges… ⚒ Hands-on Session Type
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In this session we will explore such topics as general navigation of the Canvas interface, notifications and communication, content creation and organization, and assignments (including quizzes, discussions). This workshop is an introduction to Canvas for new users. ⚒ Hands-on Session Type
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In this introductory 6-hour workshop, Meehae Song will introduce various VR Prototyping techniques using A-Frame, a web-based open source VR system (WebVR). Over the 3 days, she will cover emerging fundamentals of 3D space and UX/UI considerations for prototyping VR applications. The attendees will have a chance to work in A-Frame, quickly creating and exploring (more…)
Series: Indigenous Initiatives
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Indigenous Initiatives Design Series (“II-Design Series”) A three-part workshop series is for anyone who is interested in integrating Indigenous content into a course or learning project they are developing. The series has been intentionally designed to span 3 months, where participants have the opportunity to reflect on their learnings in between sessions and adapt the (more…)
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Come join us at our weekly drop-in demo sessions, where you can learn more about the Emerging Media Lab and try out some VR/AR experiences! This event is open to anyone from the UBC community, including staff, students, and faculty. (more…)
Series: Open Education
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“When we think about ‘open’ and labor, who do we imagine doing the work? What is the work we imagine being done? Who pays? Who benefits? (And how?)” – Audrey Watters In recent years, the open scholarship movement has gained momentum by aiming to fundamentally transform how knowledge is created and shared. Making open access, open (more…)
Series: Learning Technology Qualtrics
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Qualtrics Studio This year UBC adopted a new survey tool Qualtrics. Qualtrics is a powerful tool that offers UBC Faculty, and staff with new functionality in survey creation, data-analysis, and reporting. Join us for the the bi-weekly qualtrics studio to explore qualtrics together and to receive support and guidance using this tool. The session is (more…)
Series: TLEF
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CTLT and Faculty support units will be hosting a series of drop-in sessions to help applicants in the development of their Large and Small TLEF Project proposals. Applicants can drop in to any of these sessions to talk about their project ideas and receive feedback and advice on topics such as pedagogy, assessment, media development, (more…)
Series: Learning Technology
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The Drop-In Clinics are open for administrators of UBC weblogs or websites to get one-on-one support in WordPress and Wiki for Teaching and Learning or Administrative purposes. Participants should come prepared with a list of questions specific to their sites when attending this session. Specialists at the clinic will assist you in addressing and resolving those (more…)
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Registration for the WAITLIST of this ISW opens on Monday September 10 at 9am PST and closes on Friday September 21 at 4:30pm. ***Click “Register Now” to register for the WAITLIST only (registering for the waitlist doesn’t guarantee a spot). IF you are chosen to participate, you will be contacted directly by our office after registration closes*** *** (more…)
Series: Canvas Analytics Open Education
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Did you know that Canvas includes an API for accessing and modifying your learning data in your own programs and scripts? Have you ever wondered if you could build a Canvas app that improves your own learning? Please join us for a UBC Learning Analytics Hackathon on October 27-28 that will seek to explore ways (more…)
Series: edX Learning Technology
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For a list of upcoming edX sessions, click here. edX/Edge is part of UBC’s Learning Technology Ecosystem and can be used to provide a blended learning experience for campus-based courses, as well as blended and fully online courses. edX Studios is a drop-in space for anyone with questions related to this learning management system that (more…)
Series: Canvas Training CanvasStudio
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Canvas Studio is a drop in space for anyone with questions related to UBC’s new learning management system Canvas. Here’s your chance to sit down with a Canvas expert and review your course design, explore migrating a Connect course to Canvas, and troubleshoot any challenges… ⚒ Hands-on Session Type
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Green Folder; 2:30pm – 3:00pm Everyone plays an important role in supporting student mental health and wellbeing. The Green folder is a quick guide for faculty and staff to know what to look for, say, and do when having a supportive conversation with a student. This session serves as an introduction to the Green Folder (more…)
Series: Open Education
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If you are preparing resources for your teaching, from PowerPoint slides to online modules, chances are you’ll want to incorporate readings, images, video clips, problem sets, or other materials from different sources. There are millions of openly licensed resources, from full courses and textbooks to tests banks and images, that are available for others to (more…)