Course Design

Course Design Studio sessions are designed to provide practical strategies for anyone involved in designing courses and learning experiences. They include a brief, high-level overview of the topic, step-by-step instructions on the specific tools mentioned, and dedicated time for both questions and hands-on, personalized support. 

The Course Design Intensive is a multi-day program, where you work in a supportive atmosphere, both individually and collaboratively, to design or re-design a UBC credit course that you teach or are planning to teach.

Helping Students Develop Decision-Making Skills: Branching Scenarios

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What if your students could practice making critical decisions in your discipline without real-world consequences? Branching scenarios create interactive learning pathways where students’ choices shape their experience—exploring case studies, navigating complex problems, and receiving tailored feedback based on their decisions. Grounded in experiential learning theory, branching scenarios transform passive content into active decision-making practices. Students apply theoretical knowledge (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    March 3, 2026
    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Facilitators

Student Voices in Course Design

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Student Voices in Course Design is an interactive workshop for faculty and staff interested in creating more inclusive courses by partnering with students in the design process.  In this session, we’ll explore practical approaches to actively seeking and incorporating student perspectives into course materials, activities, and assessments. Through hands-on activities and real examples, you’ll learn strategies for meaningful student-faculty collaboration where students (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    March 11, 2026
    10:00 am - 11:30 am

Facilitators

Course Design Studio: Assessment Strategies for Large Enrolment Classes

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Designing assessments for large enrolment classes can be challenging. You are not alone if you are struggling with questions about workload, scalability, academic integrity, or student engagement. This hands-on Course Design Studio offers a supportive space to bring your questions, constraints, and course contexts to explore practical, evidence-informed assessment strategies that work at scale. Using (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    March 25, 2026
    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Facilitators

Course Design Studio: Creating AI Resilient Assessments

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The arrival of generative AI is not a minor disruption; it’s a constantly evolving challenge to how we assess student learning. This session is designed for instructors who are concerned about academic integrity. In the studio we will introduce the “Mitigate, Support, Elevate” framework for designing assessments resilient to AI misuse. Together we will explore this framework for assessing the (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    April 21, 2026
    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Facilitators