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the movie theatre experience without leaving your house! Watch a new release with your classmates! Your student Executives are going live to watch with you! Date: Sept 10 Location: Emailed Cineplex Pin to every student who RSVPs During the movie you can log into Instagram live to watch the movie with Student Executives and chat … Read more
Kick off your fall semester and have a blast. Join us for the UFV Drag Show featuring the Valley Clique: Anida Tythole, Justice Dejour and Jo King. Location: Zoom (link coming soon) RSVP on myCampusLife to be notified when the link is available 10/20/2020 – 11/10/2020 – For more information, contact Sheila McKay at sheila.mckay@ufv.ca … Read more
Presented by your Student Union Society Kick off your fall semester and have a blast. Drag Show featuring the Valley Clique: Anida Tythole, Justice Dejour, and Jo King. Thurs, Sept 24 Location: Zoom (link coming soon) RSVP to this event to make sure you get the link! 7 pm RSVP on myCampusLife – https://mycampuslife.ufv.ca/event/163947 https://mycampuslife.ufv.ca/event/16394 … Read more
Want to know more about your Health and Dental Plan? Attend this seminar to learn all about what your plan covers. Want to learn more about mental health resources available to you? Empower Me now offers services accessible right from your home? Set yourself up to have a healthy semester! Wed, Sept 9 1:30 pm … Read more
Are you a high-achieving UFV student or alum in need of financial support for graduate school? Come learn about the Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s (CGS-M) program. CGS-Ms are highly competitive and prestigious awards, with only 3,000 scholarships being presented across Canada each year. This workshop is for UFV students and alumni who: (1) have achieved first-class … Read more
MicroCourse – Online Teaching Fundamentals The Teaching and Learning Centre is offering an ongoing MicroCourse series of workshops (essential Blackboard tools for online courses), with synchronous sessions for each MicroCourse scheduled weekly. The primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy behind the tools and how they can be used to: *achieve learning objectives *promote … Read more
MicroCourse 6 – Online Teaching Fundamentals – Synchronous Teaching This course is designed to help prepare you to teach online in real-time (synchronously). We will explore how the instructor can prepare for success, flip the virtual classroom, and engage students during live sessions. To demonstrate the techniques and objectives, this course will be delivered live … Read more
Synchronous Teaching This course is designed to help prepare you to teach online in real-time (synchronously). We will explore how the instructor can prepare for success, flip the virtual classroom, and engage students during live sessions. To demonstrate the techniques and objectives, this course will be delivered live / real-time (synchronously) during the scheduled time. … Read more
MicroCourse 7 – Online Teaching Fundamentals – Inclusivity Online International and Indigenous student profiles, access, and participation Date(s): Thursday, September 24 from 2 – 3 pm Facilitators: Lorna Andrews, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Indigenization These series of MicroCourses will introduce the essential Blackboard tools, but the primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy behind … Read more
MicroCourse 5 – Online Teaching Fundamentals – Course Videos This MicroCourse will cover Intro to Kaltura Capture, Using your phone to record, Effective video practices for online learning (UDL, Territory Acknowledgement). Date(s): Thurs, Sept 10 from 11 – 12pm Facilitator: Robin Pittman, Media Developer These series of MicroCourses will introduce the essential Blackboard tools, but … Read more
in us on September 24 at 7pm for virtual Music Bingo with the myCampusLife and Campus Recreation Teams. This is a great way to have fun, meet new people and get ready for a new virtual semester! Music Bingo is much like playing regular bingo, but instead of numbers, we fill your bingo cards with … Read more
MicroCourse 8 – Online Teaching Fundamentals – Managing Your Online Course This micro-course will cover best practices for planning and managing your online course and tips for workload management, building community and student engagement. Date(s): Monday, September 14 from 11am – 12pm Facilitator: Claire Hay, Teaching and Learning Specialist This course is part of the … Read more
MicroCourse 3 — Online Teaching Fundamentals – Assessments This MicroCourse will cover assessment options and tools in Blackboard Date(s): Thurs, Sept 17 from 2-3 pm Facilitator: Michelle Johnson – Educational Developer, and Claire Hay – Teaching and Learning Specialist These series of MicroCourses will introduce the essential Blackboard tools, but the primary objective of these … Read more
What is a WeVu Webinar? A platform that can host videos made by students and faculty. WeVu allows video annotations and time-stamped feedback. An easy to use tool where students and instructors can comment inline with a video. – – http://events.ufv.ca/tlc/events/wevu-workshop-3/ For more information, contact Leah Lyon at tlcevents@ufv.ca 09/09/2020
Padlet is a great and easy way to share ideas! A synchronous or asynchronous application that can support activities like posting Post-it notes to a whiteboard for generating/collaborating on. A colourful and engaging medium to share ideas that is very simple for students to post anonymous entries. It is an alternative to a shared whiteboard … Read more