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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
Blackboard Ally is making course content accessible. Blackboard Ally is an accessibility application that works with Blackboard to help ensure that your digital course content is accessible by learners. Ally provides course content in accessible formats, including electronic braille and audio files. Workshop: Fri, Sept 11 from 11 am-12 pm http://events.ufv.ca/tlc/events/blackboard-ally-workshop-2/ For more information, … Read more
Want to know what its really like in university? Take this opportunity to hear from student elects about what its really like to be a UFV student. The Student Union Executive’s will be going live to share their experiences and what they learned as they navigated their first few years at University. This is the … Read more
Zoom is a great online meeting app! Zoom is an alternative to Collaborate Ultra. With more participants’ video feeds and stability, Zoom is a great for meeting your students out of Blackboard. However, Zoom needs installation of an app. Workshop: Tues, Sept 8 from 2-3 pm http://events.ufv.ca/tlc/events/zoom-workshop-3/ For more information, contact Leah Lyon at … Read more
MicroCourse 4 – Online Teaching Fundamentals – Discussion Forum This MicroCourse will cover student-led discussions, self and peer assessment, grading and assessing student activity Date(s): Thursday, September 10 from 10 – 11 am Facilitator: Ken Harmel, Learning Designer These series of MicroCourses will introduce the essential Blackboard tools, but the primary objective of these MicroCourses … Read more
MicroCourse 1 – Online Teaching Fundamentals – Course Organization (Blackboard Essentials) This MicroCourse will cover basic community building, navigation, and assessment tools Tues, Sept 22 11 am-12 pm Facilitator: Michelle Johnson, Educational Developer These series of MicroCourses will introduce the essential Blackboard tools, but the primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy behind the … Read more
How to Write a Paper & Citation Practices Presented by the UFV Student Union Society Are you new to writing at the university level? In this workshop, you will learn from SUS tutors how to write strong papers while learning how to use different citations styles required by your professors. This is need to know … Read more
Learn this mindful 4 step technique called S.T.O.P. Learn how to deal with stress and anxiety with UFV Counsellor Eileen Burkholder. Mindfulness is not only a key component of our mental health, it also helps to reduce the negative effects of stress and can increase our ability to stay engaged in the learning environment and … Read more
Empowering you to stay safe in our digital world focuses on topics including living in a digital society, internet, smartphone and social media safety. Participants will be entered into winning a $50 gift certificate. Tues, Sept 15 4-5 pm https://mycampuslife.ufv.ca/event/163984 For more information, contact Sheila McKay at sheila.mckay@ufv.ca 09/16/2020
Explore the countercultural art of slowing down and nurturing your imagination. Join artist and UFV professor Aimée Henny Brown for a virtual discussion of Jenny Odell’s book ‘How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy’. These informal discussions will consider our current experience of being “isolated in-place” and will challenge and explore ideas of productivity, … Read more
Camtasia can be a great tool for your videos! Camtasia is a screen recorder and video editor that can be used to create and edit video tutorials and other instructional videos. Workshop: Fri, Sept 11 from 10-11 am http://events.ufv.ca/tlc/events/camtasia-workshop-2/ For more information, contact Leah Lyon at tlcevents@ufv.ca 09/11/2020