National Career Month — November

UFV’s Centre for Experiential and Career Education and College of Arts present: National Career Month. The College of Arts has partnered with the Centre for Experiential and Career Education to facilitate a variety of initiatives and events centred around National Career Month in November 2020. Tune in to our social channels for career tips, articles, … Read more

Seasonal closure 2020 — Dec 24-Jan 4

A message from UFV Human Resources: As the holiday season is fast approaching, Human Resources has been asked to clarify the upcoming the seasonal break. We are pleased to confirm that the University will close at noon on Thurs, Dec 24, 2020, and remain closed until Mon, Jan 4, 2021. On behalf of the HR … Read more

MicroCourses — 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. Upcoming Schedule: MicroCourse 1 — Course Organization — Tues, Nov 17 at 11 am MicroCourse 2 — Adapting Instruction — tba MicroCourse 3 — Assessments — Thurs, Nov … Read more

Undergraduate Research ‘Twitter Takeover’

UFV has been challenged by Vancouver Island University to help represent Canada in the #URExchange Twitter Takeover next Thursday, November 12 (9am-2pm PST). Sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) based out of Washington D.C., the ‘takeover’ will be a lively celebration of the creativity, ingenuity, and research excellence of undergraduate students across the … Read more

Let’s Talk Diabetes — Nov 19

This diabetes awareness presentation will help you better understand diabetes. This session will provide diabetes information and guidance that people need to prevent, delay or manage diabetes well. Topics include: What is diabetes? Signs & symptoms Type of diabetes Healthy food choices Becoming more active Diabetes resources. Through this session, participants will benefit from: Increasing … Read more

New employees/moves and changes

Welcome to the following new employees, and congratulations to those who have taken on new positions.   Type B Faculty Start Date Position   Kulwinderjeet Sivia 1-Sep-20 Assistant Professor, Electronics   Academic Support Faculty       Carol Suhr 1-Sep-20 Specialist, Teaching & Learning, Internationalization   Amanda Roberts 26-Oct-20 Manager, PLAR   Type A Staff … Read more

Science Dean’s Seminar Series with Canadian Senator Rosa Galvez — Nov 12

“From Science to Politics: Why Canada Needs more Science in Parliament” Senator Galvez has provided a pre-recorded presentation which is now available to view here: https://youtu.be/E9iOsrQZqXI . On Nov 12 we will be hosting a LIVE Question and Answer period with Her Honour via Zoom. *Registration is required, please email caroline.majeau@ufv.ca and the link will … Read more

MicroCourses — 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 student engagement *collaborate among peers … Read more

Tech Tools for Teaching — Nov 3-18

Make your online courses more meaningful. Enhance your teaching with ed tech tools from TLC’s top picks inventory. Browse our A-Z listing or find tools based on teaching outcome, popularity, and type of support. Be sure to check back regularly for updates and new apps. Upcoming Schedule: PeerScholar Workshop — tba Camtasia Workshop — Wed, … Read more

Chat – R (Chat Reconciliation) — First Wed of each month

Join Lorna Andrews, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Indigenization to chat about reconciliation efforts at UFV. Have an online chat about Reconciliation, Decolonization, Indigenization, or anything association with Reconciliation. Date(s): The first Wednesday of every month (1-2:30pm) http://events.ufv.ca/tlc/ For more information, contact Leah Lyon at tlcevents@ufv.ca 11/04/2020

Blackboard’s enhanced, new Content Editor will be released on November 5

Blackboard’s content editor allows you to add, edit, and delete text, images, link Kaltura (My Media) videos and so on when you work on items, discussion boards, assignments, tests, journals, etc. From November 5, adding content will be simplified, and it will work better on both hand-held devices and larger screens. There are several improvements … Read more