Career opportunities — June 22

Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Committee Assistant, Social Work and Human Services Instructor, Carpentry Associate Dean of Faculty To view details on these postings, and for a complete list of opportunities, go to: https://www.ufv.ca/careers/job-postings/ For more information, contact Neena Buttar at neena.buttar@ufv.ca … Read more

Banner 9 upgrade — update from Jackie Hogan

Dear Colleagues; I hope this message finds you all safe and healthy as we begin to lift some of the province-wide COVID restrictions. Thank you for your commitment, patience, and tireless efforts in keeping the university operating and for continuing to serve our students. Over the last three months we’ve pivoted to remote working and … 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

MicroCourse 6 — Synchronous Teaching — June 18

MicroCourse 6 – Virtual 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) … Read more

MicroCourse 8 — Managing Your Online Course

Micro8 – 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. Facilitator: Claire Hay, Teaching and Learning Specialist Mon, June 15 11 am-12 pm This series of MicroCourses will introduce the essential Blackboard tools, but the primary … Read more

Board of Governors bylaw updates

At its May 14, 2020 meeting, the Board of Governors approved the following bylaw revision: • Board bylaw BGB-110.08 — Officers of the Board Board policies, policy directions, and bylaws can be found at https://www.ufv.ca/board/ For more information, contact Marlene Affleck at marlene.affleck@ufv.ca 07/31/2020

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

MicroCourse 7 — Inclusivity Online — June 18

MicroCourse 7 – Inclusivity Online: International and Indigenous student profiles, access, and participation Facilitators: Lorna Andrews, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Indigenization, and Victoria Surtees, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Internationization Thursday, June 18 2-3 pm This series of MicroCourses will introduce the essential Blackboard tools, but the primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy behind … Read more

Fall text adoption reminder

Thank you to everyone who has already submitted their textbook adoptions for Fall. To submit your textbook adoptions please go to: https://ufv.ca/bookstore/faculty-and-staff-services/textbook-adoptions/, or e-mail jeff.thiessen@ufv.ca. For Coursepack submissions please e-mail coursepacks@ufv.ca. For more information, contact Jeff Thiessen at jeff.thiessen@ufv.ca 06/19/2020

Policy updates

At its June 5, 2020 meeting, Senate approved the following: • Revisions to the Approval of Graduands (20) policy • Revisions to the Grade Reporting (109) policy. • Revisions to the Prerequisites and Co-Requisities (84) policy. The policies are available on the Secretariat policy website at https://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policies/updates/policy-activity/ For more information, contact Marlene Affleck at marlene.affleck@ufv.ca … Read more