Workshops and Consultations

Rubrics are an effective and efficient way to authentically assess student learning. Articulating specific criteria by which students will be assessed helps learners to prepare more thoughtful submissions that are aligned with your expectations. As an added bonus, rubrics provide an objective and systematic method for grading work. Brightspace Rubrics tool offers a variety of ... Read more

Presenting each student in your course with a slightly different version of the same quiz deters academic dishonesty and thus increases the integrity of the assessment. The Quizzes tool in Brightspace allows instructors to configure quizzes in a way that will present each student with a different version of the same quiz. In this session, ... Read more

The presenter for this session is Dr. Paul De Decker, Associate Professor, Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences & Ms. Lauren Mills, Student This session will introduce course instructors to the concept of re-usable assignments. Participants will learn what a re-usable assignment is and how they can implement them in their own courses. A ... Read more

Event description to come. The session will be hosted in person in the Teaching and Learning Exchange TLX (ED 1001). Registration is required.

The presenter for this session is Dr. Jeanne Sinclair, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education Rubrics can help communicate your expectations for student work and facilitate fair marking. Creating clear criteria for success supports students' learning in the discipline and allows them to critically prepare and reflect on their work. In this session, Dr. Sinclair explains ... Read more

Brightspace offers a range of tools that allow instructors to monitor student activity in a course such as their engagement with the course material or participation in discussions. Brightspace also allows instructors to identify students who may be at risk (and those who are succeeding), and send those students automated yet personalized emails to help ... Read more

Mersive Solstice is a wireless collaboration technology available in various classrooms and meeting rooms across the Memorial campus. The session will walk you through the steps of setting up the technology for use in your classroom, show several examples of its educational uses, and provide hands-on practice with the tool with the assistance of Learning ... Read more

This session is part of the CITL Fall Book Study – “Everyday Instructional Design: A Practical Resource for Educators and Instructional Designers”. Registration is closed.

The presenter for this session is Dr. Laurie Dodson, Instructor, Faculty of Education This introductory workshop will be framed around the challenges Dr. Dodson faced while responsively managing the impacts of powerful tools like ChatGPT and the impact on her teaching practice. In her deliberations she consider one essential question: How do I make the ... Read more

*** DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS EVEN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. *** The presenter for this session is Dr. Karen Goodnough, Professor, Faculty of Education Hyflex courses use an instructional approach that combines face-to-face and online learning. Students may choose to participate in each class session in one of three ways: face-to-face, online synchronously, or online ... Read more