Recent Canvas Updates
Canvas has made some recent updates in July which can help streamline workflow for instructors. Here are some highlights: Discussions now provide an option of anonymity. The instructor has the option of setting up an anonymous Discussion. which enables students to choose whether to remain visible or engage with full anonymity. Modules and Pages can […]
Course Syllabus to Include Gen AI Use Guidelines
UBC Okanagan requires all instructors to provide a syllabus at the beginning of a course to inform students about the requirements, standards, objectives, and evaluation procedures. Additionally, the syllabus should communicate guidelines around the use of AI in the course and ideally include a rationale on how these guidelines align with the learning objectives. Suggested […]
(Not the) Academic Director’s Update – August 2024
I cannot believe that it is already August … it’s that point of the summer when I reflect on all of the things I’d intended to get done this summer yet haven’t found the opportunity to do, and the impending start of the Fall semester and the many things yet to come with a new […]
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