TPS Touchpoint: Wellbeing
This month’s highlighted results from the Teaching Practices Survey (TPS) focus on wellbeing. 92% of respondents agreed with the statement “My teaching practices have an impact on student wellbeing.” 66% of respondents discuss wellbeing topics with their students. 60% of respondents share resources during class time to help students manage their wellbeing. 41% of respondents […]
Teaching with Technology Stories
What technology are you using for teaching at UBCO? We are creating a faculty resource about technology tools used in different modes of teaching (in-person, online, hybrid and multi-access) and would like to include stories of how faculty at UBCO are using technology for teaching. No story is too small. To get started, please fill […]
Turnitin’s “Plagiarism Framework” is now Canvas Integrated
Turnitin is a tool to help instructors check the academic integrity of students’ work. We are happy to share with instructors that the “Plagiarism Framework” of Turnitin is now successfully integrated with Canvas! In practice, means that the Canvas assignments now have an option for plagiarism review which will in turn be reflected in the […]
Deciding How To Integrate Generative AI Into An Assignment
Further to the instructor decision-making flowchart around when to integrate GenAI into an assignment, below is an AI Assessment Scale adapted from the one developed by Lucas Wright based on work by Furze et.al. 2024 on how to integrate GenAI into assignments and assessments in general. A common theme in both is to start by […]