Learning Technology

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 […]

Deciding when to integrate Generative AI into an assignment

We have adapted this student-directed flowchart to support instructors in their own decision making around the process of incorporating the use of GenAI in their assignments.  We welcome your input (ctl.ubc@ubc.ca) to help us continue to refine this resource. 

Generating Copilot Prompts

Did you know that Microsoft rebranded Bing Chat as Copilot? Currently, faculty and students have access to the Consumer version of Copilot.   Tip of the month: How to generate an effective prompt