Share Your Hybrid Teaching Story
Hybrid delivery mode is defined by UBC as “the course activity has a mixture of mandatory in-person and online activities as designed by the instructor”. Are you teaching in the hybrid delivery mode this semester? The typical scenario is that the course meets once a week in person with the rest of the week dedicated […]
New Accessibility Feature in Canvas!
The Immersive Reader feature is now automatically enabled in both Canvas and Canvas Catalog! While this feature was previously available within the user settings menu, it is now more accessible through a default button located in the upper right corner. The button appears when viewing pages, assignments, course home page, and syllabus. For more information, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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