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Zoom is frequently updating and adding new features and functionality to the platform. With version 5.10.0, the host or co-host of a meeting can share their screen from the main session directly into all open breakout rooms. This will allow instructors to share visual information (such as Word Documents, PowerPoint presentations, videos, and more) to…

VIU employees with VIU Zoom accounts can now choose to record meetings to the cloud rather than locally recording on their computers. Zoom cloud recordings are automatically transferred to your VIUTube media collection and then deleted from Zoom

We are excited to announce that employees and students at VIU can begin adding and creating media on the new VIUTube platform starting on July 4, 2022.  Your existing media will continue to be available at https://viuvideos.viu.ca. CIEL will be working with our new vendor over the next two months to migrate that content to…

The Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning is very happy to announce that the new service that will power VIUTube is Yuja.  Yuja was chosen through an open, competitive procurement process as the best fit for VIU’s video hosting and streaming needs. Over the next few months, CIEL will work closely with our new…

Our current VIUTube service (powered by Kaltura) is at the end of its life and will no longer be available after September 2022. The end of this service means that we must move our VIUTube service to a new home and all video links and embed codes for VIUTube content will need to be updated.

We are excited to announce that the Celebrating with Storytelling event schedule is now available. From games rooms to guided walks, you can view the complete schedule of the events that will be offered by the wonderful faculty here at VIU on May 12th and 13th. Just click on the Event Schedule link on our…

This blog post is a reminder for all instructors at VIU that we will be processing the VIULearn Course Cleanup as scheduled in the first week of July 2022. For anyone who began using VIULearn for the first time in 2020, please read on to learn more about the Course Cleanup process.

Welcome to the Vancouver Island Team-Based Learning Institute, August 9-10-11, 2022 at Vancouver Island University. Members of the VIU Faculty can sign up to participate in this project here. Non-VIU faculty are also welcome to participate, as seats are available. Please visit our page specifically for VIU Guests. Imagine a classroom where…students come prepared because…

Promoting Student Persistence and Critical Thinking Tine Reimers and Bill Roberson of Vancouver Island University, and Jim Sibley of University of British Columbia will be your hosts and facilitators for the 2022 Vancouver Island Team-Based Learning Institute. As users of Team-Based Learning (Michaelsen, Knight, Fink, 2002) and authors of numerous TBL publications, they have coached…

Have you ever caught yourself thinking “Quizzes are so boring! And if they are boring for me, what about my students? If so, video quizzes may be what you’re looking for! They can help you vary the basic question format, target higher level learning and reinforce your formative assessment options.