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What Are Rubrics and Why Use Them?
A rubric is any tool that is used to communicate the criteria and standards for evaluating student work. Rubrics tell students and instructors what it is that is being used to measure achievement in student work. When used appropriately rubrics can be effective teaching tools for the purpose of clarifying expectations for students. They can…
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Tips for Marking Less and Teaching More
Regularly checking students’ learning progress and providing specific feedback is crucial to successful learning. However, assessment can be a heavy burden for both staff and students. This blog introduces options for reducing marking time and enhancing effective feedback by leveraging formative assessment. We will suggest practical ideas that you can use in your classrooms and…
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Early Feedback Service
The Early Feedback Service is a mechanism for gathering feedback from your students around midterm—before it is too late to make changes that might improve your students’ learning experience this semester
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Building Community in the Classroom
As we covered in last week’s blog, starting the semester off right includes building community in the classroom, promoting student engagement, co-creating classroom expectations, designing an inviting and inclusive syllabus, and growing considerations of student well-being. This week, we will dive more deeply into the steps you can take to build community in your classroom.…
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Starting Your Semester Off Right
Our first interactions with our students are an opportunity to set the tone for the rest of the course. Whether we are meeting them face to face, via Zoom or asynchronously via VIULearn we can use this time to connect with students, have students connect with each other, have them connect with the content and…
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Don’t panic little bannock: A conversation with members of the ‘su’luqw’wa’ community cousins
The Share Drive is back! And we’re kicking this season off with an inspiring episode about VIU’s su’luqw’wa Community Cousins program. Co-hosts Kathleen Bortolin and Anwen Burk sit down with Talēla Manson, Hayden Taylor and Sheldon Scow to discuss VIU’s Indigenous student mentorship program. This podcast highlights the experiences of these emerging leaders, how they…
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The CIEL is piloting a mentorship program for 2022-2023
Are you interested in connecting with other teaching faculty, and curriculum specialists from the CIEL? If so, the CIEL wants to hear from you. This year, we’re launching a light-touch mentorship program that connects new and emerging teaching faculty with established members of our community in order to have rich conversations about our practice. For…
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VIUTube: Please Check Your Media
VIUTube media has now been migrated from our previous provider (Kaltura) to the new platform (YuJa). All Employees should check their media as soon as possible and report any issues to CIEL so these can be resolved before the old platform is deleted in September 2022.
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Do your recorded videos need a makeover? 4 Questions to help you decide
As video recordings become increasingly central to university teaching, it’s good practice to evaluate them on an ongoing basis. The videos you made a year ago might be OK for one or more iterations of your course, but they can quickly become outdated. And if students aren’t watching your videos, this might be a sign…
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What’s New in Zoom? – Share Screen from Main Session to Breakout Rooms
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…
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Cloud Recording Is Now Available for VIU Zoom Accounts!
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
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New VIUTube Available For Uploading and Creating, Starting July 4, 2022
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…