Category: Preparing to Teach
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Add Content & Assignments
We recommend adding all your content into modules. Add Content Add Assignments
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Assurance of Learning (AoL)
Our Commitment to Quality Assurance As an AACSB-accredited business school, we strive to continuously improve our curricula, programs, and teaching practices. UBC Sauder’s Assurance of Learning continuous process highlights our commitment to the quality of our students’ learning through detailed, data-driven processes that inform curricula design. Why is this process important? We want to know how…
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Send a introduction announcement to your students
You can send a text announcement to introduce yourself to your students or a video announcement Your course must be published and available for students to receive the announcement. 1. Open Announcements In Course Navigation, click the Announcements link. 2. Add Announcement Click the + Announcement button 3. Edit Announcement Title and Text [1] Type a title for…
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Emoji’s – jazz up your Canvas modules
If you have an important item in your Modules that you want to make to stand out for your students, or you just want to add a bit of oomph to the Modules Index Page, consider adding emojis to the item’s title: It’s an easy copy-paste edit! Below are some emoji examples available at https://emojipedia.org:
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Enable your tools in the course navigation
By default, your Canvas course has been enable with certain tools/features. They will appear in the left hand navigation in your course. How do I know what my students can see in the left hand navigation? You can tell what item are available for students if they do not have an eye icon beside them.…
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Publish your course
For your course to become visible to students, it must be published. You may also adjust your course dates to make your page visible before / after formal term duration. Publishing your Course 1) Click “Home” from your Canvas course 2) Click “Publish” on the top right (note: even when published, your course won’t be…
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Canvas Question Banks
Question Banks are a place to house questions that can be added to quizzes, used to create randomized questions groups and shared across courses. Instead of creating questions from scratch, instructors can quickly re-use or modify existing questions from their banks.
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Classic Quizzes versus New Quizzes
New Quizzes is a Canvas assessment tool that currently co-exists with its predecessor Classic Quizzes. Instructors have the option of using either type of quiz, and this page will provide clarity on the similarities and differences.
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Canvas Calendar Scheduler (Schedule Meetings with Students)
Canvas Scheduler is the perfect tool to create a block of time for office hours. It allows students (or groups) to sign up for appointment times in their own calendars. Add Event In Global Navigation (Canvas left-hand side menu) click Calendar. Then, either click the date on which you want to schedule your office hours or click…
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Contact Us
We’re here to help! A brief email to help@sauder.ubc.ca will connect you to a team member who will quickly help with anything from setting up your canvas course, to learning more about our media studios, to grading your final exams, to accessing learning analytics, to technology functionality, and so much more – we’ve got you covered and…
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Course Level Notification Settings
Users can manage notifications for a single course through the Course Notification Settings page, allowing you to decide which kind of notifications you receive, the frequency of notifications etc. The document provides a step-by-step guide to updating course level notification settings. This is particularly useful if you are teaching multiple courses and want different notification…
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Group Work
Group work is easy to facilitate and assess in Canvas. Additionally, a Canvas setting can be enabled to allow students to create their own study groups as well. Student Collaboration Canvas Peer Review: Canvas peer review option allows students to review one or more assignment submissions by other students. Students share their feedback to other…
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Rubrics
A rubric is a tool to aid in marking by setting clear expectations in advance of receiving the work from students. Rubrics go beyond a marking guide by not just listing criteria to be judged, but also by providing clear examples of what each level of achievement looks like.
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Classrooms
The UBC Sauder School of Business Point Grey campus has many different classrooms that you may be assigned to teach in based on your subject, class size, and technical requirements. In addition, there are two studios available for online teaching or video creation. This section provides you with details about your classroom that you should…
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Add Instructor Info & Syllabus
You can edit your homepage to contain key information. You can also add a syllabus to your course for student viewing. We will show how these can be done. Video Guide Text Guide Homepage Instructor Info Add Syllabus (Last updated July 31st, 2024) Click on a link below to download the appropriate syllabus template to…
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Preparing to teach
Whether you are new to teaching or are preparing for your upcoming term, here are some resources to help you prepare to teach. Getting Help Your Learning Services team is here to help you with this transition, and to make the most of UBC’s learning technology ecosystem to meet your andragogical needs. If you have…
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Utilize the Canvas Calendar
To keep your students on track, we recommend using the Canvas Calendar. You can do this easily by adding a due date to all your assignments/quizzes. They will automatically appear in the Calendar. What is the Calendar? The Calendar is used for reminding students of graded Assignments with specific due dates. The Calendar automatically syncs…
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What we do
Learning Services at UBC’s Sauder School of Business supports faculty in the continuous pursuit of teaching excellence. Our services, resources, and collaborations ensure effective, engaging, and transformational learning experiences for our students in face-to-face, blended, and online environments. This playbook endeavours to be a comprehensive landing spot for our instructors as a proactive response to…
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Learning Labs
The UBC Sauder Learning Labs are a-typically arranged classrooms that foster collaboration, critical thinking, analytical decision making, and effective communication. Large tables enable group work and lively discussion. The walls are covered in back-lit whiteboards, which serve as large canvases for writing down ideas and mind maps. Large screens enable students to view media, as…
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Sauder Studios
Jump ahead to these tools, or scroll down: UBC Sauder has professionally equipped studios run by knowledgeable team members. Asynchronous (recorded) Presentations Our studios are equipped with cutting-edge technology for you to record asynchronous teaching videos using: All rooms have the ability to connect your laptop to display slides or programs that you may be…
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Academic Integrity
Academic Integrity A culture of academic integrity at UBC Sauder is everyone’s responsibility – we all play a part. Here you will find information, resources, and links for faculty to learn more about academic integrity, understand its role, and learn what happens when it is breached. Included are strategies and tools that will help ensure…
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Recording Videos
You may wish to record videos to incorporate into your course. Videos could be created for weekly announcements, prep work, pre-recorded lectures, live lectures (i.e. Zoom recordings), guest presentations, homework explanations, student feedback, office hours, etc.
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Embedded Formula Sheet and LaTeX Guide
Online Exams – Embedded Formula Sheet and LaTeX Guide Want to embed a formula sheet displayed similar to the one below in your exam? Follow this quick guide. Exercises National Income Formula: \(Y = C + I + G + (X-M)\) Discounting: \(PV = FV(1+r)^{-n}\) Compounding: \(FV = PV(1+r)^n\) Bond Evaluation: \[P = I\left[\frac{1-(1+r)^{-n}}{r}\right] +…
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Academic Media Support
Sauder Academic Media Support is here to assist you with any and all of your academic media needs. We are equipped and staffed with experts to assist you in various ways, including but not limited to: handling your requests for live or recorded teaching in our Lightboard, Loft, or Greenscreen studios; helping you teach in…
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Adjust your Grade Posting Policy
Hide your grades for entire grade centre (Do this prior to entering any grades) If you do not want the grades you enter to be immediately visible to students, we recommend changing your course’s grade posting policy to Manually Post Grades. You can change the grade posting policy for your course by following these steps: * Note…
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Student Presentations
(Group/Individual) Asking students to present their work to the class is a very effective, and often times authentic, way to assess students. Presentations can be conducted synchronously in class, asynchronously in the form of an assignment, or a combination (i.e. recorded presentation, synchronous question and answer period). In addition, presentations can be conducted offline or…
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Studios
Booking Studio Time To Make a Request: When you are ready to book, email “help@sauder.ubc.ca” with a summary of your request in the subject line.
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Teaching & Learning Funding Opportunities
The Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) was created in 1991 to enrich student learning by supporting and contributing to innovative and effective educational enhancements. TLEFs are financed entirely by a portion of tuition paid by UBC Vancouver (UBCV) students. Each year, the Office of the Provost invites all UBCV Faculties and Colleges to apply for TLEF…
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Canvas
Canvas is UBC’s primary learning platform for delivering online course content with everything in one place for equitable student access. It is robust, versatile, and can be customized to varying degrees by instructors. It helps deliver dynamic, engaging learning experiences for every student, everywhere, every day, from any device and is cloud-based, meaning no downtime…
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Teaching & your career
Upcoming Faculty Professional Development Opportunities August 2022: UBC’s Centre for Teaching, Learning & Technology (CTLT) is once again hosting the Teaching Development Program for New Faculty, an 8-month program with synchronous and asynchronous, online and in-person learning opportunities. This program brings together a cohort of new faculty members into a community to participate in workshops and…
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Video assessments
Sauder Learning Services can help arrange and record any video-based assessments. In particular, we can help with debates (in the style of COMM 292) and student presentations (in the style of COMM 196). COMM Debates You will be greeted by a staff member or student staff to help assist you with your debate’s recordings. There…
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Office Hours
in Get helpHover over the scheduled office hours in the calendar to see the details, including the zoom link to connect.
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Panopto
Panopto is our preferred video management platform for recording, organizing, embedding, and live streaming course content, lectures, presentations, and recorded synchronous sessions. Once filmed, Panopto-hosted videos can be embedded in Canvas courses.
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New Analytics
New Analytics provides a rich analytics experience to monitor course grades, online class activity, and individual student activity. Page views and participation metrics include aggregated data across all student devices and course apps. For a complete guide to New Analytics, you can visit resources available from Canvas. These will be the most up to date.…