Arts ISIT News & Webinars | February 2022 Issue

Featured items

Return to in-person instruction

With the recent UBC announcement that the majority of instruction will be delivered in-person from February 7 until the end of Winter Session, Term 2, we have compiled some resources to support you during this transition back to campus.

View the Supporting Temporarily Remote Students Guide for best practices on delivering assessments and engaging students who may not be able to attend in-person classes due to illness or isolation requirements. 

VIEW THE GUIDE
 

Lecture recording and streaming resources

We have added additional lecture capture drop-in sessions to support the return to in-person instruction and help you prepare for streaming and recording lectures in the classroom.

RECORDING LECTURES

LECTURE RECORDING FOR INSTRUCTORS

Arts ISIT workshop preferences

To support the changing teaching, learning, and administrative needs of Arts faculty and staff, we are reviewing our current workshop offerings. Please take a moment to provide your input on future workshop topics and delivery formats to help us best meet your needs.

TAKE THE ARTS ISIT WORKSHOP PREFERENCE SURVEY

Teaching and learning resources

Precedents Archive for Scholarly Speaking

Help familiarize students with the various genres of academic speaking with the Precedents Archive for Scholarly Speaking (PASS). It features video recordings of model student presentations, student guides, and instructor resources to introduce undergraduate students to the key rhetorical moves scholars make when sharing their research.

EXPLORE PASS
 

Teaching Indigenous language revitalization over Zoom

In this teaching reflection, Maya Daurio and Dr. Mark Turin from UBC Anthropology considered some of the unanticipated opportunities for deeper engagement that the pivot to online teaching provided as they planned and delivered an introductory course on Indigenous language documentation, conservation, and revitalization in the fall of 2020.

READ THE FULL PAPER

Teaching updates

Crowdmark and Gradescope license renewed until April 2022

Visit the Crowdmark and Gradescope information pages to learn about options for delivering and grading assessments.
 

Teaching assistant support for midterms

Explore resources to help teaching assistants prepare for midterm assessments. The TA Canvas resource course offers learning technology guides and our workshops help TAs learn about invigilation.

EXPLORE OUR TA RESOURCES
 

Arts participates in the International Mother Language Day Celebrations

Saturday, February 19 | 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Participate and gain ideas on how to celebrate diverse language identities and make use of community-based cultural learning in the classroom during this Centre for India and South Asia Research online event.

LEARN MORE

Campus news

OER Rapid Innovation Grant

The Open Education Resources (OER) Rapid Innovation Grants provide funding for a wide range of activities and events that seek to engage the UBC community in increasing awareness and capacity for supporting and sustaining the adoption, adaption, and creation of OER at UBC.

FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN APPLY

Share your experiences

Arts ISIT invites you to share your teaching and learning success story with UBC Arts colleagues for our instructor-led workshop series.

We hope to showcase experiences from across the faculty that relate to successful teaching and learning practices. Topics include teaching remotely, transitioning back to teaching on campus, or activities and assignments that students enjoy and have found engaging. Submit your story to arts.learningdesigners@ubc.ca. This call for submissions is open on a rolling basis.

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