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Sakai test & quizzes exam time limits
Sakai test & quizzes exam time limitsWhen using Sakai’s Tests & Quizzes tool for your exam, it is important to set the Time Limit to match the duration you have communicated to your students. We recommend setting the availability period to be open a few minutes before the officially scheduled opening time and remain open a few minutes after the fixed duration. Documentation on this process is available online.
We also recommend giving students the opportunity to practice the assessment format and other strategies for minimizing examination issues.
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Online teaching tech tips
CPI supports a variety of teaching technologies If you are an instructor in need of educational technology support please consult our Supported Tools website or contact us.
Multimedia transcripts and captioning
Guidelines for transcripts and captioning including information on how to edit these are on the CPI website.
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Innovative teaching and learning strategies
Online Teaching GalleryFaculty and Instructors are engaging in innovative teaching and learning strategies. Visit our Online Teaching Gallery that contains a collection of conversations with Brock University instructors about their remote teaching and learning successes and lessons learned.
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Quick access to student feedback
Offer your TAs, seminar leaders, and lab demonstrators quick access to student feedbackAutomatic and convenient access to student feedback after Student Course Experience Surveys can be an excellent opportunity for those teaching to reflect and enhance their teaching.
Departments that wish to connect their TAs, seminar leaders, and lab demonstrators with student feedback are invited to connect with the CPI at [email protected] as early as possible in the term.
Visit Student Course Experience Surveys for more information on how these work and FAQs.
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Online Sakai Resources
Five online Sakai resources for instructors.1. Tips for building your best Sakai site
2. Make your Lessons beautiful
3. Turn PowerPoint recordings into videos
4. Share your video in Lessons
5. Record lectures with your computer with Echo360Questions? Contact CPI at [email protected].
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MS Teams Breakout Rooms (Group Channels)
Ideal for online group or committee work
How to create group channels in MS Teams
We recommend this YouTube video on how to use the new breakout rooms in MS Teams.
Questions? Contact [email protected]
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eCampusOntario $50 million Virtual Learning Strategy
eCampusOntario Expressions of Interest (EOI) are now open for the Government of Ontario’s $50 million Virtual Learning Strategy (VLS). Faculty interested in creating or adopting an OER, designing an open source course, designing simulations, serious games or XR experiences are invited to contact [email protected]. For more information about this VLS initiative visit https://vls.ecampusontario.ca/eois.Deadline for internal submissions to CPI at [email protected] is Thursday January 28.
Learn more about open educational resources available to you through eCampus Ontario at https://openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/.
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Call for 2020 Faculty Teaching Awards
Brock University Faculty Teaching Awards
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS IS NOW OPEN
Recognize and celebrate the outstanding contributions of faculty and instructors to teaching and learning at Brock University. There are 3 awards annually. Application guidelines and eligibility criteria can be found on the CPI website.
Deadline for submissions is November 8, 2020.1. Don Ursino Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Large Classes
2. Clarke Thomson Award for Excellence in Sessional Teaching
3. Award for Excellence in Teaching for Early Career FacultyNomination packages can be submitted electronically to the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation at [email protected] in PDF format. Awards will be conferred in early December 2020.
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Faculty Specific TA Workshops with Instructional Support Assistants (ISA’s)
Faculty Instructional Support Assistants (ISAs) have developed workshops and resources to support the work of TAs. Visit the CPI website (TA Workshops) for details. All Brock University teaching assistants, marker graders, lab demonstrator, tutorial leaders, course co-ordinators and seminar leaders are welcome to participate.
FACULTY OF APPLIED HEALTH SCIENCE
Engagement, interaction, and participation – How to get it and how to keep it! (Async) Oct 17 – Oct 25
Let’s Take a Break: Mindfulness and Wellness for TAs (Async) Oct 17 – Oct 25FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Navigating Difficult Conversations with Adult Learners about Grades (Sync) Oct 17 10:30 am – 11:50 am
Culturally Responsive Teaching in an Online Environment (Sync) Oct 31 10:30 am – 11:50 amFACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Encouraging Participation and Facilitating Engagement in an Online Humanities Course (Async) Oct 13 – Oct 30
FACULTY OF MATH & SCIENCE
Marking and grading assignments in SAKAI for Math and Science TAs (Async) Oct 26 – Oct 31
Using MS Teams to Support Teaching and Learning in Math and Science (Sync) Oct 22 11:00 am – 12:00 pmFACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
eCollaboration: Online Student Engagement (Async) Oct 23 – Oct 30
Listening to Support Teaching and Learning (Async) Oct 26 – Nov 2GOODMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Formative Assessment – Promoting Mastery Oriented Thinking (Async) Oct 19 – Oct 30
Sakai test & quizzes exam time limits
CPI supports a variety of teaching technologies 
Online Teaching Gallery
Offer your TAs, seminar leaders, and lab demonstrators quick access to student feedback
Five online Sakai resources for instructors.
eCampusOntario Expressions of Interest (EOI) are now open for the Government of Ontario’s $50 million Virtual Learning Strategy (VLS). Faculty interested in creating or adopting an OER, designing an open source course, designing simulations, serious games or XR experiences are invited to contact 