Welcome to the Centre for Teaching Excellence

Accessibility in eLearn

Recent updates to eLearn/Moodle have provided access to some new tools for building accessibility into your eLearn course site.

1st Annual Day for Academic Integrity

On Thursday, October 17th, join the Centre for Teaching Excellence, Student Affairs and the Capilano Students’ Union for the 1st Annual CapU Day for Academic Integrity! We’ll be hosting a range of events for faculty, staff, and students! 

Peer Observation of Teaching and Learning Workshops 2024

If you’ve participated in faculty evaluations as a colleague, chair, coordinator or convenor, you may have thought to yourself, “There’s got to be a better way!”—And, you’re right!

Hyflex Pilot Project

An exciting new pilot project is running this Fall to investigate a mode of teaching and learning that is (officially) new to Capilano University.

Updated Recommendations on Generative AI and Academic Integrity

In consultation with faculty and colleagues, the Centre for Teaching Excellence has created an updated list of recommendations and resources for faculty who are navigating this tricky path.

Free, Open, Customizable

The BC Open Collection provides free, open and customizable course materials to educators across BC.

The Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) fosters excellence, innovation, and collaboration in teaching and learning by supporting faculty and staff through programming, mentoring, professional development opportunities, and research on effective teaching practices for student learning.  

Connect with us!

Here are just a few of the things we can work on together:

  • Developing rubrics
  • Creating learning activities in and outside of class
  • Active learning strategies
  • Curricular alignment (assignments, activities and learning outcomes)
  • Building classroom community
  • Formative feedback and assessment
  • Integrating technology into your teaching

We are available for in-person and virtual one-on-one consultations Monday through Friday 8:30 am – 4:00 pm to support you in your teaching, answer questions and to explore any new ideas for innovative and evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning.

 

CTE Upcoming Events

Capilano University is named after Chief Joe Capilano, an important leader of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) Nation of the Coast Salish people. We respectfully acknowledge that our campuses are located on the unceded sovereign Indigenous Nations of Lil’wat, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm(Musqueam), Shíshálh (Sechelt), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh(Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh).

 

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