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eLearn Updates: Strategies for Adapting to Moodle 4.1

eLearn Updates: Strategies for Adapting to Moodle 4.1

On May 1, 2023, Capilano University updated its eLearn instance from Moodle version 3.9 to Moodle 4.1. This was a major upgrade which includes some important layout changes and new features, including improved accessibility standards. The Faculty Introduction to...

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Updates to the Student Digital Ambassador Program

Updates to the Student Digital Ambassador Program

Student Digital Ambassadors (SDAs) provide technical support to students on university-supported educational technology. Students can access support for educational technologies in the following ways: Course: Student Introduction to eLearn (capu.ca) on eLearn (all...

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First Day of Class: Do I Belong Here? 

First Day of Class: Do I Belong Here? 

Image by Rose Jaffe Colorado State University, made in collaboration with high school youth, Fort Collins, CO (source)    “The confidence that comes from belonging helps you try new things that may be hard or scary on their own and nearly impossible without it.”...

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Welcome New Faculty!

Welcome New Faculty!

Join us for an in-person New Faculty Orientation on Tuesday, August 22nd in LIB321. Can’t make the in-person meeting? Contact us for other options.

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What Do You Need?

What Do You Need?

What do you need at CapU to support your teaching and learning? How can the Centre for Teaching Excellence best support you in your goals? Answer this short Faculty Needs Assessment survey and help us prioritize what matters for you for the coming year....

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What’s New in eLearn: Database Activity

What’s New in eLearn: Database Activity

With the eLearn upgrade to Moodle 4.1 on May 1st comes some new functionality for the Database activity that you might find useful for your course. The Database activity allows the instructor and/or students to build, display and search a structured collection of...

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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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