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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...
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...
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.”...
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.
Indigenous Business resource sprint results in 2 new Library Research Guides
On February 21 and 22, a team of faculty from the Library, CTE, and the School of Business took part in a unique 2-day virtual sprint event. The goal? To identify and gather Indigenous-focused resources to support a new Business Diploma program being hosted by...
Celebrating Symposium 2023: World Cafes and Concurrent Presentations
At this year’s symposium, participants were invited to engage with one another during two “World Cafe” sessions. Showcased through the photographs and captions below, these sessions offered participants the chance to join in on discussions focused on the conference...
Celebrating Symposium 2023: Closing Keynote by Dr. Sally Willis Stewart
Dr. Sally Willis-Stewart, Associate Professor from the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at UBC Okanagan, helped close out the 2023 Teaching and Learning Symposium with a high-energy and practice-based talk titled “‘Healthifying’ our curriculum and the impact of...
Celebrating Symposium 2023: Teaching Excellence Award Recipients’ Dialogue
Colleagues, staff, administrators, and friends and family came together on Wednesday May 3 to celebrate the achievements of the 2023 Teaching Excellence Award (TEA) recipients. This year, Kofi Gbolonyo (Performing Arts - Jazz), Jerome Genz (Kinesiology), Laura...
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....
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...
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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