Navigating GenAI this Fall

Navigating GenAI this Fall

It’s that time of year again. The summer sun feels just a little less intense, the crickets are out in the evening, and the need to eat as much corn, fresh berries, and watermelon is very real.  Yes, autumn is approaching and for many of us, this also signals the time...
eLearn upgrade August 27th

eLearn upgrade August 27th

eLearn (Moodle) will be unavailable on August 27th, from 5:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. (PT) while DTS performs an eLearn system upgrade (Moodle 4.5).   To help you navigate the new interface and features, the Center for Teaching Excellence will host flexible drop-in...
Welcome Chris!

Welcome Chris!

The Centre for Teaching Excellence is very pleased to welcome Christina Lennox, Educational Developer – Indigenous Pedagogies, to the team, filling in for Ally Quinney’s parental leave. Christina (they/them/she/her) is a Red River Métis and mixed settler...
Access Friction and Instructor Capacity

Access Friction and Instructor Capacity

Post-secondary institutions are legally required to provide reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities, and instructors play a crucial role in this process. This means designing courses with universal principles in mind: providing captions for videos,...
Thinking about using GenAI?

Thinking about using GenAI?

Are you thinking about using Generative AI in your course design or teaching practice? Deciding if, when and how to use Generative AI in your own practice as an educator is a complex task involving a host of ethical, practical, legal, institutional and pedagogical...
Jo Chrona to keynote at Symposium

Jo Chrona to keynote at Symposium

We are very excited to announce that the keynote for this year’s CapU Teaching and Learning Symposium  will be Indigenous education advocate, Jo Chrona. Jo is an advocate, consultant and author with a focus on the intersections of Indigenous and anti-racist...