Thursday, September 17, 2020

LMS update: Getting ready to move to Brightspace

Work is well underway preparing Carleton’s new learning management system, Brightspace, for the Carleton community in May 2021. D2L has provisioned our new space, and ITS and TLS are working to configure and integrate various systems and tools into the platform. The integrations that are completed so far include single sign on (SSO) and... More

Monday, September 14, 2020

Teaching with technology support

TLS and ITS will be supporting faculty members, contract instructors and teaching assistants (teaching staff) teaching online in the fall term. To better support and accelerate responses to issues and requests for educational technology support, TLS has organized itself into three teams with specific expertise and knowledge: Zoom, Other... More

Friday, September 11, 2020

Access to teaching spaces on campus

The university strongly encourages all faculty members, contract instructors and teaching assistants (teaching staff) to continue to work from home. Recognizing that there may be individual circumstances for teaching staff to require an alternative location to teach online, TA, or prepare teaching materials, the university has established... More

Monday, August 17, 2020

cuLearn Outage: August 29-30

cuLearn will be unavailable to all instructors, students and staff from Saturday, August 29 at noon until Sunday, August 30 at 4 p.m. This outage is required to enhance cuLearn performance ahead of the fall term, with the goal of improving reliability and responsiveness. You can find out more about these changes here. ITS... More

Monday, August 10, 2020

FUSION project launch at Carleton

The Office of the Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) is pleased to announce the start of the Future Skills Innovation Network (FUSION) project at Carleton this fall to help students further develop academic and professional skills. FUSION is a cross-collaborative network of Canadian universities focused on exploring inclusive and... More

Friday, August 7, 2020

I-CUREUS: Now accepting applications for 2020-21

Carleton faculty members, do you have a student in mind you’d like to support in the I-CUREUS internship program? Applications are now being accepted for a limited number of spots for the fall/winter. The program will provide students with exposure to research scholarships, mentoring and the opportunity to develop research skills in their... More

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Contract Instructor Orientation Fall 2020

If you’re a contract instructor who will be teaching an online or distance course this fall, Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) is here to help you! Whether you’re getting ready to teach your first course at Carleton, or if you’re returning after a break, you undoubtedly have questions about policies and procedures, teaching tips,... More

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

New Online Learning Orientation for students

Carleton Online and the Centre for Student Academic Support have launched a new Online Learning Orientation for students. This short cuLearn course goes through the nuts and bolts of learning online to give students every advantage of starting strong and staying resilient in their online courses. The six short lessons cover the main features,... More

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Equipment loans for teaching online

TLS has sourced and acquired equipment to loan to instructors to help develop and teach online courses. Equipment is also available to Teaching Assistants (TA's) who, in their assignment of duties, are required to facilitate problem sessions, discussions and tutorials. Requests for TA equipment must come from the instructor. The equipment... More

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Record your lectures in Carleton’s studio classrooms

While nothing is quite business as usual on campus, our Carleton Online (formerly CUOL) Technical Operators are here and ready to help you record your lectures in one of our studio classrooms. Leave the technology to us, so you can focus on teaching! If you'd like to record your course introduction, update a lecture... More

Monday, July 13, 2020

Carleton Selects Brightspace as its New Learning Management System

Following extensive consultations and evaluations with its teaching and learning community, Carleton University has selected Brightspace by Desire2Learn as its new Learning Management System (LMS) to replace cuLearn in the spring 2021 term. D2L is headquartered in Waterloo, Ont. and its Brightspace platform is widely adopted across the province... More

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

More than 100 participants approved for late summer Students as Partners Program

In an effort to help instructors prepare for a fall term online, TLS recently announced a limited number of opportunities in the Students as Partners Program (SaPP). We are happy to announce that with broad support from the university, TLS will be supporting more than 100 instructors and students from all five faculties in... More

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Blog: Their cheatin’ hearts: Assessment online and off

By Bruce H. Tsuji, Instructor, Department of Psychology Although cheating is one of the “zombie ideas” that emerges repeatedly in conversations about online teaching (Lalonde, 2020) it is important to keep in mind that academic integrity violations happen in both online and offline environments. Yes of course, cheating happens in proctored... More

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Deadline for summer Students as Partners Program this Friday

Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) has a limited number of opportunities available for the Students as Partners Program (SaPP) this summer to help instructors prepare their online courses for the Fall term. Administered by the Discovery Centre and fully funded by TLS, the Students as Partners Program offers instructors and learning support... More

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Call for Applications: Shared Online Projects Initiative

Carleton has partnered with the University of Ottawa to establish the new Shared Online Projects Initiative (SOPI), which will allow online module and course development to be shared between the institutions for the Fall 2020 term. The initiative is being launched in response to the necessary shift to online teaching due to the current... More

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Carleton Launches Shared Online Projects Initiative with uOttawa

Carleton University and University of Ottawa are joining efforts to develop online modules and courses that can be shared and adapted between the institutions for the Fall 2020 term. In light of the shift to online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic, the two universities have established the Shared Online Projects Initiative (SOPI). This... More

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Contract Instructor Orientation Summer 2020

If you’re a contract instructor who will be teaching an online or distance course this July/August, Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) is here to help you! Whether you’re getting ready to teach your first course at Carleton, or if you’re returning after a break, you undoubtedly have questions about policies and procedures, teaching... More

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Blog: An Effective Low-Tech Check for Learning: In Praise of Worksheets

By Morgan Rooney, Educational Development Coordinator, EDC So, you’ve created a series of screen-capture lecture videos and linked students to other relevant resources (videos by third-parties, readings, etc.). Your content is wonderful, rich, informative, and easy for your students to access. Excellent! But, suddenly a voice in the back of your... More

Monday, June 8, 2020

New Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles available

The Carleton University Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles are an online teaching resource that enable instructors to incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing into the classroom. Created and delivered by Indigenous experts, the Bundles provide a factual and theoretical basis to help instructors bridge the gap between their course content and... More

Friday, June 5, 2020

Tips for teaching with video recordings

The transition to online teaching has given instructors the opportunity to rethink when and how they deliver lectures and presentations. Video recordings are a great option for any class structure and expand the reach and impact of traditional, web-enhanced, hybrid, flipped, and fully online courses. We've pulled together a couple of blogs from... More

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Additional summer SaPP spots available to prep for fall courses

Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) has a limited number of opportunities available for the Students as Partners Program (SaPP) this summer to help instructors prepare their online courses for the Fall term. Administered by the Discovery Centre and fully funded by TLS, the Students as Partners Program offers instructors and learning support... More

Friday, May 29, 2020

Announcing the 2019-2020 Outstanding TA Award Winners

Teaching and Learning Services is pleased to announce the five outstanding Teaching Assistants (TAs) who have been named recipients of the 2019-2020 Outstanding TA Awards. The awards celebrate the support TAs give to the undergraduate programs in their disciplines, their roles in establishing a positive learning environment, and their work in... More

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Blog: Fragility and agility in teaching

By Kevin Cheung, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics Since I started using digital technology in my teaching, I have always had a bit of anxiety for what could go wrong and when. After all, Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Still fresh in my mind are... More

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Course Planning and Design Support for Fall Term

Over the last eight weeks, our community has collectively adapted to successfully complete the winter term and begin a strong summer term with grace, resourcefulness and empathy. With the summer term now underway, we look ahead to the fall term as our next major milestone. As we look to September, we are conscious that... More

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Provost Scholar Award Recipients Announced

Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Jerry Tomberlin and Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) David Hornsby presented eight undergraduate Carleton students with Provost Scholar Awards on Friday, May 1. Although it was not possible to hold an in-person event due to the current public health crisis, Carleton hosted an online event via... More

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Blog: Is there anybody out there? Online courses and the need for connecting to students

By Ali Arya, Associate Dean (Planning and Awards), Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs & Associate Professor, School of Information Technology Working from home and taking online courses are not new phenomena, but the COVID-19 global crisis made them household topics for all of us. Online courses saved our winter term (thanks to the... More

Monday, April 20, 2020

Deadline Extended for the Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation and Teaching Awards

The deadline to apply for the Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation and the Carleton University Teaching Awards has been extended until May 30. Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation The Chair in Teaching Innovation is awarded annually to an educator who demonstrates teaching excellence across their academic career and who... More

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Resources for your students learning online

As we move towards online courses for the summer term, we’ve put together some resources to help your students transition to your new classrooms. Online Student Success Module Encourage your students to participate in the Online Student Success Module, a short cuLearn module that goes through the nuts and bolts of learning online. The module... More

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Blog: Creating an online course in a hurry? Here are five things I learned during my own moment of crisis

By Ian Wereley, Contract Instructor, Department of History With the recent COVID-19 virus outbreak and the closure of universities across Canada, many of Carleton’s professors and instructors will be transferring their course material to an online environment. This unprecedented shift will create a host of new challenges and points of... More

Monday, April 13, 2020

Help to get your courses online: Educational technology and pedagogical workshops

We're hosting a number of online workshops this month to help instructors with the transition to an online environment. The workshops cover a variety of different educational technology tools that you can incorporate into your online courses, including Zoom, BigBlueButton and Kaltura Capture, as well as pedagogical workshops that can help you with... More

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Contract Instructor Orientation Spring 2020

If you’re a contract instructor who will be teaching an online or distance course this summer, TLS is here to help you! Whether you’re getting ready to teach your first course at Carleton, or if you’re returning after a break, you undoubtedly have questions about policies and procedures, teaching tips, and educational technology, especially... More

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Blog: Reflections on online teaching

By Andrea Chandler, Professor, Department of Political Science As a professor in the Department of Political Science here at Carleton, I made a sudden shift from in-class teaching to online teaching in mid-March 2020. Like my colleagues at Carleton, and at institutions elsewhere in Canada and the world, I had not expected to have... More

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Course Design Express: Helping you get your courses online for Summer

As instructors are shifting to online teaching for the Summer 2020 term, we strongly encourage you to take a pragmatic approach. Keeping your approach simple will be easier and allow flexibility for both you and your students. Given the large number of courses going online this summer at Carleton, we have created three alternatives... More

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Blog: Considerations for teaching online this summer: The value of asynchronous delivery

By Allie Davidson, Educational Technology Development Coordinator, EDC As you gear up to teach online this term, you will need to consider what format your online teaching will take. Your first assumption might be to just move your classes online - teach synchronously, live streaming your lectures from Zoom or BigBlueButton. While at first... More

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Blog: Teaching Online for Dummies, by a Fellow Dummy

By Morgan Rooney, Educational Development Coordinator, EDC So, you’ve built your course with face-to-face in mind and suddenly have to move everything online. Feel free to curse loudly and bang a few desks: I know I have. Once that’s out of the way, we can get down to the task at hand. Few things... More

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