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Getting started with AI: Microsoft Copilot Wed Feb 5, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM GMCTL Event

This session will introduce you to using one of USask’s AI tools: Microsoft Copilot. A licensed and protected version of Copilot is available to USask faculty, staff, and students. We’ll start with the basics, so even if you’ve n ...(more)

Kurt Bergsma, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Online - Web Link Register
AI Exists: How Do I Assess My Students' Learning? Thu Feb 6, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM GMCTL Event

Artificial intelligence is transforming how students learn and how educators assess their progress. This workshop will help you navigate the challenges and opportunities presented by AI.

Equip yourself with strategies to effectively assess ...(more)

Kurt Bergsma, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Ryan Banow, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Helping Your Students Use AI Tools Effectively Fri Feb 7, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM GMCTL Event

All students at USask now have access to Microsoft Copilot as an approved and supported generative AI tool. Alongside this, USask has a set of provisional guidelines for student AI use. As instructors, we should take this opportunity to begin to s ...(more)

Ryan Banow, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Kurt Bergsma, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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Creating Your Course Syllabus Thu Feb 13, 2025 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM GMCTL Event

This session will allow participants to create a course syllabus that includes elements required under the Academic Courses Policy, reflects the instructor’s teaching style, and sets the tone they hope the class will have. Participants shoul ...(more)

Heather M. Ross, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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Sustainability Faculty Fellows Application Q&A Tue Feb 18, 2025 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM GMCTL Event

Come to this information session if you are interested in applying for the 2025-27 Sustainability Faculty Fellowship.

Aditi Garg, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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New SLEQ Metrics - Introduction Wed Feb 19, 2025 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM GMCTL Event

The reports for our Student Learning Experience Questionnaire (SLEQ) are changing!

This workshop will introduce you to the interpolated median, dispersion index, and percentage favourable - our main metrics going forward. Attend this inter ...(more)

David Greaves, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Cultivating an Inclusive Classroom with The EDI Flower Wed Feb 19, 2025 2:30 PM - 4:20 PM GMCTL Event

We’ll explore the EDI Flower as a tool to enhance your classroom as an inclusive space where genuine relationships ...(more)

Roberta Campbell-Chudoba, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY Library G3 Register
Acknowledging Our Place Thu Feb 20, 2025 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM GMCTL Event

This session will support participants with recognizing the importance of the land we are on and the original inhabitants. Participants will have an opportunity to reflect on gifts received from the land and ways to engage in thoughtful relationsh ...(more)

Darryl Isbister, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
New SLEQ Metrics - Introduction Tue Feb 25, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM GMCTL Event

The reports for our Student Learning Experience Questionnaire (SLEQ) are changing!

This workshop will introduce you to the interpolated median, dispersion index, and percentage favourable - our main metrics going forward. Attend this inter ...(more)

David Greaves, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Integrating Digital Information Literacy into Teaching and Learning Tue Feb 25, 2025 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM GMCTL Event
  • What’s a reliable source?
  • How do I use this technology in a responsible way?
  • How can I use this source from the web in an ethical manner?
  • What do I need to know about digital information literacy, given the wide availability of ...(more)
Heather M. Ross, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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Inclusive Excellence: Strategies for enhancing student engagement Wed Feb 26, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMCTL Event

Do you want quick strategies for engaging your diverse student body? This workshop will explore practical tools to design learning activities that allow students draw on strengths and successfully show their learning.


Certifi ...(more)

Jamie Mayoh-Bauche, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Roberta Campbell-Chudoba, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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Tired of Spoonfeeding? Fri Feb 28, 2025 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM GMCTL Event

This workshop empowers you to design and deliver engaging, competency-based practices that promote active learning. Participants will explore strategies to align instruction with student engagement, encouraging critical thinking, collaboration, an ...(more)

Anne-Marie Rollo, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Writing Effective Learning Outcomes Fri Feb 28, 2025 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM GMCTL Event

Participants in this session will learn how to create course-level learning outcomes that reflect the skills and knowledge students should be able to demonstrate having by the end of the course.

The concept of constructive alignment (outco ...(more)

Heather M. Ross, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Online - Web Link Register
Open Homework Systems: Cost-Effective and Customizable Alternatives to the Big Publishers Mon Mar 3, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM GMCTL Event

In this session, we will explore innovative alternatives to traditional textbook publisher homework systems, focusing on solutions that save students money and offer the instructor greater customization options. We will explore the potential of Ca ...(more)

Ryan Banow, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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How to Use Creative Commons Licenses Tue Mar 4, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM GMCTL Event

"Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization that maintains a set of user- and creator-friendly copyright licenses that you can attach to your work to communicate how it can be used and distributed by others." (q ...(more)

Kate Langrell, University Library, USask
Heather M. Ross, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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Learners as Creators: An Introduction to Open Pedagogy Tue Mar 4, 2025 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM GMCTL Event

In this session, participants will learn how to use open pedagogy to increase learner engagement and reduce concerns related to students using GenAI outside of accepted guidelines and rules. Participants will have an opportunity to draft a new or ...(more)

Heather M. Ross, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Online - Web Link Register
Introduction to Using Pressbooks Wed Mar 5, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM GMCTL Event

Pressbooks is an online platform for creating books (and other book-like learning materials), including open educational resources (OER). It enables authors and publishers to design, format, and share their books in several ways, including in web- ...(more)

Julie Maier, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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Finding and Evaluating Open Educational Resources (OER) Thu Mar 6, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM GMCTL Event

Are you thinking about minimizing costs for your students or your course? Do you want to find material you can customize for your specific needs? Open educational resources might be just what you are looking for. It can be overwhelming to begin lo ...(more)

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Share your work with HARVEST Thu Mar 6, 2025 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM GMCTL Event

HARVEST is USask's Institutional Repository, supporting USask staff, students, and facility in sharing research outputs, open educational resources, and more. Learn how HARVEST can support you in sharing your work and making it easier to discover ...(more)

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Redesigning my Assessment using AI Fri Mar 7, 2025 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM GMCTL Event

Let us show you how to use AI to create or redesign assessment tasks. You’ll gain skills in aligning assessments with learning outcomes, improving student engagement, build competencies and use AI tools effectively.


Cer ...(more)

Anne-Marie Rollo, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register