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Getting Started with USask-Approved Free and Protected AI Tools Tue Oct 6, 2026 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM GMCTL Event

Curious about AI but not sure where to start? This beginner-friendly session is designed for USask faculty and staff who want to explore Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini. We’ll start with the basics, including how to access these tools, w ...(more)

Paula Marcelle, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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Helping Your Students Use AI Tools Effectively Wed Oct 7, 2026 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM GMCTL Event

As USask continues to expand access to approved and supported generative AI tools, instructors have an opportunity to help students use these tools in productive, safe, transparent, and responsible ways according to the USask Student AI Guidelines ...(more)

Paula Marcelle, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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Putting Critical Thinking to Work: Designing AI Fact-Check Exam Questions Thu Oct 8, 2026 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM GMCTL Event

In this workshop, Dr. Kyle Anderson (Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology) will introduce a practical assessment approach that uses AI-generated content to require critical thinking, not replace it. Especially well suited t ...(more)

Kyle Anderson, University of Saskatchewan, Medicine
Ryan Banow, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
AI and My Data: Best Practices Tue Oct 13, 2026 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM GMCTL Event

Who owns what AI produces? Can you upload your own course materials, a colleague's slides, or student work into an AI tool? And once something is in there, where does it go? This session works through the intellectual property and data questions i ...(more)

Paula Marcelle, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Kurt Bergsma, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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Can AI Ace My Assignments and Exams? Wed Oct 14, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMCTL Event

Explore the capabilities and limitations of artificial intelligence with this interactive workshop. Participants will want to bring a real assessment piece to get the most value out of this session (assessments can be old or no longer in use if yo ...(more)

Paula Marcelle, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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Indigenizing Your Teaching: Practical Strategies for the Classroom Wed Oct 14, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM GMCTL Event

This session introduces participants to Indigenous teaching strategies they can implement in the classroom. Educators will explore Indigenous teaching strategies related to relationship building, instruction, and reflection. There will also be an ...(more)

Jade Hupé, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
AI Exists: Rethinking Assessments Thu Oct 15, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMCTL Event

As AI becomes increasingly embedded in student learning, educators face the challenge of designing assessments that both leverage its potential and maintain academic integrity. This workshop explores how to create assessment tasks that make room f ...(more)

Paula Marcelle, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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Overwhelmed! Helping Students Move From Eco-Anxiety to Action Thu Oct 15, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMCTL Event

Recent USask data indicates that when students think about global environmental problems more than half feel guilty, overwhelmed, and unable to act. Worry is not the enemy, it's a signal. When channeled well, it becomes a powerful driver of meanin ...(more)

Rachel Regier, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Start with the Big Idea: Outcomes, Tasks and Alignment (Assessment Lab Series) Thu Oct 15, 2026 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM GMCTL Event

Clarify what really matters in your course, then choose or design an assessment that actually measures it. Bring a course learning goal or outcome (or “big idea”) and either an existing assessment task or a rough idea of how you might ...(more)

Jennie Green, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Designing Interactive Online Learning Activities using AI Tue Oct 20, 2026 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM GMCTL Event

What if you could give your students a custom, interactive learning activity — a self-check quiz, a drag-and-drop diagram, a branching scenario, a flashcard set — without writing a single line of code yourself? In this hands-on session ...(more)

Kurt Bergsma, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Microteaching for Grad Students & Postdocs Tue Oct 20, 2026 no time specified - see description GMCTL Event

This Microteaching event is for graduate students and Postdoctoral Fellows. It includes a number of steps along with two in person session dates. You must be able to attend two in-person sessions.

Tuesday, Oct. 20 - 1:00 P ...(more)

Roberta Campbell-Chudoba, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Access by Design: Building More Accessible Online Courses Wed Oct 21, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM GMCTL Event

Join us for a practical workshop on making online learning more accessible in post-secondary courses. We will review what accessibility means in an online learning context, introduce key accessibility guidelines, and explore why accessible design ...(more)

Kristin Moskalyk, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Serena Assie, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Intermediate Workshop on Using Google Gemini AI Thu Oct 22, 2026 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM GMCTL Event

Already comfortable with the basics of Google Gemini and ready to go further? This intermediate session digs into Gemini’s more powerful features for teaching and academic work: building custom Gems (reusable, purpose-built assistants), grou ...(more)

Kurt Bergsma, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Paula Marcelle, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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How Will You Grade It? Criteria, Rubrics, and Consistency (Assessment Lab Series) Thu Oct 22, 2026 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM GMCTL Event

Move from "this looks like an A" to clear, defensible grading. Using the assessment task from Lab I (or a current assignment), you’ll select a grading approach that fits your context and turn your expectations into observable criter ...(more)

Jennie Green, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Introduction to Lucid Tools for Active Learning Mon Oct 26, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM GMCTL Event

Lucidchart and Lucidspark are collaborative visual tools that can be used to actively engage students through diagramming, idea-building, and shared problem-solving. In this one-hour, hands-on session, participants will explore how these tools can ...(more)

Kurt Bergsma, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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Storytelling as Strategy: Indigenizing Teaching for Sustainable Futures Tue Oct 27, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMCTL Event

In this session, participants are invited to explore how storytelling can serve both as a pathway for Indigenizing education and as a tool for promoting sustainability. Through collaboration, educators will discover the significance of storytellin ...(more)

Rachel Regier, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Jade Hupé, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Poll Everywhere: Daily Opportunities for Practice & Feedback Wed Oct 28, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM GMCTL Event

Unlock the power of Poll Everywhere to create daily opportunities for student practice and immediate feedback, even in your largest classes. This 90-minute interactive session will guide you through designing effective polling activities to foster ...(more)

Kurt Bergsma, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
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Using Canvas Quizzes as Practice and Feedback Thu Oct 29, 2026 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM GMCTL Event

Using Canvas quizzes for digital exams is just one piece of the assessment puzzle. This 90-minute workshop will explore the basics of creating Canvas New Quizzes and focus on how to design quizzes that genuinely serve as powerful tools for student ...(more)

Kurt Bergsma, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Keep Learning Active: Formative Assessment, Feedback, and Engagement (Assessment Lab Series) Thu Oct 29, 2026 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM GMCTL Event

Build in low-stakes checkpoints and feedback that keep students engaged and moving forward. In this final lab in the series, you’ll add formative assessment moments to your course (e.g., drafts, peer review, in-class checks) and design feedb ...(more)

Jennie Green, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Getting Started with USask-Approved Free and Protected AI Tools Tue Nov 3, 2026 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM GMCTL Event

Curious about AI but not sure where to start? This beginner-friendly session is designed for USask faculty and staff who want to explore Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini. We’ll start with the basics, including how to access these tools, w ...(more)

Kurt Bergsma, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Paula Marcelle, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register