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Poll Everywhere: Daily Opportunities for Practice & Feedback Wed Dec 3, 2025 10:30 AM - 12:00 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
Online - Web Link Register
SLEQ Question Validation for Students Wed Dec 3, 2025 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM GMCTL Event

Students, come help us validate SLEQ questions!

We are creating optional additional modules to supplement the core SLEQ question set, but must ensure the questions are well designed to get valid feedback. Lunch will be pro ...(more)

David Greaves, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Norah Jacob, University Students' Union, USSU
Place Riel Roy Romanow Student Council Chambers (110.3) Closed Seats may be available; contact gmctl@usask.ca.
Finding Your Why in Open: Connecting Values, Practice, and Student Success Thu Dec 4, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM GMCTL Event

All USask faculty and instructors are welcome to join this interactive session with Guest Speaker, Amanda Coolidge. 

Open education is rooted in access, collaboration, and student empowerment. This interactive session invi ...(more)

MURRAY LIBRARY 102 Register
Assessment (re)Design Fri Dec 5, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM GMCTL Event

Bring your lunch, and learn with us!

Discover how to use USask’s AI Learning Design Assistant (ALDA) to begin redesigning an existing assessment. Grounded in the University’s Assessment Principles, the session ...(more)

Anne-Marie Rollo, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Getting started with AI: Microsoft Copilot Mon Dec 8, 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
Helping Your Students Use AI Tools Effectively Tue Dec 9, 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 guidelines for student AI use. As instructors, we should take this opportunity to begin to support stude ...(more)

Kurt Bergsma, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Online - Web Link Register
Teaching Skills Short Course (TSSC) Tue Dec 9, 2025 no time specified - see description GMCTL Event

This interactive short course supports faculty members and instructors in teaching. The workshop encourages reflection and examination of one's teaching practices. You will practice delivering 10-minute lessons to supportive peers using an active ...(more)

Roberta Campbell-Chudoba, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY Library G3 Closed Seats may be available; contact gmctl@usask.ca.
Using Canvas Quizzes as Practice and Feedback Wed Dec 10, 2025 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
Online - Web Link Register
AI Exists: Rethinking Assessments Thu Dec 11, 2025 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 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)

Kurt Bergsma, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Online - Web Link Register
Faculty Lunch & Learn with Dr. Loleen Berdahl Fri Dec 12, 2025 11:45 AM - 12:50 PM GMCTL Event

Join us for this lunch session where Dr. Loleen Berdahl will introduce The Joy of Learning—a new resource co-created by the 2024 cohort of 3M National Teaching Fellows. Every participant will receive a copy of this insp ...(more)

Sara Dzaman, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
AGRI- 2C61 Event capacity reached Register (Waiting list)
6 Ways to Create an Inclusive Learning Environment Mon Dec 15, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM GMCTL Event

In anticipation of next term, we'll explore 6 practical strategies to foster inclusivity, building a supportive community and enhance a sense of belonging among all students.


Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (C ...(more)

Roberta Campbell-Chudoba, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Connecting with Land through the Curriculum - Indigenization and Sustainability Tue Dec 16, 2025 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM GMCTL Event

Evaluate current educational strategies to identify gaps and opportunities in incorporating principles of Indigenization in the curriculum. Create a personal commitment to continuous learning and respect for Indigenous perspectives and an action p ...(more)

Jade Hupé
Rachel Regier
Darryl Isbister, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
AI kiyohkewin - AI and Creative Thinking Thu Dec 18, 2025 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM GMCTL Event

AI kiyohkewin is a lightly facilitated, informal gathering for faculty and staff to share ideas and experiences about Artificial Intelligence. kiyohkewin, the Cree word for visiting, captures the idea that these meetings ...(more)

Kurt Bergsma, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
Kristine Dreaver-Charles, University of Saskatchewan
MURRAY GMCTL 50.12 Register
Orientation to TA Success Days Tue Jan 6, 2026 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM GMCTL Event
TA Success - January 2026

Welcome to TA Success Day! This introduction provides you the opportunity to meet other Teaching Assistants and to learn about the Teaching Preparation Certificate (TPC). Facilitated by: Roberta ...(more)

Roberta Campbell-Chudoba, Gwenna Moss Centre, USask
MURRAY Library G3 Register
TA Success - Grading Problem Sets, Labs, and Exams Effectively Tue Jan 6, 2026 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM GMCTL Event
TA Success - January 2026

You'll explore grading strategies to improve consistency and efficiency and leave with concrete ideas for before you start grading, while you're grading, and after you wrap up. You'll also hear tips on providing ...(more)

MURRAY Library G3 Register
TA Success - Facilitation Tips for Tutorials and Help Sessions Tue Jan 6, 2026 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM GMCTL Event
TA Success - January 2026

Come to practice simple strategies for running tutorials and help sessions. Leave with facilitation skills and knowledge of how to structure time just enough so that students feel supported and prepared for clas ...(more)

MURRAY Library G3 Register
TA Success - First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Ways of Knowing, Being, and Doing Tue Jan 6, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM GMCTL Event
TA Success - January 2026

Come and learn some things you may not know about First Nation, Metis and Inuit ways of knowing, being, and doing. This session will address some common questions and give you an opportunity to ask questions you ...(more)

MURRAY Library G3 Register
TA Success - Intro to Lesson Planning Tue Jan 6, 2026 2:10 PM - 3:00 PM GMCTL Event
TA Success - January 2026

Are you planning your own lab, tutorial, seminar or guest lecture? Join this session to become familiar with the BOPPPS lesson planning model so you can apply it to your own lessons. Facilitated by: Jennie Green ...(more)

MURRAY Library G3 Register
TA Success - Grading Essays & Projects Effectively Wed Jan 7, 2026 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM GMCTL Event
TA Success - January 2026

In this session on grading written papers and projects, you’ll learn tips for giving good feedback, being more consistent in grading, and managing your time. Come expecting to practice grading and share yo ...(more)

MURRAY Library G3 Register
TA Success - TA Toolkit: Practical Solutions for Common Challenges Wed Jan 7, 2026 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM GMCTL Event
TA Success - January 2026

You'll discover practical answers to common TA challenges. We'll discuss your concerns and how the USask TA Handbook can support you. Facilitated by: Jade Hupé


This event is part of TA Success Da ...(more)

MURRAY Library G3 Register