WordPress & Wiki Clinic (Online Drop-In)

Online/Virtual Event

Online The Drop-In Clinics are open for administrators of UBC weblogs or websites to get one-on-one support in WordPress and Wiki for Teaching and Learning or Administrative purposes. Participants should come prepared with a list of questions specific to their sites when attending this session. Specialists at the clinic will assist you in addressing and […]

Can I Use This? Working with Copyright and OER

Online/Virtual Event

This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 19–22, 2024. If you are preparing resources for your teaching, from PowerPoint slides to online modules, chances are you’ll want to incorporate readings, images, video clips, problem sets or other materials from different sources. This session will focus on the pragmatic elements […]

Introduction to the Indigenous Learning Pathways Training Program

Online/Virtual Event

This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 19–22, 2024. Indigenous Learning Pathways (ILP) is a new multi-course online training program led by CTLT Indigenous Initiatives and the Orientations & Onboarding program in Central HR, and involves collaboration and support from numerous staff, faculty and programs across UBC. Through carefully curated […]

Introduction to the tidyverse R package

Online/Virtual Event

This workshop presents some of the major packages in the tidyverse package in R. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: Know what tidyverse is. Understand the uses of data manipulation packages. Have an idea of where to start looking for answers when manipulating your data. The workshop is one hour, […]

Free

Making Sense of Student Feedback: Metrics for a More Meaningful Interrogation of SEI Data

Online/Virtual Event

This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 19–22, 2024. At UBC, Student Experience of Instruction (SEI) quantitative data consists of responses on a 5-point Likert scale. An interactive dashboard is currently being developed to assist instructors, as well as administrators, to visualize the reported metrics (interpolated median, percent favorable and […]

Doctoral Defence: Doctoral Examination and Defence Procedures

Online/Virtual Event

The Doctoral Defence information session walks students through the doctoral examination process and explains the different defence modes - in-person, virtual, and hybrid. The session includes: Steps in the doctoral examination, Timelines and pressure points, and a Q&A. General registration opens on Monday, August 12th at 9 am. Registration is open to current UBC-V graduate […]

Free

Introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs)

Online/Virtual Event

This workshop focuses on Large Language Models (LLM) to provide participants with a foundational understanding of LLM, their working, and how to fine-tune a pre-trained LLM for your own data. In this workshop, we will use cloud-based platforms, so you don’t need to have Python installed. Please make sure that you have a Google Colaboratory […]

Free

Renewed What I Learned in Class Today Facilitation Guide and Toolkit Exploration

Online/Virtual Event

This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 19–22, 2024. Join CTLT Indigenous Initiatives in a guided exploration of the What I Learned in Class Today Project. During this session, the project team is excited to offer a demo of the Renewed What I Learned in Class Today Facilitation Guide and […]

Designing Inclusive and Engaging Collaborative (Writing) Assignments

Online/Virtual Event

This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 19–22, 2024. Do you want your students to enjoy working and learning together, all while producing a shared document that showcases their best work? Are you afraid of being “that instructor” who creates a collaborative assignment that students loathe — that they experience […]

Data Bites – Best Practices for Creating a README file

Online/Virtual Event

Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30-minute workshop highlights practical techniques for creating a README file. A README is a guide to your data and assists other researchers to understand your dataset, its contents, provenance, licensing and how to interact with it. Location: ONLINE (A Zoom link will be sent to registrants 3 […]

Free

Drop-in financial advising with the Indigenous Student Support Team (ESA)

Online/Virtual Event

With the start of the Summer session, the Indigenous Student Support Team from Enrolment Services will be switching back to online drop-in advising for Indigenous students via Zoom. From 12:00 pm and going until 3:00 pm, Indigenous students can ask financial (or other – we are happy to try and help however we can!) questions […]