The Large Class Teaching Exchange: A Wealth of Inspiring and Creative Ideas
McGill’s Large Class Teaching Exchange, which took place from May to August 2021, provided a unique conversation space for instructorsContinue Reading
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How can insights from neuroscience help students transition to university?
One of the most important skills that students can obtain during university is learning how to learn. Unfortunately, many incomingContinue Reading
McGill’s Cloud Directive: The all-weather business of protecting students’ privacy and intellectual property
A Cloud Directive is not the business of forecasters who seek to manipulate the weather, but it is the business of McGill instructors in that they play a role in protecting their students’ personal information andContinue Reading
Creative ways to use technology to give student feedback
I happened upon The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Advice Guide How to Give Your Students Feedback with Technology. The guideContinue Reading
Introducing the new myCourses Rubrics creation experience
For those of you who have spent countless hours fiddling around, inputting criteria and levels in the clunky myCourses RubricsContinue Reading
Student emails: a creative video guide to email etiquette MAINTENANT EN FRANÇAIS!
McGill University’s Teaching and Learning Services strives to be responsive. So, when we received requests to translate our popular instructionalContinue Reading
Getting students to distinguish fact from fallacy in the media
Faculty of Management Professor Elena Obukhova is eager for her students to become “discerning media consumers.” In a recent articleContinue Reading
Hacking myCourses: Printing quizzes
In this post in our new series “Hacking myCourses,” we look at a simple way to print out Quizzes createdContinue Reading
The Lunch Spot: Let’s talk teaching
What do 2 prize winning instructors, 10 instructors from a variety of disciplines and TLS staff have in common? TheyContinue Reading
Student emails: A creative video guide to email etiquette
While many students have mastered the art of email, others tend to take “poetic license” – unclear subject lines, omittedContinue Reading
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