Executive Summary Research-enriched teaching and creative activity [1] has made its way into higher education curricula across the world and has been deemed a necessary component of universities today (Kenny et al., 1998). This report was undertaken to build on what...
Instructors have the ability to create content for cross-listed courses with multiple sections. Although the content may be the same across sections, instructors may decide to adminsiter different quizzes to each group (i.e. different times or set of questions). This...
In this guide, you will find the information you require to grade undergraduate student writing. This guide will help you grade fairly and efficiently, so that you can support students as they learn how to write.As an instructor, how can you use this guide to help...
The following toolkit was developed to assist University of Victoria Chairs and Directors to carry out responsibilities in relation to grading, and to facilitate discussion in their respective units. This Toolkit includes: Literature review about assessment and...
At the University of Victoria, the processes of annual reviews, tenure, and promotion require faculty to submit teaching dossiers— personalized collections of materials that document teaching effectiveness—along with their CV and annual reports. In addition, the...
UVic has a policy on Academic Integrity, which you can find in both the undergraduate and the graduate academic calendars. The policy addresses the main types of academic integrity violations, as well as procedures for dealing with these. Please review the policy...
This feature lets instructors grant learners accommodations for extended time for tests/exams through the Classlist tool. Accommodations set up from the Classlist tool apply to all exams in the course that use the Quiz tool. For exams that use the Assignment...
Where to find student accommodation information?Instructors can find a student’s letter of accommodation by logging into the Centre for Accessible Learning (CAL) Online Instructor Services. Students are responsible for making their letters available to instructors on...
What are uni-directional exams?Uni-directional exams refer to online exams in which students are required to proceed in sequence from first to last question and are not able to navigate between questions. In Brightspace, this is referred to as the 'paging' restriction...
Online discussions contribute to student learning, assessment and building a community of learners. Whether you teach an asynchronous or a synchronous course, online discussions would open the space for your students to ask...
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