Full Information Page Course Feedback Surveys Introduction: NIC has an institutional survey that is an informal, formative set of course and instructor questions aimed to provide instructors with confidential feedback on their courses at the mid-point and end-point time periods. Course feedback is about gathering input on what is going …
**NOTICE** BlueJeans is Being Retired! No Use After December 31, 2023 NIC Replaces BlueJeans with Kaltura Virtual Classroom DETAILS AND DATES 1. What is happening with BlueJeans? Verizon, BlueJeans’ parent company, is permanently retiring (sunsetting) their web conferencing platform, BlueJeans, in early 2024. BlueJeans will no longer exist. NIC has …
Creating a Better User Experience for the B.C. Open Collection Link to IMPROVED BC Open Collection: https://collection.bccampus.ca/ BCcampus has created a better user experience for their fantastic open collection of teaching and learning resources. From the article intro: If you’re an educator in B.C.’s post-secondary system, chances are you’ve heard …
Sexual Violence is something that has an impact on our entire community; according to Statistics Canada, 71% of Canadian post-secondary students experienced unwanted sexualized behavior in 2019. Further, according to the Canadian Labour Congress, nearly 50% of workers have experienced sexual harassment and/or sexual violence in 2018 and 2019. This …
As of January 1, 2023, NIC is instituting a 2-year Brightspace course and Kaltura video retention process to protect and streamline course and student data as well as provide organized and efficient collections of courses and videos. This also applies to BlueJeans recordings of online classes. Per a NIC Policy …
“Technology Integrations into Brightspace” NIC’s Approval Process for Technology Integrations for Digital Learning Environments (Brightspace) There is a new decision-making process involved in approving a third-party technology integration (e.g., a textbook publisher, web tool, social media platform) for connection into NIC’s digital learning environment – Brightspace. Instructor requests for integrating/adding …
North Island College has set up Brightspace to allow students and instructors to add in their pronouns, preferred names and traditional names so that we can respectfully communicate with each other in the digital world. Pronouns Log in to Brightspace at https://mycourses.nic.bc.ca Click on your personal menu (where your name …
For many of you the term is coming to a close, classes have ended, will be ending soon or you are winding down a recent unit or module. One of the most impactful books I have ever read is called, “Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher” by Stephen Brookfield. The first …
Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning is a podcast hosted by Columbia University’s CTL Executive Director, Catherine Ross. Check out the URL to see all seasons listed, summaries, transcripts and topics! Dead ideas are persistent myths about teaching and learning that instructors believe and use! Check this great podcast series …
Looking for some suggestions to be more efficient in marking written assignments? I reviewed my favourite teaching and learning websites, connected with key research articles and shared some practices that worked for me – and give you this! NEW Teach Anywhere Webpage: https://teachanywhere.opened.ca/nic-essentials/efficient-marking-written-assmts/ 30 ways to transform inefficient practices into …
