TLS Webinars Resource Page

Couldn’t attend a TLS webinar on preparing for remote teaching? Don’t worry. Check out TLS’ Webinars page, where you can catch up on what you missed by accessing webinar recordings, slides, and companion resource documents.

Are you prepared to save a life?

McGill health professional students are leading the World Restart a Heart 2020 Campaign to increase public awareness of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Discover new impactful videos, educational tools, and virtual events. Let your students know, too!

Virtual Presenters’ Accessibility Guide

Want to learn how to implement more accessible and inclusive events in the remote learning environment? The resources in this guide share pointers to consider for planning and delivering accessible virtual events.

Tips for Supporting your Students

Thinking of sharing a recorded video in your course?

You can now link or embed videos from the Lecture Recording system directly where you want students to see them, such as within a course module, a discussion topic, or even an announcement. Learn more.

Overwhelmed by emails from students?

Help students be more effective communicators by referring to the TLS-produced Make Your Emails Count video. Share the link in myCourses and your course outline! Aussi disponible en français.

Wondering about recommended practices for planning and implementing myCourses discussions?

Fostering productive and meaningful discussions in myCourses can be challenging. Check out different strategies, including posting discussion prompts in a variety of formats—text, images, video, and audio—and posing open-ended questions.

Wondering how to help students get the most out of myCourses discussions?

This TLS-produced Guide to Getting the Most Out of myCourses Discussion Forums video encourages students to deepen their understanding of course content, expand their thinking, and connect with classmates. Link it to myCourses for easy access!

New Posts on Teaching for Learning @ McGill University

This blog, hosted by TLS, features posts by instructors, students, and anyone else in higher education we’re lucky enough to collaborate with. Join in conversations about teaching and learning!

• Visual Classrooms: Collaboration and Community While Students Are Physically Apart
• Things are bright in my remote classroom
• What to expect when you’re learning remotely: Tips for incoming undergraduate students
• Peer assessment: Two courses, three peer assessment activities

Library Updates

Open Access Week at McGill

October 19 - 25

From managing research data to open education resources, predatory publishing to open science, the McGill Library is holding a series of virtual workshops in support of International Open Access Week.

Digital Scholarship Hub Fall 2020 Workshops

This semester, we are offering 27 interactive workshops and lively discussions on artificial intelligence, research data management, digital scholarship tools, scholarly communications, and more!

Virtual Study Halls

The McGill Library is piloting Virtual Study Halls for students wanting to connect with others or have the reassuring presence of someone “nearby.” Optional breakout rooms for silent, quiet, and group study.

Virtual Library lectures and events

Upcoming Library events include a lecture on Reimagining the Default Settings of Technology and Society, a talk on the impact of Shakespeare in uncertain times with Stratford Festival Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino, and more.