myCourses Drop-in Clinic
April 25, 10:00am - 12:00pm - Register
April 30, 11:00am - 1:00pm - Register
May 2, 3:00 - 5:00pm - Register
These are not workshops, but rather allotted time where you can work on a course and receive help. You will receive a minimum of 15 minutes of one-on-one time and frequent check-ins for the duration of the clinic.
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April 26, 10:00 - 11:30am
Are you interested in using Polling @ McGill? In this workshop, you will learn about different strategies to engage your students using polling, with a focus on designing effective polling questions.
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Registration deadline: April 26
May 14 and 16, 9:00am - 4:30pm
Would you like to (re)design one of your courses and enhance your teaching skills? Join a group of fellow faculty members led by facilitators from Teaching and Learning Services to discuss strategies for course design and teaching that focus on enhancing student learning. Space is limited.
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April 30, 2:00 - 4:00pm
Universities from Quebec, the Maritime provinces, Newfoundland and Labrador are sending their 3 Minute Thesis winners to McGill for the CAGS Eastern Regional Competition. The winners of this competition will advance to the Canadian finals. Come and cheer on these incredible speakers as they present their research in 3 minutes and compete for cash prizes!
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May 3, 1:00 - 3:00pm
Familiarize yourself with some of the basic tools in myCourses so you’re ready for the semester. Topics addressed in this workshop include organizing your course content, setting up your grade book, and facilitating group interaction. Bring a laptop and your course outline.
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May 6, 5:30 - 7:30pm
In this dynamic performance, actors will present classroom scenarios derived from students’ authentic experiences. Audience members will be able to suggest changes to the scenarios as they unfold in order explore them from different angles. Together, we’ll look at how to address challenging classroom dynamics.
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May 21, 9:30am - 12:00pm
While the learning benefits of peer assessment (PA) have been well established, successful PA experiences hinge on the careful design of the PA activities students are asked to engage in. In this workshop, we address the principles that support sound design of PA activities.
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SKILLS21 is a workshop-based skills development program for undergraduate students. It provides opportunities for developing 21st century skills, values, and attitudes.
April 26, 1:00 - 3:00pm
Do your students feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day? In this workshop, they will learn strategies to organize their priorities, increase their productivity, and effectively manage their time.
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SKILLSETS offers skill development opportunities to complement the research training provided by the academic experience at McGill. Open to all graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
May 11, 9:00am - 6:30pm
This one-day event provides students in the STEM and medical fields with strategies for finding work in academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations after graduation.
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RESOURCES & ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning recognizes sustained excellence in leadership and innovation, as well as the active integration of teaching and learning with inquiry, scholarship and research. Talk to your Dean about nominating a colleague whose long-term achievements and contributions are truly outstanding.
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Enhance your course with new technologies
Looking to boost student engagement, create online assignments or use other technologies to improve your course?
With summer around the corner, now is the time to think about enhancing your course with myCourses, polling or other technologies. Small tweaks? Schedule a consultation with TLS. Considering a full redesign? Register for the 2-day Course Design Workshop.
The Library can help you make course readings available to your students at no cost with myCourses. It’s easy to link to the library’s millions of articles and ebooks, or to scan and upload book chapters and articles directly to myCourses.
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Students may complete their Mercury course evaluations from now until May 2 (April 14 for units following the condensed period).
Strategies to encourage student participation include:
- Communicating the value of course evaluations;
- Making announcements and reminding your students; and
- Allowing students time in class to complete their course evaluations.
View a list of strategies to increase response rates.
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Catalogue Migration Reminders
The McGill Library will be moving towards a single library catalogue at the beginning of May. As a result of this single system implementation of WorldCat Discovery, users’ personal loan histories and personal lists will not be migrated. If you wish to retain loan histories and lists, please click on the link for instructions.
Please be advised that due to the major migration to WorldCat Discovery, a series of service interruptions will occur from April 23 to May 2. The Classic Catalogue will no longer be available as of April 29. Click on the link for more information.
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Faculty must notify Schulich Library staff of any summer 2019 reserves. Reserves will be accessible in the McLennan Library Building. Users are asked to borrow items from the Schulich collection before May 15.
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McGill University
Teaching and Learning Services
3415 McTavish Street, Suite MS-12
Montreal, QC
Canada H3A 0C8
tls@mcgill.ca | (514) 398-6648
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Université McGill
Service de soutien pédagogique
3415, rue McTavish, Bureau MS-12
Montréal (Québec)
Canada H3A 0C8
tls@mcgill.ca | (514) 398-6648
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