Message from the Association President Dear Colleagues, Below is a summary of recent advice and guidance provided by Faculty Relations and LTSI about recording and downloading lectures. Recording and Downloading Lectures The advice about recording lectures for online learning is to ideally record in 15 minute chunks, so that online lectures can be broken up with more interactive learning. There are various methods of recording lectures: Self-record using Zoom or Kaltura, in advance or during class. For a full set…

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Message from the Association President Dear Colleagues, I hope that all is well with you, and that you are having some time to take vacation and enjoy the summer weather. I hope you are not spending all of your time preparing for online teaching, or worrying about preparing for it. TA Support and Online Teaching We all know that worrying doesn’t help, but many academics are unfortunately very good at it. I hope that I can assuage at least some of…

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Message from the Association President Dear Colleagues, I hope that all is well with you, and that you are taking advantage of the reasonably good weather we’re having to take some time away from your computers. I personally find swimming at Thetis Lake or the Gorge my best stress reduction technique! I’m writing to update you on a few matters, including the transition to UVic’s new learning management system (LMS), the resumption of Library recall services, and the Association’s new anti-racism initiatives. Brightspace/Online…

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