Apr 13, 2025
Expand your Teaching Toolkit with Canvas Commons
Canvas Commons offers diverse, customizable resources to enhance instructional strategies and align with learning outcomes.
Mar 3, 2025
AI and Authentic Assessments: Preparing Students for an AI-Enabled World
Instructors need to be sure that students are ready for life post-graduation in an AI-enabled world. How can we test both foundational skills and knowledge alongside AI skills and knowledge?
Mar 3, 2025
Designing Assessments that Leverage GenAI
GenAI has made its impact on every field and discipline. To help prepare our students for life post-graduation, instructors will have to consider how to help their students leverage GenAI tools.
Feb 28, 2025
Open Book Online Exams as Opportunities for Authentic Problems Solving
How to craft thought provoking exams that allow students to apply and expand upon their learning.
Feb 24, 2025
Embracing Virtual Exchange: A Transformative Pedagogy for Educators
Want to prepare students for global careers? Virtual exchange offers real-world learning, intercultural collaboration, and professional growth—right from the classroom.
Oct 16, 2024
Embracing Authentic Assessment in Higher Education
Authentic assessment in higher ed reveals critical challenges: power dynamics, cognitive overload, mentor training gaps, and ethical risks. Thoughtful design can balance these issues, enriching real-world learning and career readiness.
Aug 20, 2024
Student Volunteer Experience to Credit-Earning Experiential Learning Course
Transform volunteer work into academic credit! Discover how USask is turning student experiences into valuable, credit-earning opportunities through innovative experiential learning course.
Aug 8, 2024
Ask, Find Out, Act: The Benefits of Inquiry-based Learning
Inquiry-based learning sparks curiosity by encouraging students to ask questions, explore answers, and actively engage with content, leading to deeper understanding and meaningful learning experiences. Read this excerpt of a blogpost by Dr. Lee Beavington at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), reposted with permission.
Jun 1, 2024
To be what the world needs, we need to bring the world into the classroom
Bring global perspectives into your classroom! Learn how integrating diverse viewpoints can enrich learning and prepare students for a connected world.
Feb 28, 2024
Elevating mentorship in higher education: The key to effective preceptor development
Discover the transformative impact of mentorship in higher education. Learn how effective preceptor development is key to nurturing future leaders and fostering academic excellence.
Dec 13, 2023
Gamifying Learning Experiences
Discover how gamification can transform your teaching! Learn strategies to engage students and enhance learning through game-like experiences.
Nov 23, 2023
Embedding Research, Artistic, and Scholarly Skills: A Step-by-Step Guide for Classroom Success
Elevate classroom success with this guide on embedding research, artistic, and scholarly skills. Gain practical steps to enhance student learning and engagement.
Oct 31, 2023
Adding Experiential Learning to an Introductory Course
Boost engagement and learning by integrating experiential activities into introductory courses. Learn how practical experiences enhance academic understanding.
Aug 16, 2023
Inbox Assignment
Transform your teaching with Inbox Assignments! Engage students and boost learning outcomes through real-world email scenarios.
Nov 25, 2022
Perusall or Discussion Boards
Learn about this tool and how it can be used in your class to make for a more active learning experience.
Aug 19, 2022
Keep it active with classroom polling
Learning technologies like Poll Everywhere can help keep your class active and engaging.
Jun 2, 2022
Using Poll Everywhere to Integrate Formative Assessment in Courses
Poll Everywhere is integrated polling tool at USask. As you begin planning for the fall term, you may be considering how you will make use of formative assessment in your courses, including the use of Poll Everywhere.
Jun 1, 2022
Using Poll Everywhere in an Asynchronous Online Course
Learn more about using Poll Everywhere in your asynchronous online courses, including instructions for how to embed the activity into a Canvas page.
Nov 18, 2021
Collaboration technical tools
Tips for how to have students work together using technology.
Oct 22, 2021
USask spaces that flex with the type of learning
Flexible classrooms have three key characteristics and are effectively across all parts of the learning process including receiving information, practicing, and getting feedback.
Oct 21, 2021
Turn Pre-Class Readings into Social Learning
Use Perusall to make pre-class readings more engaging
Sep 21, 2021
Using Zoom meetings in Canvas
Learn how to set up Zoom in Canvas and use some of the features of this software
Sep 20, 2021
Breakout Rooms in Zoom
Learn how to setup and use breakout rooms in your course
Aug 4, 2021
Keep recording when you present content
The shift to remote instruction during the pandemic proved that there is value to recording your lectures. This article dives into why this practice still holds value and how to do it.
Feb 10, 2021
How Students Interact With Your Online Course Predicts Their Success
Understanding how students engage with online materials can help you predict student success.
Feb 1, 2021
Create Groups for Collaborative Learning Spaces in Canvas
How to create and use Groups on Canvas to encourage collaboration, social connections, and active learning.
Nov 8, 2020
How Canvas Tools Can Enable Connection
Using Canvas to help create authentic connections through asynchronous and synchronous activities such as discussions and live collaborations.
Nov 5, 2020
Managing and Facilitating Discussions in Canvas
Once you’ve settled on the why and how of discussions in your course and have set up the initial discussion and guidelines for posting, let students know your plan for how you will be moderating the posts.
Sep 22, 2020
Utilizing Peer Feedback in Canvas
Encouraging students to do peer-reviews on Canvas for higher quality work.
Sep 4, 2020
The What if...'s of Live Zoom Sessions
Are you interested in using Zoom for online, synchronous learning? Here are a few things to consider.
Sep 2, 2020
Remote Breakout Rooms – Facilitating Small Group Discussions and Interactions with Zoom
Using breakout rooms in Zoom effectively to enhance learning activities.
Jan 21, 2020
Student Voice and Choice: Co-Creating Choice Boards
Co-creating a list of potential assessments with students is a great opportunity to increase student voice and choice. Students who choose assessments that are personally relevant are more likely to be motivated, engaged, and take ownership of their learning.
May 28, 2019
Building Broad Minds: Active learning strategies for large classrooms
Explore the benefits of active learning through encountering diverse ideas, thinking deeply about them, and integrating those ideas into our own worldviews and cognitive frameworks.
Dec 20, 2018
Getting More Active (and getting more learning)
Easy changes to make your course more active and engaging.