Teaching support areas

We can help you with everything from designing a test or assignment to transitioning your department and college to a different assessment system.

Assessment design	Aditi Garg Sara Dzaman Racquel Biem Darryl Isbister
Assessment philosophy	Wendy James Sara Dzaman Racquel Biem Darryl Isbister
Assessment tools (rubrics, checklists)	Wendy James Sara Dzaman Racquel Biem Darryl Isbister
Formative assessment	Aditi Garg Sara Dzaman Wendy James Racquel Biem Darryl Isbister
Question Design	GMCTL
Outcome or competency based systems	Aditi Garg Wendy James Racquel Biem
Peer Assessment (including assessment of peers in your group and assessment of the work of your peers)	Heather Ross Susan Bens Racquel Biem Darryl Isbister
Teaching Assistants (TAs) and marking	Sara Dzaman
Polling tools for assessment	GMCTL

Active learning	Heather Ross Sara Dzaman Susan Bens
Academic integrity & academic misconduct	Susan Bens
Consultations for design or teaching of STEM classes	Aditi Garg
Consultations for design or teaching of Arts and Humanities classes	Heather Ross Wendy James
Consultations for creating inclusive courses	Sara Dzaman Roberta Campbell-Chudoba Darryl Isbister
Classroom observation	Aditi Garg Sara Dzaman Susan Bens
Student Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)	Heather Ross
Group work	Susan Bens
Instructional / course design	Heather Ross Sara Dzaman Susan Bens
Online instructional design	Racquel Biem
Student-instructor relationships	Susan Bens Darryl Isbister
Syllabus	Heather Ross

Are you looking for more information on courses and workshops aimed at graduate students and postdocs?  Are you new to teaching and already have some experience but want to learn more?
Connect with our staff!

• Roberta Chambell-Chudoba (GMCTL)
• Wenona Partridge (Career Services)

Do you have a question about your teaching portfolios, philosophy statement, and how to use feedback? Connect with our staff today!

• Sara Dzaman

The GMCTL and Career Services offer workshops, non-credit courses and resources for graduate students and postdocs who are new to teaching and for those who already have some experience but want to learn more. For more details please connect with our staff below.

• Roberta Campbell-Chudoba (GMCTL)

Please visit the Experiential Learning web page for information regarding EL, the priority areas, funding opportunities, and other supports available at USask. Connect with our staff today!

Internationalization of teaching and learning is the infusion of global intercultural or international elements into curricular learning outcomes, content and learning resources, learning activities, and assessment tasks (including feedback) with the intent of developing different ways of knowing and learning, intercultural awareness, or intercultural competence in students. 

Are you looking for help to explicitly plan for and deliver increased equity, appreciation of difference and diversity, and inclusion within your learning experiences? Connect with our staff who can help you explore and select the instructional and assessment processes necessary to meet your needs and those of your students.

• Roberta Campbell-Chudoba
• Aditi Garg

At the University of Saskatchewan, our approach is to gather information about our students’ academic performance as well as demographic and activity data that could pertain to learning success.  In line with the institution's Learning Charter commitments, this data will be used to connect students with appropriate academic supports and services, to personalize their learning experience, and to improve our academic programs.

Learning analytics work is conducted under the leadership of the Office of the Vice-Provost Teaching, Learning and Student Experience in partnership with Information and Communications Technology, Student and Enrolment Services, Teaching and Learning Enhancement, and the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning.

• David Greaves
• GMCTL

Open Educational Practices (OEP) are more than just open educational resources (OER) such as textbooks, slides, modules, and other freely sharable and adaptable learning materials. OEP also includes open pedagogy (students creating and sharing content instead of simply consuming it), open research and open access publishing, and open teaching (sharing with others your reflections and lessons on teaching). Contact our staff if you are interested in finding out more about any aspect of OEP and how to begin integrating them into your teaching and learning.

• Heather Ross

Academic program review or accreditation	Aditi Garg Susan Bens Sara Dzaman
Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund	Susan Bens Wendy James
Curriculum mapping	Aditi Garg Susan Bens Sara Dzaman
New program design	Aditi Garg Susan Bens Wendy James Sara Dzaman Roberta Campbell-Chudoba
Meeting design and facilitation	Aditi Garg Susan Bens Wendy James Sara Dzaman

The Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning provides free support to sessionals that is focused on course design, instruction, and assessment. You can access the following:

• Register for a workshop.

• Learn to use teaching technologies like Canvas (the learning management system) or Poll Everywhere (for formative assessment).

• Complete a Certificate in University Teaching and Learning to add to your resume or teaching portfolio.

• Learn what is required by policy and get help designing a syllabus based on USask’s Syllabus template or using the syllabus generator within Canvas.

• Find teaching tips and information for instructors by searching Educatus.

• Take time to discover the USask Teaching website. Read through the top headers for information and find resources related to teaching at USask.

• Set up a consultation based on your teaching needs by emailing the GMCTL team!

• Email GMCTL

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) empowers learners to make informed decisions and take responsible actions for the 5Ps:

• dignity of all People,
• protecting the Planet from degradation through sustainable consumption and production,
• Prosperity in economic and social terms,
• Peace free from fear and violence, and
• Partnership in global solidarity.

More information here

• Aditi Garg

The USask Teaching Awards to honour remarkable instructors at our univeristy. Learn more about the Award areas, the criteria and nomination processes, including deadlines.

• Connect with our team

Learning technology encompasses the full range of tools and media that can be used to facilitate teaching and learning. USask and the GMCTL support instructors to create engaging learning environments and provides technology solutions to support educational experiences both in the classroom and online.

Canvas (non-technical questions)	Heather Ross Roberta Campbell-Chudoba Racquel Biem
Classroom integration of technology	Heather Ross Racquel Biem
Panopto (non-technical questions)	Roberta Campbell-Chudoba
Zoom  (non-technical questions)	Roberta Campbell-Chudoba

* TECHNICAL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE USASK IT SUPPORT TEAM - itsupport@usask.ca