Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning News Archive

July 14, 2022 — 
Since 2014, the University of Manitoba has invested over $50 million in retrofitting older classrooms, upgrading and expanding classroom technology, and equipping teachers with modern tools for providing an inclusive, adaptable learning environment. This investment in transforming the learning experience through technological and environmental innovation plays a critical role in the fulfillment of the strategic pillars of Our Shared Future, the UM’s interim strategic plan.

June 30, 2022 — 
UM is embarking on even more ways to give learners access to a variety of rich, life-preparing and practical experiential learning experiences inside and out of the classroom, positioning students for success in a changing world

June 29, 2022 — 
Land-based education means learning on, about and from the land

June 29, 2022 — 
Meeting students where they live by considering equity, diversity and inclusion

June 29, 2022 — 
Much of Alexa Hryniuk’s success has been a result of integrating experiential learning, whereby students “learn by doing” and reflect on the experience.

June 28, 2022 — 
iClicker Roster and Grade Sync allows instructors to easily retrieve the student roster from UM Learn (Brightspace) into iClicker Cloud and sync iClicker polling scores with the UM Learn course's gradebook.

June 23, 2022 — 
Panorama is now live in UM Learn to help you make your course materials as accessible as possible.

June 8, 2022 — 
Once you set up the UM Zoom to YuJa Video integration, you can store, share and edit your UM Zoom recordings in YuJa Video.

June 4, 2022 — 
Awards and honours to be presented at 2022 Spring Convocation ceremonies

June 2, 2022 — 
Instructors and staff who used YuJa Video within the first month were entered into a contest to win a prize that includes a UM tote bag and products from YuJa, Dell and D2L. Entrants poured in and now the winners have been announced.