UM Learn News Archive
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
New UM Learn module focuses on the workings of power in post-secondary settings
October 21, 2024 —
New UM Learn module, Exploring Power Dynamics in Post-Secondary Institutions, helps instructors enhance their understanding of power dynamics in the post-secondary teaching context. The module is the third of six modules in Incorporating EDI into Your Course and Teaching, a course to help instructors apply equity, diversity and inclusion concepts in their teaching.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
New tool helps UM students make accessible content
October 10, 2024 —
Panorama is an accessibility tool that is now available to UM students to ensure your content is accessible, and to create materials that meet your own accessibility needs.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Make your course materials accessible with Panorama
September 5, 2024 —
If you’ve been wondering how to be more inclusive when creating files and ensure your materials meet accessibility standards, Panorama is your new best friend. Panorama is an accessibility tool that has been available on UM Learn since 2022. Now it’s also being relaunched as a password-protected portal, which means you can also review documents for accessibility outside UM Learn. You just log in to Panorama using your UM password—which means that UM staff and students can now also use it for any materials they produce.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning June Workshops
May 30, 2024 —
Check out the variety of workshops scheduled for June, offered by The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Learn how social identities affect your teaching
February 28, 2024 —
In the new UM Learn module “Understanding social identities among faculty and students,” instructors can learn to recognize their own identities and those of their students, to help them develop strategies that promote engagement and success in the classroom.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning December Workshops
November 28, 2023 —
Check out the wide variety of upcoming workshops offered by the Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning scheduled this December!
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
UM Learn course will help you take equity, diversity and inclusion from theory to practice
March 2, 2023 —
UM is hosting a new course which will help guide instructors with practical guidance on how to add EDI practices to their teachings.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
YuJa Video and Panorama introduce new features to make your work more accessible
December 14, 2022 —
YuJa Video and Panorama Digital Accessibility are constantly adding new features to help you make your work as accessible as possible.
UM Learn content update for all students
November 3, 2021 —
Course content reactivated, students only responsible for coursework in continuing courses
Libraries
Time-saving reading lists in UM Learn
July 28, 2020 —
The Libraries have integrated a new tool into UM Learn, designed to help you easily share reading materials for each of your courses.