Events

Student Experiences with Assistive Technology: In this session, University of Waterloo students will demonstrate how they use assistive technology (screen magnifiers, screen readers/text to speech, speech to text, and note taking support) to access and participate in course materials, learning activities, and assessments.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the need to address multiple institutional priorities in your courses, such as mental wellbeing, Indigenization, and accessibility?

This series aims to provide a supportive community for instructors, offering a space for discussion and sharing of best practices. By learning from peers and building connections, we hope to make the task of juggling institutional priorities more manageable and less overwhelming. We envision holding these sessions once a term for the next year.

The Integrated Accessibility Retreat is a one-day retreat where you’ll learn how to incorporate accessible education practices into your course.

This workshop introduces educators to a structured framework for integrating AI into course assessments, using a modified version of Perkins' AI Assessment Scale to facilitate transparent discussions about AI use with students. Participants will engage in hands-on activities to explore appropriate AI tools and approaches for their specific classroom contexts.

Learn about the PLOC framework (Persona, Level, Output, Context) for crafting effective GenAI prompts, and the various personas AI can act as, to enhance student learning and critical thinking. This hands-on workshop combines a 30-minute interactive presentation with 30 minutes of structured AI exploration.

New Faculty Teaching Days will take place from Tuesday, August 12, 2025 to Thursday, August 14, 2025.

Please note: this workshop is intended for instructors that will be using LEARN in the upcoming term.

This two-hour in-person session will introduce you to LEARN (D2L Brightspace), uWaterloo's learning management system for presenting course activities and resources in on-campus and blended courses.