News

As announced on May 3rd, the University obtained a one-year centrally funded site licence to pilot the polling tool Vevox, for both academic and non-academic purposes. iClicker is still currently supported since no single polling tool previously met all the requirements of our community of users. Both tools have recently added new features that need to be evaluated before assessing the results of the Vevox pilot.  

The University has recently been provided with a short-term opportunity to thoroughly pilot iClicker and its new features, free of charge. Before this, iClicker has been available to Waterloo students via a paid subscription.  

Instructional Technologies & Media Services (ITMS) is partnering with the Teaching Innovation Incubator (TII) to lead a pilot comparing these two polling tools to determine whether one of these tools would meet the needs of our users, or whether both will continue to be required for specific situations.  

We're excited to announce that Vevox, one of the supported polling tools currently being piloted, will have an integration with LEARN enabled for the Fall 2024 term. This integration will allow Vevox to push grades to LEARN for correct answers and/or for participation.

The three-tier webinar series will teach you how to use Perusall and its latest features in your courses today. You’ll discover the most up-to-date features and platform enhancements in our latest webinar series.

SMS Notifications to be removed from Waterloo LEARN

As part of the LEARN Improvements Project, the Teaching Innovation Incubator, in collaboration with Instructional Technologies and Media Services is now piloting the Creator+ tool to help University of Waterloo faculty and staff enhance student engagement in their LEARN courses.

Announcing changes to the University's WebEx services 

The University has obtained a one-year enterprise license to pilot the polling tool Vevox, a simple to use real-time audience engagement platform that can support both academic and non-academic purposes.

View recorded Vevox training session.

View the recorded peerScholar training sessions.

The University of Waterloo will implement a new peer review and group evaluation tool, peerScholar, for student course work for the start of the Spring 2024 term.