News

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.

Final report available and LEARN Improvement initiative announced.

After careful review and analysis of the Learning Management System (LMS) project findings, the project team has recommended continued use of LEARN (D2L’s Brightspace), with a focus on improving the platform as it relates to the learning experience.

Updated information about polling tools for Fall term, specifically iClicker, and investigation into a centrally supported and funded option for campus.