• Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)

    College of The Rockies Cranbrook Campus 2700 College Way, Cranbrook, BC, Canada

    Monday August 24 (9-12pm), Tuesday August 25 (9-4PM), Wednesday August 26 (9-4pm) & Thursday August 22 (9-4pm) Cranbrook Campus The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is a four-day intensive program designed to strengthen instructors' skills in student-centred teaching through practice and feedback. The ISW is highly participatory, requiring active involvement in instructional tasks and peer-to-peer feedback. It […]

  • Moodle Orientation for New Faculty

    Hybrid (KC110C & Online)

    This session introduces you to managing your courses on COTRonline/Moodle, with a focus on setting up notification preferences to stay informed, exploring communication tools to engage with students, and navigating […]

  • Gradebooks for Student Success

    Hybrid (KC110C & Online)

    The Moodle Gradebook for Student Success workshop introduces the essential settings for establishing a Gradebook that is user-friendly for students and meets principles of Standardization, Centralization, and Simplification across College […]

  • Moodle Orientation for New Faculty

    This session introduces you to managing your courses on COTRonline/Moodle, with a focus on setting up notification preferences to stay informed, exploring communication tools to engage with students, and navigating the course structure effectively. We’ll also cover organizing and editing course content, creating and managing groups, and understanding key activity settings to ensure a smooth, […]

  • Getting Started with AI: Capabilities, Challenges, and (Re)imagining Academic Integrity

    Cranbrook Campus, Flexible Learning Lab (KC131)

    This interactive workshop is designed for those who are curious, cautious, or just getting started with AI. We'll explore what generative AI tools can and cannot do and discuss the challenges and opportunities they present in post-secondary teaching and learning. We'll also examine what academic integrity really means now, and whether our existing definitions still […]

  • Moodle Orientation for New Faculty

    Hybrid (KC110C & Online)

    This session introduces you to managing your courses on COTRonline/Moodle, with a focus on setting up notification preferences to stay informed, exploring communication tools to engage with students, and navigating the course structure effectively. We’ll also cover organizing and editing course content, creating and managing groups, and understanding key activity settings to ensure a smooth, […]

  • Designing for Learning (when AI exists): AI Use Policies & Assessments

    Cranbrook Campus, Flexible Learning Lab (KC131)

    This workshop is for those who are ready to move from understanding AI to making intentional decisions about it in their teaching. You'll leave with a working draft of an AI use policy for one of your assessments and/or courses and concrete ideas for redesigning an assessment that remains meaningful and valid. This session is […]

  • Let’s Talk Learning Commons: Welcome Week

    Let’s Talk Learning Commons

    Start the school year off right with your Library team here to support you. Get ahead by: Getting your ID card to access activity on campus. Setting up your UPASS to start using city transit. Activating your network account by logging into the computers. Accessing your COTR email. Gaining printer access and linking your ID […]

  • Starting the Semester with Purpose and Clarity

    Cranbrook Campus and Online

    What is at the heart of your course? This workshop invites instructors to reflect on course purpose, meaningful learning experiences, and the essential knowledge and skills students should develop. Through guided reflection, participants will clarify core course elements and leave with a clear, purposeful plan for the semester ahead. Register Now!  

  • Feuling Engagement, not Burnout, in Teaching & Learning

    Burnout affects both instructors and students, often affecting well-being, motivation, and learning. In this workshop, participants will draw on Maslach and Leiter's The Burnout Challenge to examine the conditions that contribute to burnout and explore strategies for sustaining engagement, energy, and purpose in teaching and learning. Register Now!