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Faculty Initiatives & Support
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Forestry Teaching Innovation Fund
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Applications for the new Forestry Teaching Innovation Fund (FTIF) are now closed, and the review process is currently underway with final decisions to be made by mid-December, 2021. If you have any questions regarding this fund, please contact Michelle Zeng, Senior Manager, Education Strategies (michelle.zeng@ubc.ca).
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If you are preparing 2021W2 courses and your classroom is in the Forest Sciences Centre or CAWP, the TLS team will support you in the classroom AV system testing. Please get in touch with michelle.zeng@ubc.ca or forestry.tls@ubc.ca for a demonstration or dry run. Information provided by UBC Learning Spaces can be found here. The general AV Help Desk contacts are: AV Help Desk: 604.822.7956 | av.helpdesk@ubc.ca.
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Faculty Tip-Sheets & Surveys
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This study is conducted for research purposes, to improve the teaching and learning experience in the Faculty of Forestry. This comprehensive and completely voluntary survey asks questions about your online, hybrid, and in-person teaching experiences. Thank you for taking the time to provide us with valuable feedback and helping us make the Faculty of Forestry and UBC a great place. The survey is available here.
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Live Streaming Tip-Sheets
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The TLS Team has completed tip-sheets for using the AV systems in FSC 1001/1003/1005/1221 and other general classrooms, in the Forest Sciences Centre and CAWP.
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Grading Schemes in Canvas
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The TLS team has completed a tip-sheet on Canvas Grading Schemes. The default Canvas grading scheme has a different percentage associated with letter grades than UBC’s scheme. Thus, it is recommended to change the grading scheme to avoid confusion for students.
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Climate Education Grants provides grants are distributed to improve the delivery and degree of climate change content in existing courses that will be offered in Summer 2022 or in the 2022/23 (Winter Term 1&2) academic year. These funds must be used to incorporate climate change content, develop innovative teaching approaches or hire UBC students to complete the proposed work under supervision. More information about the application process can be found here. All applications should be submitted to (tara.ivanochko@ubc.ca) by December 17th, 2021. Applications close December 18th, 2021 at 4pm PST.
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TLS Weekly Drop-in Session
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Time: Fridays, 13:00 – 14:00
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Open discussion. To join the meeting: click here. Please note that there will be no session on December 10, 2022 due to the Forestry Christmas party.
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Students as Partners Fund Forestry Info Session
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The Student as Partners (SaP) fund provides Students as Partners in Course Design grants of up to $7100 through the Student Support Initiative. The submission deadline for the first round of proposals is from Jan 10, 2022 to Feb 1, 2022.
CTLT provided an information session specifically for the Faculty of Forestry, the recording of which can be found
here (Passcode: 3HuRthV^).
Please note that this fund cannot be held concurrently with a TLEF grant.
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