Melanie Little, award-winning author and editor of fiction and non-fiction, gives insight into peer editing in the classroom: teach-learn.ca/2020/05/05/pee…

Today we honour the thousands of Indigenous children who were sent away to residential schools and the lasting impacts on Indigenous peoples and communities across the country. Find out more: orangeshirtday.org #EveryChildMatters

Thank you to the Organization of Part-time University Students (OPUS) for awarding the CTL with the 2020 OPUS Departmental Appreciation Award. We look forward to attending the virtual awards banquet on October 30.

Happy Halloween from all of us at the CTL! Photo of the gang on their way to the Emerald City from 2011.

The CTL is pleased to announce the winners of the GA/TA Awards: Hio Tong Kuan, Katie Hirsch, and Amy Natyshak. Read more about the award winners: uwindsor.ca/ctl/538/gata-a…

Blackboard Café (uwindsor.ca/bbcafe) provided support in the Blackboard learning management system to its 1,000th guest last week! uwindsor.ca/dailynews/2020…

The Centre for Teaching and Learning wishes you a safe holiday season full of peace, joy, rest and relaxation! View our video card: youtu.be/uZ1iOibyKTY

Hi, I am Morris the Moose, D2L's mascot taking over the CTL Twitter account to familiarize you with the Brightspace LMS. Bookmark uwindsor.ca/brightspace for resources and training links. I will also share a few photos from my campus tour with Winston.

D2L's Brightspace is UWindsor's new learning management system. All courses will be using it in January 2023 for the Winter semester. Bookmark brightspace.uwindsor.ca for this cloud-based platform. Log in using your UWin ID email ([email protected]) & account password.

CTL offers many live Brightspace workshops in December and will continue throughout the new year. Have a look ctl2.uwindsor.ca/workshops/145/

There's even a Brightspace community with Guided Training and a wealth of how-to documents and videos. Have a look community.brightspace.com/s/. You'll need to create a user account to get started.

For instructors wondering, "What's happening to my courses in the old LMS?" I'm happy to report that the courses from the last 2 years are in Brightspace. No starting from scratch. uwindsor.ca/brightspace

"Microsoft Teams will now be used as the virtual classroom and instructors can access it from a link in Brightspace. Here's a guide to teaching with Teams: ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/msteamsforteac… "

If students need support, please send them to uwindsor.ca/brightspace for student FAQs.

While the change to the LMS can be daunting, our friends at CTL created a comparison chart to help navigate the new platform. Have a look - uwindsor.ca/brightspace/si…

Rest assured, your colleagues at CTL will continue to offer drop-ins both in-person at their office or virtually (uwindsor.ca/brightspace/dr…) each Monday to Friday 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.

The CTL team created a curated list of resources and instructions for UWindsor Instructors. Have a look - uwindsor.ca/brightspace/31…

Continue to watch for the CTL newsletter for training and more information about Brightspace.

This has been fun. Please see uwindsor.ca/brightspace for resources and training links. Catch you around campus.

Please join us for the 17th annual Celebration of Teaching Excellence. The event takes place today from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Alumni Auditorium with presentations beginning at 4:30. See you there!