Month: March 2022

Better Together – Partners in Learning

In Spring 2021, the Facilitating Faculty Online (FFO) working group organized a College-wide event made possible by efforts from instructors in each Faculty, Student Affairs & Services, Accessibility Services, the Library, the Learning Centre, Indigenous Student Services, The Training Group, ATS, and the Learning Designers, and support from many other areas in the College.

Here is a list of the sessions


Monday, May 2


Tuesday, May 3

  • 1:30-3:15 pm: Tumbled Smooth by the Rapids: Rediscovering & Reconnecting in the Wake of Turbulence – Ross Laird https://www.rosslaird.com/ @ S1812/1814 or livestreaming REGISTER here
  • 3:30-4:30 pm: Gratitude as a practice to manage uncertainty and foster wellbeing – Dylan LeRoy @ S1812/1814 or livestreaming REGISTER here


Wednesday, May 4

  • 9:00am-12:00 pm: Bandwidth Tax of Uncertainty: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Capacity Post-COVID and Beyond – Cia Verschelden https://bandwidthrecovery.org/ @ S1812/1814 or livestreaming REGISTER here
  • 1:00-2:00 pm: Douglas College Climate Action Panel – SMT, S&T, Facilities, and Student panelists @ s1812/1814 or livestreaming REGISTER here
  • 2:30-4:00 pm: Teaching with Technology Café – World cafe style event with Faculty, Library, and CEIT presenters @ NW Cafeteria REGISTER here
  • 4:00-6:00 pm: Wine and Cheese Reception @ NW Library REGISTER here


Thursday, May 5

  • 9:00-9:45 am: First Steps with a COIL Project: Considerations and Preparation – Janice Sestan @ COQ C1008 REGISTER here
  • 10:00-10:45 am: PechaKucha Morning – Jill Fellows, Lawrence Becker, and Sandra Polushin/Justine Charrier present their topics in PechaKucha style @ COQ C1009 REGISTER here
  • 11:00-11:45 am: Panel: Student Research in Health Sciences with panelists: Mike Miller, Patricia Visosky, Ivanna Smetanska, and Tracey McVey @ COQ C1008 REGISTER here
  • 12:30-2:00 pm: Frameworks for Going Open: Human-Centred Futures for Higher Education – Robin DeRosa and Rajiv Jhangini – https://robinderosa.net/about/ https://thatpsychprof.com/ on Zoom (online) REGISTER here
  • 2:00-3:00 pm: Concurrent sessions – via Zoom (online)
    1. We Know What You’ve Done There: Writing Tutors respond to instructors’ assignment guidelines – Holly Salmon & Peer Tutors REGISTER here
    2. Student Voices on Online Learning – Sandra Polushin & Students REGISTER here
  • 3:30-4:30 pm: Lessons Learned and Paths Forward – Senior Management Panel – @ COQ Boardroom and via Zoom (online) REGISTER here

Friday, May 6

Plus…..refreshments, book draws, Better Together radio programs, and more!

Full information including speaker bios, updates, and locations can be found on DC Connect via this link:
https://collegedouglas.sharepoint.com/sites/dcconnect/department_faculties/academicsupport/ats/Pages/Better-Together-Partners-in-Learning.aspx

This College-wide event is being made possible by efforts from instructors in each faculty, Student Affairs & Services, Accessibility Services, the Library, the Learning Centre, Indigenous Student Services, The Training Group, ATS, and the Learning Designers, and support from many other areas in the College. We recognize and appreciate the following groups/people for their funding and support of the Better Together conference:

  • College-wide Faculty Development Fund
  • Student Affairs & Services
  • Learning Resources’ Professional Development Fund
  • Vice President, Academic & Provost
  • Foundation and Alumni Relations
  • Human Resources


Fixing a problem with YouTube videos in PowerPoint slides

Uh oh. Why is the YouTube link not working? (See below)

If you ever use YouTube videos in your PowerPoint slides, you may have run across the screen above recently. It is a documented problem with the desktop version of PowerPoint (i.e. PowerPoint installed on your computer) and YouTube links. If you use try to click on a link in your slides while in the desktop version of PowerPoint, the link takes you the screen pictured above.

There are two main ways to solve this. Both are pretty easy to do, but one has a distinct advantage over the other. Watch the video below to learn more (bonus: learn how I have students do their presentations in my classes when they have PowerPoint slides).

I should also thank Michelle Henderson for alerting me to this issue and one of the fixes for this problem.