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Want to hear the latest news from the LT Hub? The posts below share high-level updates on learning technology that impact UBC broadly.

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Mar 21, 2025 at 11:00 am

Call for summer learning analytics project proposals open now through April 14, 2025

Effective today, the LT Hub is launching a new Learning Analytics Faculty Partnership Program that invites you to request dedicated hours with the LT Hub’s Learning Analytics team to support pedagogical inquiry. Proposals are selected for partnership three times a year, and the current call for summer proposals is open now through April 14, 2025.

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Mar 10, 2025 at 12:15 pm

Central support for MyLA and OnTask ending in April 2025

The LT Hub’s support for the learning analytics tools My Learning Analytics (MyLA) and OnTask will end on Monday, April 7, 2025. After this date, MyLA and OnTask will no longer be available to use in Canvas.

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Jan 28, 2025 at 3:15 pm

New interim process in place for how publisher content and tools are included in Canvas

We previously shared the need to change how publisher content and tools are included in Canvas at UBC, and those changes are now underway.

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Posted in Canvas News


Jan 17, 2025 at 2:00 pm

New AI-driven tool for improving student writing available to pilot in 2024/25 W2

We are seeking participants to pilot Studiosity, a study tool that students can use to improve their writing with the help of AI.

The pilot will run in the 2024/25 W2 term, beginning roughly the end of January and concluding at the end of May 2025. During the pilot period, you can request Studiosity student accounts for yourself or for TAs and students in your courses.

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Posted in Other Tool News


Dec 18, 2024 at 11:05 am

Kaltura to be upgraded and unavailable overnight December 21-22, 2024

UBC’s main media platform Kaltura will be upgraded between Saturday, December 21 and Sunday, December 22, 2024. From 10:00 p.m. Saturday to 8:00 a.m. Sunday PST, Kaltura media will largely be inaccessible for viewing or updating, whether you try to access it in Canvas, through the UBC Teaching and Learning Media Portal, or with an embed on another website.

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Posted in Canvas News, Kaltura News