LFS Today Sept 28, 2021
By imelda cheung on September 28, 2021
Tech Tip Tuesday
Using Rubrics on Canvas
A rubric is scoring guide used to evaluate the quality of responses from your students. Rubrics can be analytic (criteria or traits to be evaluated with levels of performance on each criteria) or holistic (integrates all aspects of the work into a single overall rating). Canvas supports rubrics on assignment questions and can help your grading be more efficient, consistent and transparent for your students.
To incorporate Rubrics on Canvas, click on the “+ Rubric” button on your assignment. Create the criteria and the ratings, and assign the points according to your grading scheme. Once created, you can also apply pre-existing rubrics to other assignments.
Link to Documentation: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-add-a-rubric-to-an-assignment/ta-p/1058
Lunch & Learn Resources: https://lc.landfood.ubc.ca/lunch-learn-series-canvas-rubrics-with-gabriel-smith/
For more information, contact the LFS Learning Centre at it@landfood.ubc.ca
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Call for Proposals for Teaching Related Funding
Small Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) Innovation projects
Small TLEF Innovation projects support grassroots experimentation with pedagogical approaches to enhance learning. Faculty, staff and students can apply for grants up to $50,000. The LFS internal deadline is on November 4, 2021. Find out more here. https://tlef.ubc.ca/announcements/2022-small-TLEF-innovation.
Open Educational Resources (OER) Fund
The OER Fund supports affordable and inclusive access to learning materials through the adoption and integration of open educational resources:
- OER Rapid Innovation Grants up to $2,000; applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
- OER Implementation Grants up to $25,000 to incorporate OERs as required materials into UBC Vancouver credit courses. The LFS internal deadline is on November 4, 2021.
For more information, visit: https://oerfund.open.ubc.ca.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Two types of SoTL funding are available to faculty members:
Students as Partners
Students as Partners is a new fund that offers grants up to $7,100 per funded project to encourage faculty and students to work in partnership to redesign an undergraduate course. In total, up to 40 projects will be funded over the next two years. Planning documents will be available October 25, 2021, with applications due February 1, 2022. Find out more at: https://sap.ubc.ca.
Consultation from the Learning Centre and Judy Chan is available. Find out more about funding and awards here: https://lc.landfood.ubc.ca/funding-and-awards/
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British Columbia Food Technologists (BCFT) Association Annual General Meeting 2021-2022
The BCFT Online AGM Meeting is a great networking opportunity. This free event is happening this evening at 6:30 pm. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2021-bcft-annual-general-meeting-agm-2021-2022-tickets-167002016527
UBC Food Science students are members of the BCFT and the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technologists (CIFST) Association, as UBC Food Science and Master of Food Science (MFS) program pays their membership dues. If you have not yet renewed your membership for the new academic year (i.e. if you have not registered afresh after 1st September 2021), please use this link to allow us to pass your information to CIFST for membership activation – – https://tinyurl.com/lfs-cifst-2021
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Abstract Submission for the Food Structure, Digestion and Health Conference
The Food Structure, Digestion and Health (FSDH) Conference is pleased to invite authors to submit abstracts for this year’s international virtual conference on 16-19 November.
The FSDH Scientific Committee will accept abstracts for oral and poster presentations related to the following categories:
- Food Structure Design, Processing and Digestion
- Food, Microbiome and Health
- Pathways of Innovations in Food
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Please refer to the FSDH 2021 Webpage for submission of abstracts
Submit your abstract by no later than 11PM AEST, Friday, 8 October
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Book Discussion: Indian Horse – Today
We invite you to a group discussion to talk about the book Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese. Indian Horse is a beautiful, accessible, and sad but hopeful novel about the impacts of residential schools. This event is open to all UBC STEM faculty, staff, students, and post-docs who are interested in deepening their understanding about residential schools and are considering initiating actions within their departments/units. You can access the e-book from the UBC Library or purchase a copy at Massy Books or another local bookstore.
Date: September 28, 3:00pm–4:30pm
Facilitators: Ashley Welsh and Maï Yasué
Please register here. https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5AscOCgrDIrGtcc91byGfTZDJUE9KNuXn8F
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PICS Theme Partnership Program
A call is now open for proposals under the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) Theme Partnership Program, which supports complex, and critically important, climate mitigation and adaptation research projects, funded up to $1 million. This flagship program currently supports three $1M projects that are investigating wildfire and carbon (storage), coastal adaptation to sea level rise and flooding, and negative emissions technology.
The deadline to submit a LOI is November 15, 2021. Notification of LOI adjudication decisions is anticipated by mid-December 2021. Invited full proposals are due before March 15, 2022.
Find out more by reading our 2021 Competition Guide for Applicants.
Enquiries can also be made by emailing picstheme@uvic.ca.
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BC Conservation & Biodiversity Awards
The awards are given annually for the most impactful initiatives brought forward by BC-based non-profit organizations, individuals or groups of individuals, for specific work contributing to the improvement of the natural environment of BC and the preservation of its wilderness and biodiversity.
Award applications are accepted throughout the calendar year to December 31, with the annual award winners then chosen by the Selection Committee and announced on March 1st of the following year.
Awards are valued from $10,000-$50,000. All funds must be deployed by the end of the year following the year of the award.
To learn more, visit https://bccbawards.ca/.
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