Effective Assessment Series: From Criteria to Rubrics
The "Effective Assessment Series: From Criteria to Rubrics" is a two-part professional development workshop for all staff involved in student learning. This series focuses on the essential components of criterion-referenced assessment (CRA) and rubric design to enhance student learning and success. Participants will gain valuable insights into establishing clear expectations and structured teaching methods.
Discover Lucid on Canvas – An Alternative to Miro!
Miro has long been a favourite among faculty and teaching staff for enhancing student engagement, creativity, and group projects. Now, we are excited to introduce the Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite as an excellent alternative to Miro. Fully integrated into Canvas, Lucid offers free access to all HKUST instructors and students.
Revolutionize Reading Assignments with Interactive Document!
The Interactive Document tool (by FeedbackFruits) is designed to make reading assignments more engaging and interactive, enhancing students’ comprehension and critical thinking skills like never before. Here is why you will love the tool:
Canvas Online Courses
Enhancing student learning with an intuitive Learning Management System
Did you know that HKUST uses Canvas as our Learning Management System? If you want to become a Canvas pro before you start teaching here, we have got you covered!
We offer a series of four online self-paced courses to equip you with all the skills and knowledge you need to master Canvas and enhance your students' learning experience.
Mentimeter Workshop | SPRING 2025
Engaging your audience in your presentation
Mentimeter lets you create presentations with live polls, word clouds, scales, rankings, quizzes and more to keep your students engaged and excited throughout your teaching.
Recording Video Lectures with PowerPoint Workshop | SPRING 2025
Turning your slideshows into educational videos
Your students are digital whizzes! They can learn almost anything from solving math problems to fixing machines just by watching videos. That's why we are bringing you a pre-recorded video workshop where you can learn to create educational videos using the familiar tool – MS PowerPoint.
If you are new to video production, no worries! MS PowerPoint makes it easy-peasy!
Group Member Evaluation Workshop | SPRING 2025
Introducing Group Member Evaluation –
A new tool to enhance peer feedback for student group work (replacing iPeer by Summer 2025)
Join us for a workshop that will revolutionize peer feedback and evaluation for student group work. Say goodbye to iPeer and welcome the powerful new tool, Group Member Evaluation (GME) by FeedbackFruits.
Zoom Workshop Series | SPRING 2025
Transitioning your in-person lectures to online lessons with interactive experiences
Are you ready to take your teaching skills to the next level? Our Zoom Workshop Series is here to help you transition from in-person lectures to online lessons with interactive experiences! And let's be honest, knowing the use of Zoom is pretty much a must these days. So, come join us for these four workshops and learn how to deliver engaging online lessons with ease!
New Faculty Orientation: Teaching and Learning at HKUST | SPRING 2025
The New Faculty Orientation (NFO) is an essential program designed to introduce new faculty and teaching staff to the teaching and learning environment at HKUST. This comprehensive program includes 3 compulsory sessions and 4 optional deep-dive sessions, covering the undergraduate curriculum, our student demographics, teaching insights from award-winning professors, and essential eLearning platforms at HKUST.
Video Management and In-video Activities Workshop | SPRING 2025
Creating an interactive video-based learning environment
We are excited to share that our home-grown Video Management System (VMS) and In-video Activities (IVA) have been helping instructors create truly interactive video-based learning environments. These tools are designed to enhance the video learning experience and provide video analytics to track student progress and engagement.