New Faculty Orientation: Teaching and Learning at HKUST | FALL 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 required sessions and 4 optional sessions, covering the undergraduate curriculum, our student demographics, teaching insights from award-winning professors, and essential eLearning platforms at HKUST.
Mixed Mode Teaching | Online Course
With Mixed Mode teaching, you have the flexibility to interact with your students both in-person and online. You can even invite guest speakers from overseas to bring diversity and enhance your teaching experience. This approach ensures that everyone stays connected and engaged, regardless of their physical location.
Blended Learning | Online Course
Technology has changed the way we live, especially during the pandemic, where we have adopted flexible online teaching methods such as online lectures and assessments. But how can we make the most of these methods? How can we combine them with in-person teaching to maximize their benefits and improve students’ learning outcomes?
Canvas Series | 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.
Enhance Your Teaching: Enroll in Our New Assessment Design Course!
As we approach the start of a new semester, it is a great time to reflect on our assessment methods and how they can better support our students’ learning. We are excited to invite you to enroll in our new online course ASD-003 Strategies for Effective Assessment Design. This course is designed to provide you with the strategies necessary to create impactful assessments that enhance your teaching practice.
Recording Video Lectures with PowerPoint Workshop | FALL 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!
Canvas Updates for Fall 2025
Hope you're having a fantastic summer! We're excited to share some fresh updates and new features coming to Canvas for Fall 2025 that will make your teaching experience smoother and more engaging.
Here's what's new:
⚙️ Updates to Default Course Settings:
Zoom Workshop Series | FALL 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!
Discover Lucid on Canvas – An Alternative to Miro! | FALL 2025
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.
Mentimeter Workshop | FALL 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.