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    • October 26, 2026 - Understanding Students’ Help-Seeking AI Experiences through Canvas Interactions
    • October 22, 2026 - New BC time zone: impact on Canvas and Canvas Catalog
    • Current page: October 1, 2026 - ORCA Learning Designer
    • September 16, 2026 - Building a better events experience: How CTLT and LTIC reimagined event registration at UBC
    • August 31, 2026 - Students: Beginning-of-Term Canvas Course Access (2026W1; September 2026)
    • June 30, 2026 - Introducing the new Accessibility Checker within Canvas
    • May 26, 2026 - Threadz and Student Timezones suspended in May 2026
    • May 26, 2026 - Migrating from ePortfolio to the new Canvas Portfolio Feature
    • May 23, 2026 - This is not Utopia: Surviving an Outage
    • May 6, 2026 - Panel | Making the tech happen for AI in Teaching
    • April 1, 2026 - Announcing AI Tools and Services for Academic Innovation
    • March 16, 2026 - UBC Exam Card Scanner: Digitally check-in students during exams
    • January 23, 2026 - LT Considerations
    • January 20, 2026 - Enabling a new Differentiation Tags feature within Canvas
    • January 20, 2026 - Generative AI Studio Deep Dives
    • January 16, 2026 - “Manuel Dias discusses some ethical considerations about AI use” (from “LT Incubator Project – CREATE: Generating Interactive Learning”)
    • January 16, 2026 - “Haocheng discusses the technical hurdles in making CREATE” (from “LT Incubator Project – CREATE: Generating Interactive Learning”)
    • January 16, 2026 - “An interview with Dr. Roger Beckie” (from “LT Incubator Project – CREATE: Generating Interactive Learning”)
    • January 14, 2026 - Listen to LTIC’s Academic Director, Dr. Elisa Baniassad, talk about courage on the “EduTrends” podcast
    • January 14, 2026 - “Haocheng describes his summer activities” (from “LT Incubator Project – CREATE: Generating Interactive Learning”)
    • January 14, 2026 - “Dr. Fussner-Dupas’ thoughts on BiocBot” (from “LT Incubator Project – BiocBot: a GenAI Study-Buddy Tool”)
    • January 14, 2026 - UBC CMS and UBC Blogs Updated
    • January 13, 2026 - Kaltura LTI Integration Upgrade for Canvas
    • December 18, 2025 - Student Learning and the Use of Lecture Recordings
    • December 17, 2025 - Learning Analytics Faculty Partnership Program (LAFPP) 2026
    • December 17, 2025 - CREATE: Generating Interactive Learning
    • December 15, 2025 - Students: Beginning-of-Term Canvas Course Access (2025W2; January 2026)
    • December 8, 2025 - December 8, 2025 – The 2025 CTLT Winter Institute (“Surviving to Sustaining: Learning Together with Trust, Compassion, and Courage”) begins
    • December 8, 2025 - December 2025 – Two new staff positions open at LTIC
    • December 3, 2025 - Kaltura LTI integration upgrade for Canvas Catalog
    • November 14, 2025 - Learning Technology: Tell us how you really feel! 
    • November 14, 2025 - Whimsy in a world of learning technology
    • October 6, 2025 - BiocBot: a GenAI Study-Buddy Tool
    • August 28, 2025 - LTIC and the Vision of Utopian Learning Tech
    • August 25, 2025 - Recent Zoom upgrade may require re-adding Zoom links to Canvas courses
    • August 20, 2025 - Studiosity 2024/25 W2 pilot concluded
    • August 7, 2025 - Enabling applications of AI
    • July 5, 2025 - Announcing the Launch of the Learning Technology Innovation Centre
    • June 23, 2025 - AI and Sustainability: Our Responsibility
    • June 22, 2025 - GenAI Implementation for Canadian Higher Education
    • June 21, 2025 - The Vision for the Learning Technology Innovation Centre
    • April 7, 2025 - Central support for Mattermost ending in May 2025
    • March 21, 2025 - Call for summer learning analytics project proposals open now through April 14, 2025
    • March 10, 2025 - Central support for MyLA and OnTask ending in April 2025
    • January 28, 2025 - New interim process in place for how publisher content and tools are included in Canvas
    • January 17, 2025 - New AI-driven tool for improving student writing available to pilot in 2024/25 W2
    • December 18, 2024 - Kaltura to be upgraded and unavailable overnight December 21-22, 2024
    • October 31, 2024 - Changes coming in W2 to how publisher content and tools are included in Canvas
    • October 28, 2024 - New process launched for requesting learning technology at UBC
    • September 3, 2024 - What to know about working with GenAI at UBC in September 2024
    • March 28, 2024 - Zoom video retention policy postponed and recordings to be stored in Kaltura
    • March 20, 2024 - Turnitin can be used in coordination with Canvas starting April 16
    • January 19, 2024 - Guidance for accommodating temporary or unexpected remote instruction
    • December 14, 2023 - Annotation tool to receive support for use outside of Canvas
    • November 20, 2023 - Pause on central support for Ally starting in 2024
    • November 14, 2023 - Zoom chats to be removed after 90 days starting March 31, 2024
    • October 18, 2023 - Zoom and Microsoft Teams video retention policy going into effect soon
    • August 28, 2023 - Winter 2023 Update: UBC affirms decision to not enable Turnitin’s AI-detection feature
    • July 20, 2023 - New support is available for developing learning technologies at UBC
    • June 21, 2023 - Central support for Crowdmark ending in April 2024
    • May 12, 2023 - Migration of videos to the Kaltura cloud is complete
    • April 21, 2023 - Improvement to how iClicker Cloud works with Canvas coming for July 2023
    • April 4, 2023 - UBC not enabling Turnitin’s AI-detection feature
    • April 3, 2023 - Migration of videos to the Kaltura cloud is underway
    • March 3, 2023 - Changes coming to Kaltura starting on April 1, 2023
    • October 28, 2022 - Zoom and Microsoft Teams video retention policy announced
    • October 13, 2022 - Support changes coming for edX Edge in 2023
    • July 4, 2022 - Potential change to your name in Canvas and other services coming July 27
    • May 17, 2022 - New UBC-developed resource: Intro to online teaching
    • November 19, 2021 - Funding changes for Crowdmark, Gradescope in 2022
    • October 15, 2021 - UBC renews plagiarism-prevention tool Turnitin
    • August 16, 2021 - Changes to iClicker—end of UBC support for Classic and student remotes
    • June 24, 2021 - Collaborate Ultra access turned off June 30
    • April 13, 2021 - Recommendation against using Zoom with LockDown Browser for invigilation
    • March 31, 2021 - Microsoft Teams personal chats removed after 90 days
    • March 18, 2021 - UBC Senate motions on use of remote proctoring software
    • March 12, 2021 - Zoom add-on supports 300+ participants
    • February 3, 2021 - Saying ‘goodbye’ to Collaborate Ultra
    • December 23, 2020 - New Rich Content Editor in Canvas
    • November 18, 2020 - New Quizzes in Canvas now fixed
    • October 30, 2020 - Chat filter bug in Collaborate Ultra
    • September 11, 2020 - New service to help students in China connect to courses
    • September 2, 2020 - iClicker Cloud ready for polling in UBC courses
    • August 23, 2020 - Zoom cloud recording and Canvas integration available
    • August 17, 2020 - Microsoft Teams and OneDrive now live
    • August 17, 2020 - Microsoft Teams and OneDrive now live
    • December 2, 2019 - With access to five years of course data, students create new apps at the Learning Analytics Hackathon
    • November 7, 2019 - Join us for an Introduction to Learning Analytics on December 3
    • October 16, 2019 - Workshop – November 7: Introduction to the Canvas API for Instructors
    • September 18, 2019 - October 16 Workshop: Using OnTask to Provide Personalized Feedback
    • June 25, 2019 - Timothy McKay on Putting Data to Work at the University of Michigan – Video
    • June 20, 2019 - OnTask: A Case Study
    • April 3, 2019 - Learning Analytics + Canvas API Hackathon – Video
    • March 28, 2019 - June 2019: Learning Analytics Summer Institute Comes to UBC
    • November 3, 2018 - Apps for students, by students, at the Canvas API Hackathon
  3. Current page: ORCA Learning Designer

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Posts

  • October 26, 2026 - "Understanding Students’ Help-Seeking AI Experiences through Canvas Interactions"
  • October 22, 2026 - "New BC time zone: impact on Canvas and Canvas Catalog"
  • Current page: October 1, 2026 - "ORCA Learning Designer"
  • September 16, 2026 - "Building a better events experience: How CTLT and LTIC reimagined event registration at UBC"
  • August 31, 2026 - "Students: Beginning-of-Term Canvas Course Access (2026W1; September 2026)"
  • June 30, 2026 - "Introducing the new Accessibility Checker within Canvas"
  • May 26, 2026 - "Threadz and Student Timezones suspended in May 2026"
  • May 26, 2026 - "Migrating from ePortfolio to the new Canvas Portfolio Feature"
  • May 23, 2026 - "This is not Utopia: Surviving an Outage"
  • May 6, 2026 - "Panel | Making the tech happen for AI in Teaching"
  • April 1, 2026 - "Announcing AI Tools and Services for Academic Innovation"
  • March 16, 2026 - "UBC Exam Card Scanner: Digitally check-in students during exams"
  • January 23, 2026 - "LT Considerations"
  • January 20, 2026 - "Enabling a new Differentiation Tags feature within Canvas"
  • January 20, 2026 - "Generative AI Studio Deep Dives"
  • January 16, 2026 - "“Manuel Dias discusses some ethical considerations about AI use” (from “LT Incubator Project – CREATE: Generating Interactive Learning”)"
  • January 16, 2026 - "“Haocheng discusses the technical hurdles in making CREATE” (from “LT Incubator Project – CREATE: Generating Interactive Learning”)"
  • January 16, 2026 - "“An interview with Dr. Roger Beckie” (from “LT Incubator Project – CREATE: Generating Interactive Learning”)"
  • January 14, 2026 - "Listen to LTIC’s Academic Director, Dr. Elisa Baniassad, talk about courage on the “EduTrends” podcast"
  • January 14, 2026 - "“Haocheng describes his summer activities” (from “LT Incubator Project – CREATE: Generating Interactive Learning”)"
  • January 14, 2026 - "“Dr. Fussner-Dupas’ thoughts on BiocBot” (from “LT Incubator Project – BiocBot: a GenAI Study-Buddy Tool”)"
  • January 14, 2026 - "UBC CMS and UBC Blogs Updated"
  • January 13, 2026 - "Kaltura LTI Integration Upgrade for Canvas"
  • December 18, 2025 - "Student Learning and the Use of Lecture Recordings"
  • December 17, 2025 - "Learning Analytics Faculty Partnership Program (LAFPP) 2026"
  • December 17, 2025 - "CREATE: Generating Interactive Learning"
  • December 15, 2025 - "Students: Beginning-of-Term Canvas Course Access (2025W2; January 2026)"
  • December 8, 2025 - "December 8, 2025 – The 2025 CTLT Winter Institute (“Surviving to Sustaining: Learning Together with Trust, Compassion, and Courage”) begins"
  • December 8, 2025 - "December 2025 – Two new staff positions open at LTIC"
  • December 3, 2025 - "Kaltura LTI integration upgrade for Canvas Catalog"
  • November 14, 2025 - "Learning Technology: Tell us how you really feel! "
  • November 14, 2025 - "Whimsy in a world of learning technology"
  • October 6, 2025 - "BiocBot: a GenAI Study-Buddy Tool"
  • August 28, 2025 - "LTIC and the Vision of Utopian Learning Tech"
  • August 25, 2025 - "Recent Zoom upgrade may require re-adding Zoom links to Canvas courses"
  • August 20, 2025 - "Studiosity 2024/25 W2 pilot concluded"
  • August 7, 2025 - "Enabling applications of AI"
  • July 5, 2025 - "Announcing the Launch of the Learning Technology Innovation Centre"
  • June 23, 2025 - "AI and Sustainability: Our Responsibility"
  • June 22, 2025 - "GenAI Implementation for Canadian Higher Education"
  • June 21, 2025 - "The Vision for the Learning Technology Innovation Centre"
  • April 7, 2025 - "Central support for Mattermost ending in May 2025"
  • March 21, 2025 - "Call for summer learning analytics project proposals open now through April 14, 2025"
  • March 10, 2025 - "Central support for MyLA and OnTask ending in April 2025"
  • January 28, 2025 - "New interim process in place for how publisher content and tools are included in Canvas"
  • January 17, 2025 - "New AI-driven tool for improving student writing available to pilot in 2024/25 W2"
  • December 18, 2024 - "Kaltura to be upgraded and unavailable overnight December 21-22, 2024"
  • October 31, 2024 - "Changes coming in W2 to how publisher content and tools are included in Canvas"
  • October 28, 2024 - "New process launched for requesting learning technology at UBC"
  • September 3, 2024 - "What to know about working with GenAI at UBC in September 2024"
  • March 28, 2024 - "Zoom video retention policy postponed and recordings to be stored in Kaltura"
  • March 20, 2024 - "Turnitin can be used in coordination with Canvas starting April 16"
  • January 19, 2024 - "Guidance for accommodating temporary or unexpected remote instruction"
  • December 14, 2023 - "Annotation tool to receive support for use outside of Canvas"
  • November 20, 2023 - "Pause on central support for Ally starting in 2024"
  • November 14, 2023 - "Zoom chats to be removed after 90 days starting March 31, 2024"
  • October 18, 2023 - "Zoom and Microsoft Teams video retention policy going into effect soon"
  • August 28, 2023 - "Winter 2023 Update: UBC affirms decision to not enable Turnitin’s AI-detection feature"
  • July 20, 2023 - "New support is available for developing learning technologies at UBC"
  • June 21, 2023 - "Central support for Crowdmark ending in April 2024"
  • May 12, 2023 - "Migration of videos to the Kaltura cloud is complete"
  • April 21, 2023 - "Improvement to how iClicker Cloud works with Canvas coming for July 2023"
  • April 4, 2023 - "UBC not enabling Turnitin’s AI-detection feature"
  • April 3, 2023 - "Migration of videos to the Kaltura cloud is underway"
  • March 3, 2023 - "Changes coming to Kaltura starting on April 1, 2023"
  • October 28, 2022 - "Zoom and Microsoft Teams video retention policy announced"
  • October 13, 2022 - "Support changes coming for edX Edge in 2023"
  • July 4, 2022 - "Potential change to your name in Canvas and other services coming July 27"
  • May 17, 2022 - "New UBC-developed resource: Intro to online teaching"
  • November 19, 2021 - "Funding changes for Crowdmark, Gradescope in 2022"
  • October 15, 2021 - "UBC renews plagiarism-prevention tool Turnitin"
  • August 16, 2021 - "Changes to iClicker—end of UBC support for Classic and student remotes"
  • June 24, 2021 - "Collaborate Ultra access turned off June 30"
  • April 13, 2021 - "Recommendation against using Zoom with LockDown Browser for invigilation"
  • March 31, 2021 - "Microsoft Teams personal chats removed after 90 days"
  • March 18, 2021 - "UBC Senate motions on use of remote proctoring software"
  • March 12, 2021 - "Zoom add-on supports 300+ participants"
  • February 3, 2021 - "Saying ‘goodbye’ to Collaborate Ultra"
  • December 23, 2020 - "New Rich Content Editor in Canvas"
  • November 18, 2020 - "New Quizzes in Canvas now fixed"
  • October 30, 2020 - "Chat filter bug in Collaborate Ultra"
  • September 11, 2020 - "New service to help students in China connect to courses"
  • September 2, 2020 - "iClicker Cloud ready for polling in UBC courses"
  • August 23, 2020 - "Zoom cloud recording and Canvas integration available"
  • August 17, 2020 - "Microsoft Teams and OneDrive now live"
  • August 17, 2020 - "Microsoft Teams and OneDrive now live"
  • December 2, 2019 - "With access to five years of course data, students create new apps at the Learning Analytics Hackathon"
  • November 7, 2019 - "Join us for an Introduction to Learning Analytics on December 3"
  • October 16, 2019 - "Workshop – November 7: Introduction to the Canvas API for Instructors"
  • September 18, 2019 - "October 16 Workshop: Using OnTask to Provide Personalized Feedback"
  • June 25, 2019 - "Timothy McKay on Putting Data to Work at the University of Michigan – Video"
  • June 20, 2019 - "OnTask: A Case Study"
  • April 3, 2019 - "Learning Analytics + Canvas API Hackathon – Video"
  • March 28, 2019 - "June 2019: Learning Analytics Summer Institute Comes to UBC"
  • November 3, 2018 - "Apps for students, by students, at the Canvas API Hackathon"

ORCA Learning Designer

ORCA Learning Designer

The ORCA (Open Resource Centre for Assessment) Learning Designer (LD) is a position that has been a long time coming and will allow us to take ORCA to the next level. The primary goal of the ORCA LD role is to partner with faculty members and unlock the potential of ORCA as a driver of pedagogical innovation in assessments.

The ideal ORCA LD candidate would have expertise and experience with standard learning designer responsibilities, be very comfortable with technology, and have a experience with scripting and programming to help faculty members build and maintain exam banks on multiple platforms.

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About the position

Title: ORCA Learning Designer
Range: $7,727.33 – $11,112.00 CAD Monthly
Duration: 3-year contract
Type: Full-Time

The Learning Technology Innovation Centre (LTIC) is located on the ancestral and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ – speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. These lands have long been a place of learning for Musqueam, with cultural and traditional knowledge passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.

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