As the Winter semester crawls around the corner, Humber’s Panopto Support Team is pleased to announce that Panopto is now fully supported in Blackboard Ultra. We are truly excited at how seamless Panopto works within Ultra.

Here are a few highlights of what to expect:

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• Provisioning is no longer required when using Blackboard Ultra
• We have paired up with Faculty Blackboard Support to optimize Panopto within the Humber Template
• It is now even easier to embed a Panopto quiz within your Ultra course

We've created a wealth of new resources to help faculty make the most out of Panopto within Blackboard Ultra. Discover how to leverage video assignments, Panopto quizzes, and the new funtionalities within the Humber Course Template.

Check out our Using Panopto in Blackboard Ultra master guide for everything you need to know.

Thank you for supporting the Santa911 Cops for Kids and CP24 CHUM Christmas Wish Toy Drive.

On behalf of the Department of Public Safety, we would like to thank the Humber community for generously supporting our annual Santa911 Cops for Kids Toy Drive (#Santa9114Kids) and CP24 CHUM Christmas Wish Toy Drive. Because of your generous support, children from the local area will receive a toy this Christmas morning when they otherwise may not have. An equal amount of toys were delivered to both Toronto Police's 23 Division and CP24 CHUM Christmas Wish. 

Special thanks to Cassandra Dias and Public Safety Coordinators David Yen, Adnan Salam (North) and Keith Pua (Lakeshore) for organizing the drive at each campus. Thanks also to our friends in Campus Services, ITS and Marketing and Communications for their generous support in helping collect heaps of toys to add to the donation bins.

We look forward to doing it all again next year!

The Department of Public Safety wishes everyone a very Happy Holiday Season and all the best for 2022!

Sincerely,

Rob Kilfoyle, CPP
Director, Public Safety and Emergency Management

I'm pleased to share the exciting news that Ranya Khan will transition into the role of the Associate Dean, Teaching Excellence starting on January 4th, 2022. As the AD Teaching Excellence, Ranya will take on a leadership role in helping Humber realize the ambitions of our Strategic and Academic Plans, by centering EDI, IWBKD, UDL, and learner engagement as pivotal areas for the Teaching Excellence team.

Ranya joined the Humber community in 2018. Since then, she has been a key support to many new full-time professors as the Faculty Development advisor in our year-long Teaching Excellence Program. Ranya’s commitment to Humber’s community and values has been clearly evident in her work with the EDI Task Force. As co-lead and co-chair of the Curriculum and Programs’ Working Group, Ranya has engaged with professors (both full-time and contract), program coordinators, and administrators to guide, encourage and support us in re-visioning our curriculum to be more inclusive, encouraging belonging and full participation from all of our learners.

Ranya has held previous teaching and faculty development positions at Sheridan College, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba where she also held an associate director role. These previous experiences, along with her vision and dedication will help Innovative Learning develop clear goals and plans to move forward, and to do so better together.

Ranya holds a BEd from the University of Manitoba, and an MA and a PhD from OISE. She also holds separate certifications for both TESL education and Comparative, International & Development education.  Her skills and commitment as a life-long learner position Ranya ideally to be the new Associate Dean, Teaching Excellence.  

Please join me in congratulating Ranya on this exciting new role.

Dawn Macaulay, PhD
Dean, Innovative Learning

Many faculties and departments are considering instituting hybrid working arrangements for their teams. For many, this may be their first time working in a hybrid working arrangement. A hybrid working arrangement means that on any given day, team members may be working on campus, remotely, and on different work schedules. 

To assist managers and employees contemplating the possibility of hybrid working arrangements, a series of short Hybrid Work Training Videos has been developed to begin your planning process. Each video is 3-12 minutes in length and is intended to provide key information to consider related to each topic. All videos in the series are now available and can be accessed on the Hybrid Work Training Video Series website. 

The series contains eight (8) short videos, as follows: 

• Video 1: An Introduction to Hybrid Working Arrangements (7 minutes) 
• Video 2: Deciding who works in a Hybrid Working Arrangement (12 minutes) 
• Video 3: What a Hybrid Working Arrangement looks like (7 minutes) 
• Video 4: Considerations for any changes to the physical workspace supporting Hybrid Working Arrangements (5 minutes) 
• Video 5: Technology needs to support Hybrid Working Arrangements (10 minutes) 
• Video 6: Supporting team effectiveness in Hybrid Working Arrangements (3 minutes) 
• Video 7: Effective Communications when establishing Hybrid Working Arrangements (4 minutes) 
• Video 8: Applying Change Management principles in Hybrid Working Arrangements (7 minutes) 

In addition to the video series, detailed training sessions have also been developed to support employees and managers in the transition to hybrid working arrangements. Training topics include Humber’s Remote Working Policy and hybrid working, managing and contributing in a hybrid working arrangement, ensuring well-being while working in a hybrid working arrangement, workplace safety, and technology needs for hybrid working. For further details on this training, please watch the Communiqué for upcoming announcements. 

If you have any questions about the video series, please contact oe@humber.ca.