Faculty Orientation – Fall 2019
https://trubox.ca/fac19
To begin: what is something you would like to do with your students that involves learning technology? What support would you need? Let’s discuss!
About the TRU Learning Technology & Innovation team (part of Open Learning, and complements CELT, and TRU IT, et al…):
Moodle
Access: https://moodle.tru.ca
Course shell requests: https://moodle.tru.ca/course/request.php
Help: moodlesupport@tru.ca
Workshops and Drop-Ins (For Moodle or any other learning technology need):
https://trubox.ca/workshops or by appointment. Please buzz us!
Contact:
- Brian Lamb, Director: blamb@tru.ca
- Matthew Stranach, eLearning Coordinator: mstranach@tru.ca
- Brenna Clarke Gray, eLearning Coordinator: bgray@tru.ca
FAQ’s: Moodle course enrollments (student self-enrollment), formats, activity types.
Automatic course shell creation and student enrollment is set to launch next semester.
Videoconferencing: https://bigbluebutton.org/ (via Moodle, Mattermost, stand-alone).
Video platform: Kaltura
Team communication: Mattermost
MediaWiki: https://kumu.tru.ca/
Interactive learning activities: H5P (Moodle or WordPress)

WordPress: blogging, websites, content management and almost any other crazy idea we can come up with…
We’re the birthplace of the SPLOT! (When Alan Levine came to town.)
- http://l21c.trubox.ca/
- https://caissie.trubox.ca/
- https://foodloops.trubox.ca/
- https://geol1011.trubox.ca/
- https://ait.trubox.ca/
- https://thedogfiles.opened.ca/
- https://civilresolution.trubox.ca/
ePortfolios:
- https://hist4250-3.trubox.ca/ – a student’s creative interpretation
- https://hist4250-9.trubox.ca/ – and another’s…
- https://hist4250-4.trubox.ca/ – and another’s…
- etc…
Open Education:
- TRU’s Open Education Working Group – https://oewg.trubox.ca/
- OERu – https://oeru.org/
- Open Textbooks, BCcampus – https://open.bccampus.ca/
- https://pressbooks.tru.ca/ – instance of https://pressbooks.org/
- The mighty OpenETC – https://opened.ca/ and https://apps.opened.ca