Join Us for Month of Microlearning this February
This February, Interactive eLearning is offering several microlearning sessions and workshops focusing on new ideas, tools and strategies as you enter 2026. We are clearly at an inflection point in educational technology, and these sessions are designed to help faculty adapt to and thrive in a rapidly changing digital environment for us and our students.
Accessibility Information
This event will be held online, via Teams. Automated captions are available. The event will be recorded and made available for up to 90 days afterwards for those who sign up (so even if you can’t make it live, still sign up!). If you need additional accommodations, please contact hraccommodations@bellevuecollege.edu at least five business days before the event.
Session Schedule
Week 1
February 5 | Thursday, 11 – 11:30 AM
Canvas Outcomes for Aligned Assessment
Presenter: Jackie Hubbard
This hands-on session will guide you through building an outcome tree structure from scratch, importing outcomes efficiently into your courses, and integrating them seamlessly with rubrics, assignments, and New Quizzes. Whether you’re new to outcomes or looking to refine your workflow, you’ll leave with practical strategies to align your assessments, track student mastery, and make data-driven decisions about learning.
Week 2
February 10 | Tuesday, 1 – 1:30 PM
Robust (Enhanced) Rubrics
Presenter: Raji Sundar
Do you want a more robust rubric that is efficient, consistent, and student–friendly? Join this session to learn how you can use Enhanced Rubrics in Canvas to seamlessly build and manage your rubrics. Explore the drag and drop, draft mode and export/import features for a flexible and modern rubric building experience. The new Rubric’s dashboard has an intuitive interface that makes it easy to search, sort, copy, archive and track usage. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn about Enhanced Rubrics in Canvas which goes into production this July. Register now!
February 13 | Friday, 1 – 2 PM (two-part session)
Perusall: Changing How I Teach and How Students Learn
Presenter: Betsy Zahrt Gieb
Panelists: Cole Whitaker, Laura Nudelman, Deepti Karkhanis
In this panel session, you’ll hear from Bellevue College instructors who are using Perusall, a social annotation tool, to create more engagement with course materials. Panelists will reflect on what has worked well, how it has impacted their teaching practices, and demonstrate Perusall’s integration in Canvas.
Week 3
February 17 | 2 – 2:30 PM
AI Summaries: Providing Students With Dynamic Whole-Class Feedback on Discussions and Assignments
Presenter: George Rowe
In this session, you’ll witness the power of AI to provide whole-class feedback on assignments and discussions. We will explore strategies for using chatbots (ChatGPT, Claude.ai, Copilot) and the new IgniteAI Summaries for Discussions tool in Canvas. Using these tools, you can summarize and collate student responses into cohesive texts that can be reshared with students or reincorporated into new assignments. These tools can also help you highlight key concepts and strengths as well as provide corrections and more complete answer models.
February 20 | 12:30 – 1 PM
Hidden Gems in Canvas: Tips That Save Time
Presenter: Morgan Olson
This 30-minute session highlights hidden and often-forgotten Canvas features that can dramatically improve instructor efficiency and course management. Participants will explore practical tips and shortcuts, such as quickly editing assignment dates, duplicating content, customizing grade views, and managing modules more effectively. This will help to reduce clicks, save time, and improve the student experience. Perfect for instructors who know Canvas but want to work smarter, not harder.
Week 4
February 27 | Friday, 9 AM – 12 PM
Expanding Horizons: Enhancing Student Learning through XR and Interactive Technologies
Presenters: Ron Austin and Maria Sanchez Isaza
This one-day hybrid conference at Bellevue College is devoted to the pedagogy and practice of using immersive technologies for innovating teaching practices. The conference is primarily for the benefit of Bellevue College instructors, and it will bring together instructors from both the college and the Northwest XR EDU Network.
If you have questions, please contact Interactive eLearning or George Rowe with questions.
Last Updated February 2, 2026