Latest news for teachers
The Turnitin similarity and AI reports as part of the master's thesis submission starting from January 2025
Starting in January 2025, a Turnitin similarity report will be generated from the same file for all master's theses submitted for evaluation, approval, and archiving.
Done: MyCourses maintenance break 16 December 2024 from 10:00 to 18:00.
MyCourses maintenance break 16 December 2024 from 10:00 to 18:00. The service will not be accessible during this time.
Happy holidays from Teacher Services!
With this video, we thank all our teachers and colleagues in Aalto University and wish you all happy holidays!
New pedagogical micro course available: Quickstart for University Teaching
Welcome to the new pedagogical micro course, Quickstart for University Teaching. The course is targeted for new teachers, visiting lecturers, professors of practice and everyone interested in pedagogy. The course is available online for self-study, structured into five sequential topics, and it takes approximately two hours to complete.
Nominate your candidate for the 2024 Award for Achievements in Teaching at the School of Engineering
Nominate candidates for the 2024 Award for Achievements in Teaching at the School of Engineering
Pedagogical training in spring 2025
See the selection of pedagogical courses at Aalto University in spring 2025
Call for Project Funding: Applying the new language guidelines to teaching, School of Engineering
Funding call focused on promoting multilingual education at the School of Engineering. The aim is to promote multilingual and language-aware teaching.
Welcome to try EXAM- Electronic examination service for your course!
EXAM is a system for electronic assessment that brings flexibility and versatility to student learning assessment. The events are intended for staff.
Training series: Scalable teaching and assessment with MyCourses 12.-13.12.2024
MyCourses’ features can be useful when working in courses with many students. This training is meant for teachers and teaching assistants who need scalability support and hands-on guidance on using MyCourses in their courses.
Call for contributions: Unite!-Ed Future Conference - Reimagining Education for AI ready graduates
Matchmaking event for those interested in joint teaching and joint programmes. Submit your ideas by 17 January 2025.
Workshop series for teachers in Marsio: Educational Media Creation
Join us for a four-part workshop series exploring how Marsio’s state-of-the-art studios and digital tools can transform your teaching.
Sisu 5.0 version
The student's new customizable front page is the most visible change in the version.
The old Webropol course feedback system will be shut down in November 2024
Feedback collected with Webropol has been transferred to a data warehouse and can be accessed using PowerBi.
Summer School teacher interview: "Great branding comes from solid substance"
We spoke with the teachers of the Summer School course Designing Brand Strategy to get a closer look at how students will learn to develop a successful and distinctive brand strategy through design thinking. This project-based course allows students to work in small teams to redesign the brand of an established Finnish company.
Transfer of credits to be amended in January 2025
The amended principles for credit transfers apply to applications for transfer of credit submitted after amendments’ entry into force.
Teacher, are your students afraid of math? Help us understand math anxiety in STEM subjects
By participating, you can contribute to smoother transitions into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields and enhance onboarding processes at universities.
Aalto University graduates feel well prepared for working life
Aalto University graduates feel that their degree is valued in the labour market.
How to live a good life? Art of Living MOOC by Frank Martela
This massive open online course on how to live a good life is lectured by Ph.D., assistant professor Frank Martela. The course is produced by the Oasis of Radical Wellbeing project and it is part of Aalto’s lifewide learning portfolio. The course was launched on May 30th, 2023
Aalto language guidelines to be implemented in stages
The implementation of Aalto University’s language guidelines has begun at the level of the education portfolio.
Learning Services – enabling success: beta version will be available to learners in October
Workday training covers Opin.fi and delves into how non-credit offerings are added to the service.
