Teaching Well Emporium 2026: Hands-on help, human-first solutions
A treasure-trove of tools, tips and tailored support to set you up for Semester One.
Looking to elevate your teaching practice? Join us for a hands-on exploration of learning and teaching technologies. Whether you are curious about prompting generative AI tools, creating interactive course content, designing accessible course materials in Canvas, or leveraging tools for groupwork and peer review, there’s something for everyone. And new this year: discover the two-lane approach to designing assessment in an age of AI—a practical framework for balancing integrity and innovation.
Sessions are offered as hands-on drop-ins and structured sessions, both online and in-person, so you can choose what works best for you. Drop in for quick advice or register for deeper dives into tools and strategies that will transform your teaching.
Session times are to be confirmed, watch this space.
Note: The Teaching Well Emporium complements a week of activities designed for teaching well, including the Teaching Well Symposium and Teaching Well: Foundations of Learning and Teaching. Come along to all three events.
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Thursday 19 February and Friday 20 February 2026
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Venue
Building 201, 10 Symonds St, University of Auckland City Campus (map)
Drop-ins
Canvas Baseline Practices warrant of fitness (WOF)
Our learning designers will guide you to ensuring your course meets the Canvas Baseline Practices. Take the opportunity to explore the templates for your faculty.
Canvas Quiz and Design Blocks
Bring along your questions for improving your Canvas quiz or explore how you might use Design Blocks to structure your content and layout to improve the student experience of your course.
Prompting AI
Join a mini-Prompt Parlour where you will find support for how to prompt AI to better support your work, or discuss how your assessment could be reimagined in response to the changes in AI.
H5P interactive content
At the elbow support with any of the H5P options that you may wish to explore.
All things Canvas (online only)
Pop into any of these online Canvas sessions for other questions you might have.
Structured sessions
Gen-AI (beginners)
Based on the Professional Learning Series AI 101, this workshop introduces the basics of AI and explores prompting using CoPilot and Gemini.
Gen-AI (intermediate)
Based on the Professional Learning Series AI 101, this workshop …
Perusall
Introduction to the basics of using Perusall for groupwork and collaborative reading.
FeedbackFruits
We will provide an introduction to FeedbackFruits and explore the Peer Review Assignment and Group Member Evaluation tools.
Two-lane approach to designing assessment
Learn about strategies to effectively manage assessments in response to the widespread availability and use of AI tools.
Accessibility and UDOIT
Discover how easy it is to incorporate accessible practices into designing digital content and how to check your Canvas course for issues that may present barriers to learning.
Teaching with Zoom (online only)
Learn how to set up your virtual classroom and use security settings to help enable safe learning environments. Get familiar with all the features and teaching tools available including polls, breakout rooms and quizzes.