Changes to UBC Copyright Agreement Affects YOU!
As a consequence of revised copyright rules with UBC, your faculty will no longer be able to provide copyrighted materials directly to you via course email, websites or VISTA.
For example: a graph or figure scanned from an article can be shown and discussed in class, but CANNOT be distributed to students in the course in any way. The faculty member can send you an electronic link to the ejournal of the article however, as a student, you will now be responsible for getting the original source of the figure from the specified article or textbook. This also applies to PDF copies of course readings, which can no longer be posted on VISTA or any course website.
Please be advised of this change as you begin your 2011 Winter courses here at UBC. For more info please visit www.copyright.ubc.ca.
Chapman Learning Commons
The Learning Commons is a physical and virtual space that provide academic resources for students, broadly across campus. Check out the physical space in Irving K Barber Learning Centre for quiet study spaces, computers and peer coaching or check out their virtual space for tool kits, study tips! They also have some KIN specific resources that can help you ace that group presentation, manage your time, understand what your textbook is trying to tell you and problem solve with the best of them.
Academic Coaching at Chapman Learning Commons
Come and check out Coaches Corner held at the Chapman Learning Commons! Coaches Corner is a great opportunity for any student from any faculty to sit down with a trained peer who will guide them through the process of setting up a personal Action Plan – and who will follow up with that student to provide ongoing support. Support regarding study skills and time management strategies is also offered. Hours are Monday to Friday, 12:00pm-5:00pm, in the Chapman Learning Commons (drop-in basis). Click here to learn more!
Academic English Support
Do you speak English as a second or additional language? Could you use some help with all that reading and writing or with getting good notes from lectures? Do you want to participate more in seminars or speak more clearly?
If you answer yes to these questions, don’t have a lot of time, and want free professional help, the Academic English Support (AES) program may be right for you.
Visit the AES website here for more information. Or you can view this pdf file for an overview.
UBC Insurance for KIN Students!
As a student in co-op, regardless of the fact that you are not working on campus when doing your co-op jobs, you are still a UBC student and so are covered under the UBC insurance policies. This means for example that you have third party liability coverage ie. if you accidentally drop a weight on someone’s foot while working in a fitness centre for a co-op job, your liability is covered by the UBC policy. This is of particular importance to your employers, as their own insurance company may not cover you.
In addition, as many of you will be involved in physically related activities while out on your co-op term this summer or in future term, I wanted to inform you of the additional Student Accident Insurance that is available to all UBC students when involved in activities where the risk of injury is greater than in the classroom. I have attached a document that describes this insurance. In essence, if you purchase this insurance, and you are injured on the job (this is not 3rd party liability), the insurance provides a $50,000 maximum benefit for death or dismemberment, $100,000 for injury resulting in paralysis, and $10,000 excess medical coverage, ie. prescription drugs, ambulance, etc.
The good news is that you can purchase this insurance for $7/year!! What a deal. I strongly encourage you to purchase this insurance and renew it each year that you are a student in KIN. You’ll be covered for your co-op terms, but as well, during lab work, on any other practicum work, etc. This insurance does NOT cover you however, when you are not doing school related work. For example, if you are doing some activity with other students, but is not course related, you are not covered.
You can purchase this insurance from the KIN main admin office in War Gym – room 210 (this office is down the hall from the classroom, it is NOT the Undergraduate Advising Office). The person you need to see in that office is Linda Stewart. Linda works 8:30 – 4:30, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. You might want to drop in and purchase this insurance with Linda next week, before you leave campus for the summer.
Google Body: Check out this cool new online academic aid!
Google has come out with a new online program that is very useful for health sciences students! The new program, Google Body, is a detailed 3D model of the human body. You can peel back anatomical layers, zoom in, click to identify anatomy, or search for muscles, organs, bones and more. You can also share the exact scene you are viewing by copying and pasting the URL. Check it out by clicking here!
Looking for a place to study on campus?
Do you need a change of scenery? Maybe a new place to brainstorm, work on group projects or conduct meetings? Check out these informal learning spaces available to YOU on campus. Classroom services has come up with this handy map so that you can check out new and exciting places to learn, heat up a meal or just relax! Check out this map of all the spaces on campus catering to your learning needs here.
Register for Wimba: New UBC Online Academic Support Program
Have you ever heard of Wimba? It is an initiative by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and UBC Student Development that provides academic support to students through a set of online workshops. From time managing your financial credit and budgeting to presentation skills and time management, come learn how to perform better as a student! Registration for the workshops is currently open and can be accessed here.
KIN Tutoring Program
This program arose to meet the specific academic needs of KIN students as they study for KIN specific courses. KIN Tutoring provides experienced and skill student tutors each excelling in a particular field of study within Kinesiology. This tutoring program operates during specific hours out of the Undergraduate Learning Centre in Osborne Centre (GYM G).
The KIN Tutoring Program, an HKUS initiative, is looking for peer tutors for the 2011 – 2012 school year. The program is designed by students, for students to help with lower level core courses including KIN 103, 151, 161, 190, 191, 230, and 275.
Tutoring schedule for 2012 is posted below!
