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This webinar offers an introduction for attendees who may be new to Pisces. Learn about the platform that was designed for academic support and student service programs. (60 minutes) REGISTER […]
This webinar offers an introduction for attendees who may be new to NetTutor. Learn how tutors are selected and trained, which subjects and modes are offered, and what to expect […]
Video can be a powerful medium for creating engagement and connection with your students. It can also backfire with the opposite effect when done poorly. (Hint: Just presenting content won’t do the trick.) Come learn 5 dynamic—and actually quite simple—tips for creating effective educational videos.
People—and this includes students 😉 —don’t pay attention to boring things. Plus, a well laid out page is easier to make sense of. In this webinar you’ll learn how to add visual elements like borders, horizontal lines, callout boxes, and responsive banners, even how to make text wrap around an image to your Canvas course. With just a little HTML know-how, it’s easier than you think!
Most faculty are aware there’s a direct link between the design of your course and your students’ success. But have you ever thought about how your design methods can impact your success with the course as well? Using Canvas as our backdrop, this webinar will introduce five often-overlooked strategies for making your course design faster, easier and more effective. You’ll leave with plenty of ideas and resources for your “instructional design toolbox.”
This course will guide you through a critical journey of becoming an equity-minded educator with the goal of cultivating inclusive experiences that empower all students to achieve their full intellectual capacity. As a participant in this course, you will apply principles of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (CRTL) to your online course. In a collaborative peer-to-peer learning environment, you will analyze your core teaching values, interrogate your online teaching practices, and leave the course with an equity-minded syllabus and an action plan to continue to advance equity in your course and institution.
Outcomes
To successfully complete this course, participants will:
Analyze your assumptions and beliefs about the diverse students served by California community colleges;
Interrogate the alignment of your teaching values and teaching practices;
Apply principles of Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning (CRTL) to your online course;
Identify and discuss course-level barriers that disproportionately impact minoritized students including unconscious bias, microaggressions, stereotype threat, and privilege and power;
Create an equity-minded course syllabus leveraging peer feedback that welcomes and supports all students;
Write an action plan that describes how you will continue to advance your equity-minded online teaching practices.
Duration: 4 weeks
Time Commitment: approximately 10 hours per week, for a total of 40 hours
Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.
Optional Continuing Education Credit
Participants in this course can seek optional professional development/continuing education credits by dual-enrolling in TEC 1841 at Fresno Pacific University. A separate fee to the university for graduate-level credit will apply. To learn more, visit Course & CEU Information
Jan 25 - Feb 21, 2021 3.0 credits
Description
This course will guide you through a critical journey of becoming an equity-minded educator with the goal of cultivating inclusive experiences that empower all students to achieve their full intellectual capacity. As a participant in this course, you will apply principles of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (CRTL) to your online course. In a collaborative peer-to-peer learning environment, you will analyze your core teaching values, interrogate your online teaching practices, and leave the course with an equity-minded syllabus and an action plan to continue to advance equity in your course and institution.
Outcomes
To successfully complete this course, participants will:
Analyze your assumptions and beliefs about the diverse students served by California community colleges;
Interrogate the alignment of your teaching values and teaching practices;
Apply principles of Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning (CRTL) to your online course;
Identify and discuss course-level barriers that disproportionately impact minoritized students including unconscious bias, microaggressions, stereotype threat, and privilege and power;
Create an equity-minded course syllabus leveraging peer feedback that welcomes and supports all students;
Write an action plan that describes how you will continue to advance your equity-minded online teaching practices.
Duration: 4 weeks
Time Commitment: approximately 10 hours per week, for a total of 40 hours
Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.
Optional Continuing Education Credit
Participants in this course can seek optional professional development/continuing education credits by dual-enrolling in TEC 1841 at Fresno Pacific University. A separate fee to the university for graduate-level credit will apply. To learn more, visit Course & CEU Information
Apr 12 - May 9, 2021 3.0 credits
This 4-week asynchronous course will introduce you to the beauties of using Canvas in online, hybrid, and face-to-face classes. These simple, hands-on lessons give you the chance to master Canvas in your own practice course to build a home page, content page, discussion, and quiz, while also exploring how to use Canvas communication tools.
If you're new to Canvas, or just want a powerful refresher on the basics, this course is a great starting point, and you get to keep your sandbox to play in, experiment, and build your online material!
Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Customize your Canvas profile and notification preferences to fit your needs
Create and archive announcements to keep your students engaged and updated
Develop modules to organize your content most effectively
Design a welcoming, impactful home page
Set up a discussion, quiz, and/or assignment exactly the way you want
Use a variety of communication tools to streamline contact with students
Use the SpeedGrader tool to make grading fast and easy
Fulfills
This is an introductory course designed for users new to Canvas. Though it does not fulfill a requirement for any @ONE certificates, it's an important starting point, and may be required by your campus.
Duration: 4 weeks
Time Commitment: approximately 10 hours per week, for a total of 40 hours
Level of Difficulty: Beginning
Optional Continuing Education Credit
Participants in this course can seek optional professional development/continuing education credits by dual-enrolling. A separate fee to the university for graduate-level credit will apply. To learn more, visit Course & CEU Information
Feb 22 - Mar 21, 2021 3.0 credits
This 4-week asynchronous course will introduce you to the beauties of using Canvas in online, hybrid, and face-to-face classes. These simple, hands-on lessons give you the chance to master Canvas in your own practice course to build a home page, content page, discussion, and quiz, while also exploring how to use Canvas communication tools.
If you're new to Canvas, or just want a powerful refresher on the basics, this course is a great starting point, and you get to keep your sandbox to play in, experiment, and build your online material!
Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Customize your Canvas profile and notification preferences to fit your needs
Create and archive announcements to keep your students engaged and updated
Develop modules to organize your content most effectively
Design a welcoming, impactful home page
Set up a discussion, quiz, and/or assignment exactly the way you want
Use a variety of communication tools to streamline contact with students
Use the SpeedGrader tool to make grading fast and easy
Fulfills
This is an introductory course designed for users new to Canvas. Though it does not fulfill a requirement for any @ONE certificates, it's an important starting point, and may be required by your campus.
Duration: 4 weeks
Time Commitment: approximately 10 hours per week, for a total of 40 hours
Level of Difficulty: Beginning
Optional Continuing Education Credit
Participants in this course can seek optional professional development/continuing education credits by dual-enrolling. A separate fee to the university for graduate-level credit will apply. To learn more, visit Course & CEU Information
Jan 11 - Feb 7, 2021 3.0 credits
This 4-week asynchronous course will introduce you to the beauties of using Canvas in online, hybrid, and face-to-face classes. These simple, hands-on lessons give you the chance to master Canvas in your own practice course to build a home page, content page, discussion, and quiz, while also exploring how to use Canvas communication tools.
If you're new to Canvas, or just want a powerful refresher on the basics, this course is a great starting point, and you get to keep your sandbox to play in, experiment, and build your online material!
Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Customize your Canvas profile and notification preferences to fit your needs
Create and archive announcements to keep your students engaged and updated
Develop modules to organize your content most effectively
Design a welcoming, impactful home page
Set up a discussion, quiz, and/or assignment exactly the way you want
Use a variety of communication tools to streamline contact with students
Use the SpeedGrader tool to make grading fast and easy
Fulfills
This is an introductory course designed for users new to Canvas. Though it does not fulfill a requirement for any @ONE certificates, it's an important starting point, and may be required by your campus.
Duration: 4 weeks
Time Commitment: approximately 10 hours per week, for a total of 40 hours
Level of Difficulty: Beginning
Optional Continuing Education Credit
Participants in this course can seek optional professional development/continuing education credits by dual-enrolling. A separate fee to the university for graduate-level credit will apply. To learn more, visit Course & CEU Information
If you are teaching a course that is shifting online, click the link and join CVC-OEI’s instructional designer Shawn Valcárcel in Zoom to get your questions answered.
If you are teaching a course that is shifting online, click the link and join CVC-OEI’s instructional designer Cheryl Chapman in Zoom to get your questions answered.
