In this section, you will find resources from teaching tools or software to online course design and pedagogy! You will find tips and answers to frequently asked questions in our Canvas Certification Training Course. You will need to log in to Canvas. We add resources in the Module named "Your Toolkit".


Accessibility

Canvas Studio

Are you interested in any of the following:

  • Boosting student engagement with your course videos (whether with videos you create or videos you share from sites like YouTube) by embedding comments or quiz questions that prompt student responses?
  • A way to guarantee students watch your entire video?
  • A simple way of recording your lecture videos?
  • A simple way students can record and share their presentations?
  • Knowing how long students watch a video and when they stop viewing it? 

Learn more ...

PlayPosit

Interested in learning more about PlayPosit ? PlayPosit offers the opportunity to add video quiz options in Canvas. 

Quality Course Design

Developing an online course with a quailty rubric can be valuable for a new course or improving an existing one.

The De Anza Online Education Center recommends using the comprehensive Online Education Initiative Course Standard Rubric

Along with our workshops & trainings, additional Professional Development is offered through @ONE! One recommendation is the comprehensive Online Teaching & Learning Course!

Peer Online Course Review (POCR)

Overview

Peer Online Course ReviewThe Local Peer OnlineCourse Review (POCR) was established in 2014 by the CVC-OEI Professional Development Workgroup to ensure that students in the California Community College system have access to high-quality online courses designed to support student learning and success. This process is voluntary and separate from department instructional evaluations.

Our Local POCR Team will utilize the CVC-OEI Quality Course Design Rubric  to review a course for alignment using course design guidelines in content presentation, substantive interactions, assessments, and accessibility. These quality reviewed courses have an increased success rate for students.

Once aligned, courses will receive a “quality-reviewed” badge that is visible in the student search for courses in the California Community College Online Course Exchange. (cvc.edu) Badged courses rise to the top of the list for courses that have empty seats.

If you are an experienced online instructor who has taught a course for at least one full term online, please contact our Instructional Designers with Online Education to schedule a consultation.

Cheryl Chapman (chapmancheryl@fhda.edu)

Shawn Valcarcel (valcarcelshawn@fhda.edu)

Media Recording Resources

Learn how to set up your home online teaching space, record and edit audio and video at home or on campus, or find resources for captioning!

Audio & Video Recording Resources

Training Materials from Learning Resources

**The Online Education Center offers workshops and training support for faculty in their use of Canvas and course design tools!

Learning Resources offers Training Materials for these additional software topics.

Microsoft Office (Desktop) and Office 365

  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Teams
  • Sway
  • Outlook 365

Formative Assessments and Graphic Organizers

  • Kahoot, Plickers, Clickers, Padlet
  • Popplet, MindMeister, LinoIt, Padlet, Trello, and Ideament

Presentation Tools

  • Prezi or Google Slides
  • iPads for Education

Omni (Modern Campus)

  • Basic Omni Training
  • Advanced Omni Training

Creating Forms

  • Google, Omni, and Adobe Acrobat Pro

Understanding by Design

Have you heard of "backward design"? You will learn through this Understanding by Design teaching guide that the benefits of incorporating backward design and the three stages that backward design encompasses. Bonus: A backward design template is provided with links to blank template pages.

Vanderbilt Bowen, R. S.  (2017). Understanding by Design. Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. Retrieved [01/11/24] from https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/understanding-by-design/.


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