Online Teaching Resources will be added to this webpage continually.
Video resources
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Basics of Online Teaching |
Basic Principles of Online Teaching PRESENTER: Joelle Adams, English professor DESCRIPTION: This workshop focuses on the basic principles of effective, equitable online teaching. Participants will review the core concepts of good practice in distance education and have an opportunity to apply the principles to their own classes. TAGS: Faculty; Canvas; Distance Education; Pedagogy DATE: March 15, 2022 |
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ChatGPT/AI Workshops |
ChatGPT in the Classroom: A Revolutionary Tool or a Threat to Academic Integrity? PRESENTERS: Keith Graziadei, ESL faculty, and Lea Hald, Psychology faculty DESCRIPTION: Interactive session that discusses the uses of ChatGPT, an AI language model, in higher education. Topics covered include the benefits and drawbacks of using ChatGPT in the classroom, as well as the potential impact on academic integrity. (Note: This workshop title and portions of the description were created by ChatGPT.) TAGS: Faculty; technology; pedagogy DATE: March 16, 2023 |
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The Online Student Experience |
Online Student Panel–The Online Student Experience PRESENTERS: Moderated by Steven Sedky, coordinator/facilitator of the Online Winter Institute, professor of business, CE committee chair; two students DESCRIPTION: Panel discussion with students about their online learning experiences and practical strategies they find helpful, including addressing questions from colleagues in attendance. TAGS: Faculty; Student Experience; Distance Education DATE: January 19, 2023, as part of the Online Winter Institute |
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SMC Faculty Online Courses |
PRESENTERS: Kas Meztler, Kinesiology; Gary Huff, ECE; Dr. Susan Finley, Counseling; Dr. Jing Liu, Earth Science; Dr. Odemaris Valdivia, CSIS DESCRIPTION: Faculty presentations of their Canvas shells with an emphasis on course design, assignments and tools grounded in the CVC-OEI rubric. TAGS: Faculty; Distance Education; Pedagogy; Canvas DATE: January 19, 2023, as part of the Online Winter Institute |
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Canvas |
PRESENTER: Gerry Clark, CSIS DESCRIPTION: Work smarter and more efficiently in Canvas, and improve the experience for your students. Topics include: Rich Content Editor, improving communication, and much more. TAGS: Faculty; technology; Canvas DATE: March 18, 2021 NOTE: This video is in Canvas, so you must login to Canvas to get access to the video. Canvas Assignments & Gradebook PRESENTER: Gerry Clark, CSIS DESCRIPTION: Harness the power of Grades and Assignments in Canvas to make grading easier for you and easier to understand for your students. Explore some of the often-overlooked features of the Canvas Gradebook and Canvas Assignments that can improve your course organization and communication, and will help to facilitate the grading process. TAGS: Faculty; technology; Canvas DATE: April 20, 2022 NOTE: This video is in Canvas, so you must login to Canvas to get access to the video. Increasing Student Engagement with Pronto-2 PRESENTER: Sydney Dustson, Pronto Customer Service representative DESCRIPTION: Are you in need of a better way to communicate with your students? Learn how to increase student engagement using Pronto, a chat tool integrated right into Canvas. Pronto makes it easy to communicate with your students, allows students to communicate and collaborate with each other, and satisfies our RSI requirements while creating a safe, inclusive, and equitable community for us all. TAGS: Faculty; pedagogy; Canvas DATE: July 19, 2023 NOTE: This video is in Canvas, so you must login to Canvas to get access to the video. |
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Creating a Culture of Validation and Belonging |
PRESENTERS: Dr. Tiffany Dowd and Silvana Carrion-Palomares plus panel of student support specialists: Aaron De La Torre, EOPS; Christina Fuller, Guardian Scholars and DREAM Program; Edwin Cruz, Supplemental Instruction Coordinator; Janet Tercero, Latino Center and Adelante; and Jocelyn Winn, African American Center and Black Collegians DESCRIPTION: Our colleagues discuss the necessity for a college-wide effort and approach to support our Black and Latinx students specifically, and the panel members share their perspectives from working with students outside the classroom. The presentation ends with a discussion of Direct Connect, a tool on Canvas to help students connect with resources for support available at SMC. TAGS: All employee groups; equity; Student Experience; Wellness DATE: March 18, 2021 |
Podcasts
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Other resources
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Canvas |
Infographic and Roadmap PRESENTER: Distance Education Department at SMC DESCRIPTION: To help instructors find the support they need in online teaching development in Canvas, DE has created the above infographic and roadmap with existing resources and how to access them. TAG(S): faculty; pedagogy; distance education DATE: 2025 |