Office 365 OneDrive and Sharing

Collaborating with our peers has gotten easier through the years with tools like email and attachments. With Office 365, it has gotten even easier. Instead of attaching a file to an email message, you may want to try using Office 365 OneDrive’s sharing function.  

Online - The Fourth Campus

Online Teaching Conference (OTC)

The 20th Online Teaching Conference  will be held at the Pasadena Convention Center on June 17-19, 2020. This year’s keynote speaker is Loui Lord Nelson, Ph.D., an internationally recognized leader in Universal Design for Learning implementation.  

Preconference workshops are available for Wednesday, June 17 (not included with conference registration fee). 

Take a look at the 2019 OTC archives to get an idea of the types of sessions that have been held in the past. 

CTE Online Pathways Update

The third quarter of the CTE Online Pathways grant is at the mid-point. The grant is designed to increase online pathways for students who want to complete a skill certificate or certificate of achievement in a Career and Technical Education field. In this third quarter, grant-related activity will include modifying curriculum for distance education approval and scheduling online or hybrid sections of courses in addition to traditional on-the-ground sections. Additionally, the grant supports our expert OER librarian and instructional designer to work with faculty to build or enhance Canvas course shells to be used for certificate courses. We’ll also be producing marketing materials to help students become aware of available program opportunities. The grant ends on June 30, 2020. 

Training Schedule 

Spring 2020 Instructional Technology and DE workshop schedule changes 

The April 17th UDL/Accessibility workshop is cancelled.  The April 18 OTCP Hybrid session has been rescheduled to April 25th.         

Requesting feedback on Instructional Technology and DE Workshops    

In an effort to support the continuous improvement of professional development within the District, the Office of Research, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness (RPIE) has collaborated with the Instructional Technology and DE department to develop a workshop evaluation survey. If you attended one of Dr Nolan’s workshops in the fall of 2019, you should have received a link to the short survey last month. Participants in spring 2020 workshops will be given a link to the survey at the end of every workshop held this semester. 

Results of the evaluation survey are anonymous and will be used by the department to develop more effective training opportunities for all instructors. 

Please let Dr. Nolan know if you have any questions.  

Personal Pronouns Option Enabled in Canvas

You can select personal pronouns to add to your user account in Canvas. Personal pronouns display after your name in various areas in Canvas, including: 

Customizing Your Modules

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)  & Accessibility 

University Design for Learning (UDL)

The keynote speaker at the Online Teaching Conference this year is an expert on UDL. Her website directs you to some interesting resources and provides some guidance for implementing the UDL principles of multiple methods of representation, engagement, and assessment.  

Where to Find Things

Find out who your library liaison is and make contact to get help with the following:  

• library instruction or tours 

• student workshops 

• department training 

• resources to support coursework 

• professional research