Ventura College has successfully rolled out Canvas as our new "online campus" for both distance education and on-ground courses.
- Over 215 VC instructors have completed the Online Teacher Training Course in Canvas (OTTCC) and close to 500 district wide
- Hundreds of on-ground faculty have attended a ninety-minute workshop to better web-enhance on campus courses in Canvas.
If you're interested in additional training and/or are thinking about teaching online for the first time please take a look at the following opportunities for you. Also be on the lookout to participate as a presenter or attend the VCCCD Distance Education Summit: Reaching Every Student on March 15, 2019.
The Online Teacher Training Course in Canvas (OTTCC)
The Online Teacher Training Course in Canvas (OTTCC) prepares instructors to teach online by combining best practices in online education, current trends in educational technologies, and modular design in Canvas. All online and hybrid instructors are required to successfully pass the OTTCC prior to teaching online.
Competency Based : This is a competency based course that allows expert online instructors to receive credit for imported work from a previous online course while helping new instructors and instructors new to Ventura College understand the best practices and learning management skills necessary in succeeding in online instruction at Ventura College.The Online Teacher Training Course is required of all online and hybrid course instructors.
What is in the course? This course is comprised of timely and relevant information as well as consistent best practices from Ventura College and the Online Education Initiative. The course focuses upon the concepts and the goals from the OEI Course Rubric for Online Course Design, the Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning from @One, and the Introduction to Teaching in Canvas Courses from the OEI Project.
Time Commitment: Depending upon your experience in online education, you may go through the course at different paces. For the instructor who is new to teaching online, we request that you come to all on-campus meetings for a total of 5 hours. In addition, there will be approximately 3 hours of homework for each hour in class. An experienced instructor in online education will find that by importing content from another learning management system (LMS) or course that he or she can most likely demonstrate competency in a variety of topics at a faster pace.
Current Distance Education Faculty and/or Faculty Assigned a DE Course for the next semester will receive priority, but all instructors interested in teaching online are welcome.
OTTCC Spring 2019
Session 1: TBA (4 weeks)
- Kickoff Meeting: Monday, TBA , 5:30-7:00 pm (VC LRC 136 or via ConferZoom)
Session 2: TBA (4 weeks)
- Kickoff Meeting: Monday, TBA , 5:30-7:00 pm (VC LRC 136 or via ConferZoom)
Instructional Technology Consultations
OFFICE HOURS: To better assist faculty with their on-ground (web-enhanced), hybrid, and online courses, the instructional technologist team is offering a drop-in schedule for faculty who need just-in-time one-on-one help with teaching with Canvas. This includes Canvas design, ADA compliance reviews, course reviews, online teaching advice, and other timely instructional technology suggestions. You are welcome to drop in during these times as well as schedule an appointment.
Instructional Technologist Drop-in Schedule
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Mondays
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9 – 11 AM (Ali’s* office: LRC 124)
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1 – 4 PM (Matt: LRC 136 Studio)
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Tuesdays
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10 AM – 1 PM (Sharon’s office: LRC 147)
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2 – 4 PM (Ali’s* office: LRC 124)
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Wednesdays
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9 – 11 AM (Ali’s* office: LRC 124)
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1 – 4 PM (Sharon’s office: LRC 147)
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Thursdays
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10 AM – 1 PM (Matt: LRC 136 Studio)
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2 – 4 PM (Ali’s* office: LRC 124)
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Fridays
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Open Studio 10 AM – Noon (LRC 136 Studio)
*Zoom web-conferencing
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.Note that Ali is currently on leave so contact Matt or Sharon. *
Open Studio Friday Workshops @ Ventura College
Upcoming Events in the LRC Training Studio
- Open Studio – January 11, 2019 @ 10:00 AM – Introduction to Name Coach and Notebowl – the new online tools from the OEI.
- Open Studio – January 18, 2019 @ 10:00 AM – Introduction to Ally: Our new Ada compliance tool that is easy to use and helps instructors fix ADA Compliance needs.
- VCCCD Distance Education Summit: Reaching Every Student - March 15, 2019.
The LRC Training Studio (Room 136) will be open (10 AM - Noon) to help faculty prepare online, hybrid, and/or web-enhanced courses throughout the semester. These sessions may include relevant topics from the OTTCC or faculty may feel free to bring a topic or project they would like to work on such as:
- Screencasting and Video Production Projects
- Closed Captioning (Accessibility)
- Custom Home Pages
- Tools for Communication and Web-conferencing
- Open Educational Resources
- OEI Course Design
- Designing Effective Discussions
- Canvas Topics: Gradebook, Discussions, Content Pages, and More
- 7 Secrets of Canvas
Web-conferencing via ConferZoom will also be available for those who need to participate remotely.