​Instructional Design Webinars & Workshops

Instructional Tools

These video​s ​serve as overviews and introductions to instructional topics. After watching DE webinars and workshops, please complete the Distance Education Survey. We will use your feedback to improve and select topics for future webinars and workshops.

Videos by Tool 

Community Building​ & Feedback Tools

• NameCoach
  • NameCo​​ach Overview -- Learn how to pronounce your students' names.
• TextExpander
  • ​TextExpander Overview​ -- learn how to use this tool to create and insert text anywhere quickly for grading and common replies to students​

​Miscellaneous Topics

• Using Canvas with In-Person Instruction
  • Returning to the Classroom with Canvas (Fall 2021 FLEX)
• ​​Interactions
  • ​Regular & Substantive Interactions Overview​​​​
• MVC's DE Den -- RSI Week Videos (2020)
  • Welcome to RSI Week
  • RSI Overview
  • Beef or Bun Examples
  • Canvas Tools​ for RSI​
  • ​Pre-built Interactions
  • Contextualization
    
    

Webinar Series

Template Tues​days​ -- This 8-part series focuses on how different types of templates can be used to build course content and the pedagogical advantages of each. Each workshop was created and led by DJ Hawkins. Videos have been edited for faculty privacy.

• ​Course Templates
• Module Templates​
  
• Welcome Module Templates
  
• Asynchronous Content Page Template
• Synchronous Content Page Templates
  
• Discussion Templates​
• ​Homepage Templates
• Branded Templates
  
• Bonus Episodes:
  • ​Increase Student Readiness with the Welcome Module Template​

Course Design Camp -- This 3-part series parallels the content in Cabins 1-3 in the (optional) Course Design Camp training course.

• ​Cabin 1: Course Development -- Created and led by Interim Dean of Distance Education, Dr. Torria Davis
• Cabin 2: Course Design -- Created and led by Instructional Designer, DJ Hawkins
• Cabin 3: Course Facilitation -- Created and led by Instructional Designer, DJ Hawkins
  
  

Course Design, Development, & Facilitation​ -- This 8-part webinar series was led by DE personnel with faculty co-hosts detailing pedagogy and practical strategies to improve course development, course design, and course facilitation. There are bonus supporting videos that demonstrate specific Canvas tools for implementation.

• Building Community in Your Online Course
  • ​Presenter: RCCD Interim Dean of DE, Dr. Torria Davis​
  • Co-presenter: MVC Distance Education Committee Chair, Carrie Patterson.
• ​Self-Enroll in Carrie Pat​ter​​son's Course Example Illustrating Community Building
  • Guest presenters: Instructional Designers, DJ Hawkins and Sean Ulbert
• Developing an Assessment Plan
  • Presenter: RCCD Interim Dean of DE, Dr. Torria Davis
  • Co-presenter: Norco Distance Education Committee Chair, Dr. Sarah Burnett
  • Guest presenters: Instructional Designers, DJ Hawkins and Sean Ulbert
• ​Providing Instruction Online
  • Presenter: RCCD Interim Dean of DE, Dr. Torria Davis
  • Co-presenter: Steven Camacho, Assistant Professor of English, Norco College
  • Guest presenters: Instructional Designers, DJ Hawkins and Sean Ulbert
• Accessible Online Content
  • Presenters: Interim Dean of Distance Education, Dr. Torria Davis, and Instructional Designers, DJ Hawkins and Sean Ulbert
    • Bonus: 
      • Accessible MS Word Documents
      • Accessible MS PowerPoint Presentations
      • Accessible Adobe Acrobat Pro/DE Documents​​​​​
• Online Course Development
  
  • Presenter: Dr. Torria Davis, Interim Dean of Distance Education
  • Co-Presenter: Business, Information Systems and Technology Professor, Janet Lehr, MA, MBA​
    
    • Bonus:​
      • ​Canvas External Tools & Embedding
• Design
  • Presenter: Interim Dean of Distance​ Education, Dr. Torria Davis
  • Co-Presenter: Dean of Instruction at Norco College, Dean Melissa Bader
    
    • Bonus:
      
      • Canvas Modules, Pages, and ​​Content Editor​
• Online Course Facilitation​
  • Presenters: Interim Dean of Distance Education, Dr. Torria Davis, and Instructional Designers, ​DJ Hawkins and Sean Ulbert​
    
    • Bonus:
      
      • Canvas Account, Profile, and Notifications​
• Fostering Equity with Canvas Analytics
  
  • ​Presenters: Interim Dean of Distance Education, Dr. Torria Davis, and Instructional Designers, ​DJ Hawkins and Sean Ulbert
    
    • Bonus:
      
      • ​Canvas New ​Analytics​​​

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