Faculty PD & Resources
Professional Development
Professional Development Flex hours for Canvas can be earned through on-site Canvas Open Labs, Workshops and through the online training courses.
SAC Lunch - Join us during lunch and have an informal faculty discussion about engaging our students!
For: Online, Remote Learning, New and Experienced Faculty
Details: Bring your lunch and join us on Zoom (12:00pm - 12:30pm)
- Wednesday, September 22, 2021: Creating Students Study Group Areas
- Tuesday, September 28, 2021: Required Student Interaction & Techniques (Reg. Effective Contact)
- Monday, October 4, 2021: Canvas Tips FAQs (Includes Course Copy)
- Thursday, October 21, 2021: Captioning How-to’s and Choices (Rev, Amara, Youtube, Otter.ai)
- Tuesday, October 26, 2021: Basic Accessibility Tips on Canvas (PopeTech) & Eval Website)
- Wednesday, November 3, 2021: OER/ZTC About/Resources/Student Contribution
- Wednesday, November 10, 2021: Tips on Creating Instructional Videos, Best Practices
- Monday, November 15, 2021: Canvas Pages vs. Word/PDF Handouts
- Monday, November 29, 2021: Rev (Closed Captioning, Subtitles and Transcriptions)
Faculty can claim 1/2 hour of flex credit for each session
Trainings
- Training
- Screencast-O-Matic - Screencast-O-Matic
can be used to create screencapture videos. Learn how to capture your
computer screen, along with recording yourself using your webcam and
turn that into a video which can be uploaded to YouTube.
- Tuesdays & Thursdays at 2:00pm. Contact Joe Pacino & Brian Yoder to RSVP for the training to receive the Zoom link.
- Trainining
Remote Instruction Certification
Online Teaching Certification
Distance Education Online Certification
Chair or Dean approval is required for enrollment.
| - Upon completion, faculty can earn 2.5 CEUs* for the Online Teaching Certificate (OTC), or 120 flex hours.
*Faculty earned 2.5 CEUs can be used and counted toward a column change as long as the units are earned after their master's degree. Only faculty with master's degree can claim 2.5 CEUs.
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SAC Faculty Training
Strongly suggested training for all newly hired faculty
Complete badges and certificates online in Canvas.
How to Claim Badges (Certificates)
Here are Instructions on How to Claim Electronic Badges
To Claim Professional Development Flex Hours (Faculty & Staff)
Please note: If you would like to track the time you spent attending any training from external providers please record your time using the External Training option on the Vision Resource Center website and the time will be reflected on your Learning Transcript. Link for the Vision Resource Center website can be found on the Professional Development Website. If you have any questions, please contact Professional Development Office.
For information on claiming Professional Development Flex Hours, please visit the Santa Ana College Professional Development Website.
Distance Education Advisory Group
Our
Distance Education Advisory Group is an Academic Senate work group. The purpose is to assist our Distance Education program in meeting the needs of our online students and faculty teaching in Distance Education by developing procedures and training that support our mission in Distance Education.
Professional Development Canvas Training Schedules Archive
