Student / Faculty Training
Faculty teaching an online, hybrid, or classroom-based course with
a web component must attend and complete Desire2Learn Training. The training includes both
face-to-face and online elements. This year, a completely online option
will be available.
Effective Fall 2007, the Community College of Aurora requires classroom-based instructors to use basic
conveniences of our online Learning Management System (LMS): syllabi and course handouts, and use the grade book and email
features. THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL
Our current LMS, Blackboard, will be phased out in Spring and replaced
with Desire2Learn.
In addition, Online, Hybrid, and Open-entry or self-paced courses must utilize online discussions, exams (quizzes), and electronic assignment drop boxes.
Why teach online? Why have an online presence in your classroom? While quality is our goal here, the benefits of online supplements is becoming more apparent with mounting evidential support. You might be interested in this New York Times article. Your students will view you as competent in your discipline if you are comfortable with technology.
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All instructors at the Community College of Aurora must go through this training prior to teaching for CCA. Upon completion, you will also be certified to teach online at any Colorado Community College. During any one of the sessions noted, instructors may choose to do the training completely online with no classroom time required. We have in-person help available morning, noon, and night, 6 days a week.
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Educational Technology Workshops These workshops target specific topics in in or related to Technology in your classroom. Learn about grading forms for grading papers, or how to use Respondus to create and backup tests to your home or office computer. Learn how to create cool talking presentations that are portable for your student's Ipods. Technolgy is what you make of it, these workshops will help you learn how to use the technolgy, what you use it for is up to you!
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Open Lab time for Students and Faculty. Need some special, one-on-one tutoring on Blackboard? Some tutoring on Microsoft Applications? This is for you! Be sure to call ahead and make sure your tutor will be on duty, but check out the schedule by clicking here. |
DO NOT Click Here until Instructed to by your course facilitator.
Click here for a video on how to convert your Syllabus to HTML and PDF
Click here for instructions on how to upload your online evaluations document.
updated 1/09/08