Success in Online Teaching
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The Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning (CATL) has launched a new self-paced, online training. This training is designed to get you familiar with Canvas, provide you with information on course design/presentation, interaction and communication, and reminders about assessment and accessibility. You will find some key takeaways that will support you in the preparation of your online classes and serve as resources that can be referred back to after training is completed.
This course is self-paced, meaning that you can work through the contents at your own pace, and based on your own needs and interests. As you engage the content and activities in this workshop, you will have opportunities to learn about, reflect on, and practice applying principles that support the effective design and instruction of in-person, remote, and blended courses.
Information
The training contains self-paced modules that can be completed in any order with the recommendation to complete the modules in order. Modules contains module details, learning outcomes, and learning resources. Some modules in the training also contain assignments and discussions. You are to apply what you have learned through a series of optional hands-on exercises that can be performed in your test course.
The information in this course will help you achieve the following learning objectives:
- Create an organized course outline.
- Write measurable learning objectives or competencies that align with course assessments.
- Develop a lesson plan utilizing all three components and types of activities of successful development (alignment, engagement, and scaffolding).
- Evaluate an existing online course and make revisions needed for accessibility and Universal Design for Learning.
- Develop an assessment plan for an existing online course or a new online course that is aligned with objectives or competencies.
- Utilize learning objectives and new learning to develop a rubric as an assessment.
- Design effective and engaging learning activities that are aligned with your course objectives, including assignments, tests, group projects, and discussions.
- Select, evaluate, and curate learning resources aligned with assessments and that allow students to successfully complete assessments.
- Choose the most appropriate media pieces to convey information to students in different contexts.
This self-paced training is open to any UWL employee (instructional and non-instructional, including university staff) interested in the design, delivery, and facilitation of online courses. Experience this training as a first-time online instructor or as a veteran instructor interested in a refresher training.
The estimated time to complete this course is 40 hours. However, your time commitment will vary based upon your own level of experience with web technologies. As this is a self-paced course, you may spend as much (or as little) time as you need reviewing the instructional content and practicing the skills presented.
UWL Success in Online Teaching
This training emphasizes the application of best practices for online teaching and learning. Though instruction does not explicitly cover the learning management system (LMS), successful completion of the course requires the development of an online module in the Canvas LMS. Consequently, you should be able to perform the following basic Canvas skills:
Essential Canvas Prerequisite Skills |
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Creating Content |
Course Management |
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Create modules and assignments Create a discussion forum and topic, read and reply Post and edit announcements Create and edit internal or external links Create and edit files in the Canvas editor |
Upload and manage course documents Manage a course discussion Move (reorder) content or modules Manage the Grades |