DE Professional Development and Resources

Course Design Rubric

In May 2019, the Academic Senate endorsed adoption of the OEI Online Course Design Rubric.  This rubric replaces the Best Practices Checklist developed by the Online Teaching and Learning Committee based on early versions of the OEI Rubric.

 

The OEI Online Course Design Rubric may be used by online teachers as a tool to review their own online courses.  The rubric is also used in the Peer Online Course Review (POCR) process.

 

The OEI Course Design Rubric was developed by the OEI Professional Development work group to ensure that all courses offered as part of the Initiative promote student success and meet existing regulatory and accreditation requirements.

 

Courses that are peer reviewed and aligned to the OEI Course Design Rubric:

The Rubric is divided into four sections.

1. Content Presentation - how content is organized and accessed in the course management system.
2. Interaction - regular effective contact (instructor-initiated and student-initiated communication).
3. Assessment - the variety and effectiveness of assessments within the course.
4. Accessibility - ensuring a student using assistive technologies will be able to access the instructor’s course content as required by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (also known as “508 Compliance”).

• Navigate to @ONE's open Canvas course to find tips for designing your online course to align with the CVC-OEI Course Design Rubric

• Pre-semester checklist 
• The CC Faculty Resources Canvas Shell has a ton of resources, including AI, Fraud, RSI, Accessibility, Canvas Basics, previous Flex presentations including Amber's Liquid Syllabus session.
• We have DesignPlus templates for a fully developed Orientation module and a full 16-week course that faculty can import straight from the Canvas Commons. Simply search "Cuyamaca Canvas" in Commons to find and import the templates!
• POCR Plug and Play courses: fully-designed POCR-aligned courses ready to import wholesale. The courses use OER and are following the CCN timeline. More courses are coming soon!
• Also in the Canvas Commons, folks can search "Adelle Roe" (GC's Online Ed Coordinator), "Brianna Brown", "Michelle Pacansky-Brock," or "CVC-OEI" for lots of student-friendly assignments, modules, whole courses, quizzes, getting to know you surveys, and other resources.

• GCCCD RSI Policy
• CC Faculty Resources RSI Module
• RSI Cats
• Interactive RSI bot to assess your RSI implementation 

• Fall 2024 Accessibility Lightning Sessions: start here! Recorded sessions are 15-20 minutes each and cover one accessibility element. There is also a summary provided on each session page.
• Winter Camp 2025 Accessibility Session: "Save Time with Accessibility Hacks"
• Summer Camp 2025 Accessibility Session: "The Accessibility Spellbook: Using PopeTech, Canvas, and DesignPlus"
• Winter Camp 2024: "Accessible PDF's"
• CC Faculty Resources Accessibility Module
• Make sure Pages & Docs are Accessible
• Previous FLEX Workshops

• The Equity Pedagogy and Practice Academy: Faculty earn 3 units toward salary advancement for completing the course.

Enroll in EPPA

• Peer Online Course Review: Faculty submit their asynchronous online course for peer review. Faculty will earn 3 units toward salary advancement for completing the course. 

Enroll in POCR

• An Equitable Grading professional development series facilitated by Bri Brown–watch the recordings and submit for External Training Credit.  Session Recordings:
  • Session 1: Setting the Groundwork: Your Story, Mindsets, and Teaching Philosophy
  • Session 2: Problematizing Traditional Grading
  • Session 3: Equitable Policies & Systems: Contract Grading and Ungrading
  • Session 4: "Hacking Canvas" to Align with Equitable Grading Strategies
  • Session 5: Presenting your Grading System & Practices to Students and Colleagues

Sessions 1-5 Slides with embedded screenshots and Canvas Guides + Resources

 

Visit Cuyamaca's Professional Development site for additional training opportunities, processes, and requirements.

@ONE offers fabulous professional development courses, and faculty can enroll in Fresno Pacific University to earn units toward salary advancement! Courses include:

• Canvas and General Best Practices:
  • Introduction to Teaching with Canvas
  • Intro to Asynchronous Online Teaching and Learning
  • Advanced Techniques with Canvas
  • Engagement Strategies for Live Online Teaching and Learning
  • Introduction to Course Design
  • Online Teaching and Design (12 weeks)
• Grading & Assessment:
  • Equitable Grading Strategies 
  • Assessment in Digital Learning
• DEIAA:
  • Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning 
  • Equity and Culturally Responsive Online Teaching
  • 10-10-10 Communication that Matters 
  • Creating Accessible Course Content
  • LGBTQ+ Student Success: Identity, Intersectionality, and Advocacy in Education 
• OER, ZTC, and AI:
  • Beyond Boundaries: OER and Universal Design for Learning
  • Teaching with OER and Open Pedagogy for Equity
  • Making the Case for ZTC: Pathways to Equity
  • Building a Team: Implementing ZTC Pathways
  • Navigating the Future: Open Education with Generative AI
• Counseling:
  • Online College Counseling
  • Online Mental Health Counseling
• and so many more! There are even short self-paced courses available.