Faculty Resources

Instructional Continuity Materials

The following materials provide faculty with options for providing instructional continuity in the event of class disruptions (e.g.: power outage, Coronavirus, etc.).

• Crafton Hills College Instructional Continuity Plan - Draft (The ETC has recommended adoption of the plan to the Academic Senate)
• Faculty Training Support
• Strategies for Maintaining Regular and Effective Faculty-to-Student and Student-to-Student Contact

Resources

Remote Test Options

• Options for Online Tests from TL Brink

Accessibility Training

• Microsoft Word Accessibility (Self-Paced)
• PDF Accessibility (Self-Paced)
• PowerPoint Accessibility (Self-Paced)
• Video Captioning (Self-Paced)
• Faculty Help - Accommodating DSPS Students

Articles

• Articles About Teaching During the Coronavirus (pdf)
• How Do Well in an Online Course (pdf)
• How to Humanize Your Online Class
• Virtual Stress Guide (pdf)

Canvas

• How do I get started with Canvas?
• How do I publish a course in Canvas?
• How do I add an announcement in a Canvas course?
• How do I use the Canvas Inbox as an instructor?
• How do I use the Syllabus as an instructor in Canvas?
• Practice Quiz to Help Students Learn how to Take a Quiz in Canvas
• CanvasStudio – Communicate with students through video and audio media
• Set-up GoREACT in Canvas – Speak, sign, and receive feedback from instructors and peers
• Canvas Instructor Guides
• Canvas Instructor Videos
• Canvas Video Resources
• Adding Labster to Canvas (pdf)
• Canvas Phone Help Hotline, available 24/7: 844-303-5595

ConferZoom for Faculty

• Enable ConferZoom in Canvas
• Zoom Video Tutorials
• Preparing to teach your first class online in Zoom (pdf)
• Converting Basic Zoom Account to a Pro Account
• Sign up for ConferZoom & Sync with Canvas (pdf)
• Creating Breakout Sessions (Small Groups) in Zoom
• Avoiding Mischief and Mayhem in the Great Leap to Zoom (Zoom Etiquette)
• Zoom Playlist, including:
  • How to use Zoom for Remote and Online Learning
  • How to use Zoom Breakout Rooms
  • How to Record Zoom Audio & Video
  • How to use Virtual Backgrounds in Zoom
• Avoiding Zoom Bombing in Online Sessions (pdf)
• Using Video to Assess Student Attention in Virtual Class Meetings (pdf)
• Using Zoom Focus to Allow Instructor to be the Only One who Can See Student Video (pdf)

Go2 Knowledge

• Professional Development Live Webinars & Webinar Library: Live Webinar Calendar

Google Drive and Microsoft Office

• Google Drive
• Microsoft Office

Guidelines

• Cameras-On Policy Statement
• Guidelines for New Online Instructors (pdf)

Labster

• Setting Up and Using Labster
• Adding Labster to Canvas (pdf)

Pronto

• Communicate with Your Students, Pronto

Scanning

• PDF Scanner Instructions (iOS and Android) – Genius Scan
• PDF Scanner Instructions (iOS and Android) – Microsoft Office Lens
• How to Scan Documents and Make PDFs with iPhone or iPad.
  Note: The video shows in a step to click on the + sign, your phone may have a camera icon, use which ever one you have.
• How to SCAN documents to PDF on ANDROID
  Note: You need the Google Drive APP for this technique

Starfish Resources for Instructional Faculty

• What is Starfish and how do I learn more?
• Getting Started: Logging In and Setting up Your Profile
• The Easiest to Communicate Concerns to Students
• Making Starfish Accessible: Adding Starfish Link to your Canvas Courses
• Additional Starfish Resources

Starfish Resources for Counseling Faculty/Student Support Staff

• CHC Starfish Resources, Login, and Explanation of User Dashboard
• Additional Starfish Resources

Voicemail

• Checking Voicemail from Home