Training & Workshop Schedule
Summer 2025 Sessions
Organizing Your Online Course
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 13th, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Topics: Help students to focus on the content instead of how to get around. You will learn practical tips and proven strategies for creating a well-organized course that supports student success and reduces the number of questions that faculty receive.
Registration: This session is delivered virtually for maximum flexibility. Please register using the link below to secure your spot and receive the Zoom information for the training.
REGISTER FOR THE "Organizing Your Online Course" SESSION
Connecting with Online Students
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Topics: Learn how to connect with students at a distance by establishing and maintaining instructor presence in the online environment. We will also explore strategies for encouraging online interaction, engagement, and collaboration.
Registration: This session is delivered virtually for maximum flexibility. Please register using the link below to secure your spot and receive the Zoom information for the training.
REGISTER FOR THE "Connecting with Online Students" SESSION
Applying the Quality Matters Rubrics (APPQMR)
Date/Time: May 27th, 2025 - June 10th, 2025
Topics: Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR) is one of Quality Matters’ foundational workshops and is a prerequisite for the QM Peer Reviewer Course (PRC). Facilitated by our QM-certified instructional designers, DEeL offers this QM-designed workshop at no cost to UNCW faculty and instructional staff. Participants will explore the QM Higher Education Rubric, learn about QM’s quality assurance process, and practice drafting helpful recommendations as they apply the rubric to an actual course.
What to Expect: This is a two-week, fully online asynchronous workshop. QM recommends a minimum commitment of 10-12 hours per week to achieve the learning objectives.
Registration: DEeL will register all participants through QM’s system. To register for this workshop, please complete the form linked below.
REGISTER FOR THE "APPQMR" SESSION
Designing Effective Online Assessments & Activities
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 28th, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Topics: This session offers guidance on how to create a balanced and effective portfolio of assessments in your online or hybrid course. You will also gain a clear understanding of how you can use online learning activities to foster interaction, engagement, and student success.
Registration: This session is delivered virtually for maximum flexibility. Please register using the link below to secure your spot and receive the Zoom information for the training.
REGISTER FOR THE "Designing Effective Online Assessments & Activities" SESSION
Enhance and Accelerate Instruction with LinkedIn Learning
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 11th, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Topics: This one-hour session will introduce you to LinkedIn Learning and show how it can be a valuable resource to support your course content. We’ll explore best practices for integrating LinkedIn Learning content into your curriculum to enhance student learning and engagement. You’ll also discover practical ways to use LinkedIn Learning to complement your teaching strategies, whether you teach online, hybrid, or face-to-face.
Registration: This session is delivered virtually for maximum flexibility. Please register using the link below to secure your spot and receive the Zoom information for the training.
REGISTER FOR THE "LinkedIn Learning" SESSION
Organizing Your Online Course
Date/Time: Monday, June 16th, 2025, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Topics: Help students to focus on the content instead of how to get around. You will learn practical tips and proven strategies for creating a well-organized course that supports student success and reduces the number of questions that faculty receive.
Registration: This session is delivered virtually for maximum flexibility. Please register using the link below to secure your spot and receive the Zoom information for the training.
REGISTER FOR THE "Organizing Your Online Course" SESSION
Connecting with Online Students
Date/Time: Tuesday, June 24th, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Topics: Learn how to connect with students at a distance by establishing and maintaining instructor presence in the online environment. We will also explore strategies for encouraging online interaction, engagement, and collaboration.
Registration: This session is delivered virtually for maximum flexibility. Please register using the link below to secure your spot and receive the Zoom information for the training.
Designing Effective Online Assessments & Activities
Date/Time: Wednesday, July 9th, 2025, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Topics: This session offers guidance on how to create a balanced and effective portfolio of assessments in your online or hybrid course. You will also gain a clear understanding of how you can use online learning activities to foster interaction, engagement, and student success.
Registration: This session is delivered virtually for maximum flexibility. Please register using the link below to secure your spot and receive the Zoom information for the training.
REGISTER FOR THE "Effective Online Assessments & Activities" SESSION
Increase Assessment Security with Respondus Lockdown Browser/Monitor & Turnitin
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Topics: Learn about practical steps you can take to increase the security of your online assessments. This session will provide you with an understanding of when you might want to take steps to secure an assessment and how you can leverage UNCW-supported instructional technologies like Respondus and Turnitin to promote academic integrity.
Registration: This session is delivered virtually for maximum flexibility. Please register using the link below to secure your spot and receive the Zoom information for the training.
REGISTER FOR THE "Increase Assessment Security" SESSION
Providing Accessible Digital materials with Ally and Canvas Accessibility Tools
Date/Time: Thursday, July 24th, 2025, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Topics: In this session you will learn about best practices for creating accessible course content in Canvas using two integrated tools: the Canvas Accessibility Checker and ALLY. These tools are designed to assist faculty in identifying and addressing accessibility issues, ensuring that your materials are inclusive and meet accessibility standards.
Registration: This session is delivered virtually for maximum flexibility. Please register using the link below to secure your spot and receive the Zoom information for the training.
REGISTER FOR THE "Providing Accessible Digital Materials" SESSION
Self-Paced Course Options
Introduction to Canvas
Course Description
This self-paced Canvas course introduces faculty to the fundamentals of creating a course in UNCW’s Learning Management System (Canvas) while introducing them to common best practices for online course design.
Topics that will be covered include:
- UNCW faculty who have used VoiceThread previously or
- Navigating Canvas
- Canvas Features and Icons
- Getting Help in Canvas
- Best Practices for Teaching with Canvas
- Creating Rubrics in Canvas
- Adding a File
- Creating Content in Canvas
- Adding an assignment
- Adding a page
- Creating a quiz
- Creating an announcement
- Creating a discussion
To access this course, you will first need to self-enroll into the course by clicking the button down below.
Introduction to VoiceThread
Course Description
Miss hearing your students discuss topics together? Want to create group projects online without the hassle of having to log in at the same time? Then, come discover VoiceThread!
VoiceThread is a tool for conducting student discussions asynchronously using video, voice, and/or text commenting. There are a variety of ways in which using VoiceThread can enhance the community building in your course and provide students with multiple means of expressing their learning. This self-paced course introduces faculty to the VoiceThread tools and features as well as how they can be utilized in the online environment.
Topics that will be covered include:
- Exploring and interacting with VoiceThread
- Viewing a gallery of example VoiceThreads in real online classes
- Creating and sharing VoiceThreads
- Introducing students to VoiceThread
- Using VoiceThread with group projects
- Facilitating and grading VoiceThreads
- VoiceThread support and additional resources
To access this course, you will first need to self-enroll into the course by clicking the button down below.
Survive to Thrive: Moving Beyond Rapid Remote Instruction
Course Description
Global pandemics, hurricanes, ice and snowstorms...just a few of the unprecedented events that may cause a quick pivot towards rapid remote instruction. However, as situations change, it is important to recognize when and how online courses should be modified to reflect high-quality online learning best practices rather than rapid remote instruction.
This three-part self-paced microlearning training will provide faculty with the foundation for recognizing the difference between rapid remote instruction and high-quality online learning along with recommended strategies and steps to follow when modifying online courses.
Topics that will be covered include:
- Defining rapid remote instruction and high-quality online learning
- Identifying contributing factors
- Exploring online course quality indicators
- Modifying specific course items to reflect recommended best practices (Getting Started Information, Course Syllabus, Instructional Materials, Instructor Presence, Student Engagement, and Assessments)
- Exploring DEeL resources and support
- Identifying strategies for evaluating changes made to online courses
To access this course, you will first need to self-enroll into the course by clicking the button down below.
Tools to Communicate
Course Description
This self-paced Canvas course introduces you to some of the Canvas Communication tools, and includes the topics below in a series of mini-learning modules that are designed for grab and go, or take all of the modules and submit for a Tools to Communicate certificate.
Topics that will be covered include:
- Creating strategic and multi-media announcements in Canvas.
- Setting virtual (student drop-in) hours in your Canvas course using Zoom.
- Using your Canvas Inbox to communicate with your students.
- Utilizing Canvas SpeedGrader beyond the comment box to provide feedback for students.
To access this course, you will first need to self-enroll into the course by clicking the button down below.