Training & Workshop Schedule
Fall 2025 Sessions
Organizing Your Online Course
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 20th, 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: Thursday, August 21st, 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
Panopto 101 (In Person)
Date/Time: Thursday, August 21st, 2025, 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Location: Discovery Hall 2088
Topics: Welcome to Panopto, UNCW’s new campus-wide video platform. During our 45-minute introduction to the tool, we’ll cover the basics, including the following:
- How to access Panopto
- How to create videos
- How to organize those videos, and
- How to share your videos with students and peers.
Please bring your laptop, if one is available, for the hands-on portions of the session.
Registration: Please use the link below to register for this F2F, classroom-style training. After registration, we will send you an Outlook calendar invite.
REGISTER FOR THE "PANOPTO 101" SESSION
Panopto 101 (In Person)
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 27th, 2025, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Location: Discovery Hall 2088
Topics: Welcome to Panopto, UNCW’s new campus-wide video platform. During our 45-minute introduction to the tool, we’ll cover the basics, including the following:
- How to access Panopto
- How to create videos
- How to organize those videos, and
- How to share your videos with students and peers.
Please bring your laptop, if one is available, for the hands-on portions of the session.
Registration: Please use the link below to register for this F2F, classroom-style training. After registration, we will send you an Outlook calendar invite.
Establishing Foundational Course Design
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Topics: This session will explore foundational strategies for course planning and introduce valuable concepts like backward design and alignment. You will also learn how to use your existing course learning objectives and information about your learners to generate ideas for the structure of your course, as well as the assessments and activities you may want to include.
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 "ESTABLISHING FOUNDATIONAL COURSE DESIGN" SESSION
Designing Effective Online Assessments and Activities
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 17th, 2025, 1:00 PM - 2:00 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 "DESIGNING EFFECTIVE ONLINE ASSESSMENTS & ACTIVITIES" SESSION
Increase Assessment Security with Respondus Lockdown Browser/Monitor & Turnitin
Date/Time: Thursday, September 25th, 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.
Providing Impactful Instructional Materials
Date/Time: Monday, October 6th, 2025, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Topics: Learn about strategies, resources, and tools for selecting and sharing instructional materials that are effective, diverse, and accessible. You’ll also walk away with ideas about how you can transparently communicate the purpose of your instructional materials to your students.
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 IMPACTFUL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS" SESSION
APPQMR Workshop
Date/Time: Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 - Tuesday, October 28th, 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 access the form linked below. To allow time for registration requests to be processed by QM, please register for this session before 11:59 PM on Sunday, October 5th, 2025.
REGISTER FOR THE "10/14/2025-10/28/2025 APPQMR WORKSHOP" SESSION
Panopto 101 (in person)
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: Discovery Hall 2088
Topics: Welcome to Panopto, UNCW’s new campus-wide video platform. During our 45-minute introduction to the tool, we’ll cover the basics, including the following:
- How to access Panopto
- How to create videos
- How to organize those videos, and
- How to share your videos with students and peers.
Registration: Please use the link below to register for this F2F, classroom-style training. After registration, we will send you an Outlook calendar invite.
REGISTER FOR THE "PANOPTO 101" SESSION
Enhance and Accelerate Instruction with LinkedIn Learning
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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 "ENHANCE AND ACCELERATE INSTRUCTION WITH LINKEDIN LEARNING" SESSION
Providing Accessible Digital Materials with Ally and Canvas Accessibility Tools
Date/Time: Monday, October 27th, 2025, 1:00 PM - 2:00 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
Intentional Assignment Design in the AI Era: Strategies for Online and Hybrid Courses
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Topics: Examine how generative AI tools impact your current assignments and explore the new possibilities they create for assessments and learning activities. This session will address various assessment formats, adaptation strategies for different AI use scenarios, and practical examples from online and hybrid courses. Participants will engage with key questions about assessment design in an AI-influenced environment and leave better equipped to make informed decisions about their own assessments.
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.
Supporting & Guiding Online Students
Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Topics: This session will explore different strategies that you can implement in your courses to support online students, covering aspects such as technical support, academic guidance, and accessibility. You will also learn about high-impact areas of your course to provide students with guidance to help them self-regulate, make connections, and stay motivated.
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 "SUPPORTING & GUIDING ONLINE STUDENTS" SESSION
Continuous Improvement for Online Courses
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Topics: Learn about several tools you can use to iteratively enhance the design and facilitation of your online or hybrid course. This session will present practical guidance on how to collect and analyze formal and informal student feedback and usage data. You will also learn about DEeL provided services (such as instructional design consultations and course/item reviews) that can help you to improve your experience and the student experience with your course.
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 "CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FOR ONLINE COURSES" SESSION
An Introduction to Quality Matters: Evidence-based Standards for Online and Hybrid Course Design
Date: Thursday, December 4, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Topics: Join us for a 60-minute training session designed for all faculty and instructional staff who wish to gain a deeper understanding of practical, evidence-based standards for designing high-quality online and hybrid courses. Additionally, you will learn about QM tools, DEeL services, and upcoming QM faculty development opportunities.
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.
Self-Paced Course Options
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.