Center for Teaching and Learning - Clovis Community College: Online Teaching Recertification

Clovis Training Options

Ongoing (Use the link to enroll)

• 10 Day Accessibility Training (5 hours, self-paced, open enrollment): this course focuses on creating accessible content in Canvas, using Canvas tools. It is designed to go in 10 consecutive business days, though you can do it faster or slower as needed. Upon completion of the course, you are re-enrolled in a read only mode so you can keep access to the content. 
• 10 Weeks to POCR (10 hours, self-paced, open enrollment). This course walks you through revising your online course based on the CVC Course Design Rubric with the goal of becoming POCR certified. Complete 1 unit per week to stay on track. 

Offered Each Semester

• Accessibility Series: Pope Tech trainings; varies by semester (1-3 hours)
• DE Flex Series: varies by semester (1-3 hours)
• Online Teaching Certification Course: a course is designed to prepare instructors to teach a fully online asynchronous course (40 hours)
• On Hold: Peer Online Course Review: a process where faculty engage with a POCR peer reviewer in a supportive and collaborative review of their online courses and improve them using the criteria in the CVC Online Course Design Rubric. 

Requirements From Other Colleges

You may be asked to complete training as part of certification / recertification at another campus where you are teaching online. These activities may also count toward your requirements here. Reach out if you have questions. 

Approved College Requirements:

• Reedley College Recertification

Other Training Options

California Community College Chancellor's Office:

• WebAIM Accessible Document Training (starts first Monday of each month): This is a 4 week course that you have to complete within 60 days. It usually starts the first Monday of each month, though you can enroll late as long as you complete within the 60 day time limit. This course covers creating accessible external documents: Word, PPT, and PDF. 
• CCCCO Webinar Series: Ethical, Equitable and Effective AI in Higher Education
  • Tuesday's from 12-1PM on 2/4, 3/11, and 5/13.

Online Network of Educators (ONE):

• Approved Courses (varies)
  • 10-10-10 Communication That Matters
  • Advanced Teaching Techniques with Canvas
  • Assessment in Digital Learning
  • Beyond Boundaries: OER & Universal Design for Learning
  • Creating Accessible Course Content
  • Equity & Culturally Responsive Online Teaching
  • Equitable Grading Strategies
  • Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning
  • Introduction to Asynchronous Online teaching and Learning
  • Navigating the Future: Open Education with Generative AI
  • Teaching with OER and Open Pedagogy for Equity

Spring 2025 Webinar Series:

Register here: Webinars

Generative AI Meets Universal Design for Learning
Thursday, March 6, 2025, at 1:00 PM
Presenter: Gloria Washington, University of South Carolina

The Content Authenticity Initiative - Transparency in the Age of AI
Monday, March 10, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Presenter: Santiago Lyon, Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative

Leveraging AI to Create UDL-Driven and Accessible Course Content
Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 11:00 AM
Presenter: Elli Constantin, Cypress College

Easy AI for Educators: Simple Ways to Test How AI Can Help
Monday, March 24, 2025, at 1:00 PM
Presenter: Anna Mills, California Community College faculty and author

Authentic Presence & Digital Doubles: Navigating Synthetic Media in Equitable Online Teaching
Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Presenter: Michelle Pacansky-Brock, CVC@ONE

Connections That Count: How CoPs Are Advancing AI Conversations
Monday, April 14, 2025, at 11:00 AM
Presenters: Michelle Pacansky-Brock, CVC@ONE; Christy Davis Roza, Chabot College; Don Button, Sacramento City College; Jim Julius, MiraCosta College

Should Educators Be Using AI? Addressing Ethics as We Explore AI Assistance
Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 11:00 AM
Presenter: Anna Mills, California Community College faculty and author

Advanced AI Assistance with Course Materials
Thursday, May 1, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Presenter: Anna Mills, California Community College faculty and author

Self-Paced Courses from the California Community College's Accessibility Center (CCCAC)

• CCCAC Accessible Styles: Color Use, Color Contrast, and Fonts (20 minutes)
• CCCAC Alternative Text for Images (20 minutes)
• CCCAC Building Accessible Structure (20 minutes)
• CCCAC Creating Accessible Captions (20 minutes)
• CCCAC Creating Accessible Links (15 minutes)
• CCCAC Foundations of Digital Accessibility Law (20 minutes)
• CCCAC Tables and Accessibility (20 minutes)
• WebAIM Training: Creating Accessible Images and Text Alternatives (4 hours)

ONE Webinar Series Recordings

• Amplifying Student Stories as an Equity Minded Practice (1 hour)
• Assessing Learning in Online Classes (90 minutes)
• Creating an Equitable and Anti-racist Syllabus (90 minutes)
• Equitable Grading Strategies for Online Teaching (1 hour)
• From Gotcha to "You Got This!": Online Teaching Strategies that Uplift Students, Build Interactivity, and Increase Retention (1 hour)
• Get the "F" Outta Here: Challenging the Oppressive Status Quo by Equalizing Our Grading Practices (90 minutes)
• Grab Students' Attention with Social Videos (1 hour)
• Harnessing the Power of Student Feedback (90 minutes)
• Humanizing in the AI Era (1 hour)
• Introduction to Teaching and Thinking with AI (90 minutes)
• Meeting Students' Diverse Needs: Universal Design for Learning (1 hour)
• Regular Substantive Interaction in Online Courses (90 minutes)
• Spark Curiosity and Build Learner Autonomy with Interactive Video (1 hour)
• Student Experience and Universal Design for Learning (1 hour)
• The Art of Connection: Building RSI (90 minutes)
• Your Own Personal Recording Studio: Using the Studio Tool in Canvas (90 minutes)