Add your Feedback for Fall Faculty Retreat Plans
We are actively planning the Fall Faculty Retreat. Please add your feedback using our survey.
HubTalk Wants to Hear From You!
The Center for Academic Innovation’s podcast series, HubTalk, hosts conversations about pedagogy, accessibility, emerging technology, and other topics relevant to teaching and learning.
We are soliciting stories for exciting new episodes and hoping to get faculty involved in planning the topics for future recordings.
Please take a moment to answer a few questions.
Read our blog post on New Canvas Features
Make sure your Canvas knowledge is up-to-date going into Spring term by reading our latest Canvas new release notes. This post features an update that allows instructors to submit assignment uploads on behalf of students. If you
Cultivating Community: Humanizing Online Learning
- Online Student Retention & Completion Conference
- April 14, 2023 │8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
- Chemeketa Eola Viticulture Center and on Zoom
Join us for OCCDLA’s Online Student Retention and Completion Conference on Friday, April 14, 2023. Registration is free, and a stipend is available for Oregon community college part-time faculty. Join the conference in-person at Chemeketa’s Eola Viticulture Center in Salem, or attend remotely via Zoom- the choice is yours.
This year’s theme is “Cultivating Community: Humanizing Online Learning”. We are excited to welcome Michelle Pacansky-Brock as our keynote speaker. The day will also include sessions, discussions and a multi-campus panel of online students to share their perspectives.
Take a Look at this NISOD Webinar: “When Students Have Ninety-Nine Problems and Your Syllabus Is One: Five Equity-Minded Practices That Remove Barriers for Success”
Facilitator: Dr. Andrea Dardello
When: Monday, April 24, 11am-12pm (PDT)
Description: This webinar helps instructors recognize some of the barriers created by the tone and policies in the syllabus and provides strategies for using the syllabus as a tool to create a clearer path to students’ success.
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FREE for Chemeketa faculty and staff. Create a NISOD account if you do not already have one. Use your Chemeketa address.
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Click here for more information and to register for this webinar.
SoftChalk
SoftChalk is an online content-authoring tool available to Chemeketa faculty. It offers a suite of interactives, a good equation editor, and it integrates with the Canvas gradebook. Activities can also be delivered outside of Canvas for ungraded practice.
Recent improvements to SoftChalk have made it much easier to create and share content, and all interactives are now mobile-friendly. Check out the SoftChalk Guide for Chemeketa Faculty & Staff for a complete overview and getting started info.
Spring SoftChalk Webinars
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Introduction to SoftChalk Cloud Platform and Content Authoring, March 29, 11:00am, 60 mins
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Enhance Text, Create a Table of Contents, Navigation and Sidebars, April 4, 12:00 pm, 60 mins
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Embedding Multimedia, Widgets, iFrames, April 10, 10:30 am, 40 mins
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Interactive Learning Activities – Scoring Group, April 20, 8:30 am, 40 min
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Interactive Learning Activities – Presentation Group, April 25, 11:00 am, 40 min
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Quizzes and SoftChalk Score Center, May 05, 9:00 am, 40 min
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Lesson Design Properties, May 11, 1:00 pm, 40 mins
Sign up for One of Our Spring Workshops and Training
Please register via My Chemeketa for both Remote and Online workshops. Click here for a complete list of all workshops and training with their descriptions.
Remote Workshops & Training
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UDL 3: Multiple Means of Action and Expression
Dates: April 11 | 12:30-2:00pm | CRN 82496 | Zoom
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UDL 4: Multiple Means of Engagement
Dates: April 18 | 12:30-2:00pm | CRN 82497 | Zoom
Online Workshops & Training
Below is a list of online workshops offered by the CAI during Spring term. These are self-paced workshops in Canvas.
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UDL 1: Understanding the UDL Framework
Dates: April 10 – June 23 | CRN 82494
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UDL 5: Applying UDL to the Digital Classroom
Dates: April 10 – June 23 | CRN 82498
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UDL Capstone
Dates: April 10 – June 23 | CRN 82499
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eLearn Institute: Online Instructor Training
Dates: April 10 – June 23 | CRN 82443
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Hybrid Course Development/Instruction Training
Dates: April 10 – June 23 | CRN 82444
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Remote Instruction Workshop
Dates: April 10 – June 23 | CRN 82608
Additional Training Opportunities
In addition to the workshops listed above, we offer additional training and support upon request:
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Individual training for online learning, multimedia production, and other instructional technology.
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Customized training for small groups or departments.
For more information, please visit the Center for Academic Innovation website.