Essential Requirements and Support for Faculty Teaching Online at FRC

All faculty teaching online at FRC should:

• Be proficient with Canvas 
• Review the DE Faculty Handbook, link on Canvas.
• Become familiar with the CVC Course Quality Rubric. 
• Ensure regular and substantive interaction, know how to meet accessibnility requirements, and understand course design and equity.  

Canvas for Faculty

The Faculty Resources area in Canvas has detailed information and instructions about these tools and more. FRC instructors are encouraged to use use this Canvas area. 

• Training
• Resources
• Templates for Asynchronous Online Course Elements
  • Syllabus (example)
  • Welcome Letter (example)
  • Creating an equity-mindeded syllabus
• Non-Instructional Uses
• Merging Sections in Canvas - FERPA Rules
• Assigninig Roles in Canvas
• Canvas Studio
• TechConnect Zoom
• Turnitin

Ongoing Support Opportuntiies for Faculty 

• contact 24×7 Canvas support for faculty (by phone: 1-833-345-2890, or through live chat accessed from the Tech Help button in Canvas)
• Explore @ONE’s resources including free facilitated multi-week online teaching courses from @ONE (exclusively for California Community College faculty) as well as the following free self-paced online courses available anytime:
  • Introduction to Teaching with Canvas
  • 5-Day Challenge: Organizing Your Canvas Course
  • 5-Day Challenge: Creating Accessible Canvas Content
  • Introduction to Designing for Accessibility
  • Understanding PDF Barriers