In order to support faculty transition to online courses this summer, the Academy will be offering additional courses as part of the Teaching Online Successfully series. These courses help prepare faculty for developing and/or facilitating their first online course. The completion of either Create or Facilitate enables you to be eligible to teach in a blended or online format at Harper.
Please note: The professional development requirement has been waived for the Summer 2020 and Fall 2020 semesters. You are NOT required to enroll in one of these courses in order to teach this summer or fall. However, after the Fall 2020 semester, if an instructor has not completed the Create or Facilitate GEC, or a course with comparable outcomes that is offered by an outside organization, they must do so in order to be eligible to teach in a blended or online format.
Teaching Online Successfully: Create
The Create course prepares and supports faculty who are developing a new online or blended course in Blackboard for the first time. Faculty will learn about critical components of quality course design, receive an introduction to the OSCQR rubric used at Harper for evaluating online and blended course design quality, modify an existing course syllabus for use in an online or blended format, and build one complete course module inside a provided model course shell in Blackboard.
- Spring 2020 Dates: April 20 – May 3 (register by April 16)
- Summer 2020 Dates: June 8 – June 21 (register by May 25) or July 27 – August 9 (register by July 20)
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Teaching Online Successfully: Facilitate
The Facilitate course prepares and supports faculty who are teaching an online or blended course in Blackboard for the first time, and any faculty who have an interest in exploring best practices in online and blended course facilitation. Faculty will learn about critical components of effective course management and communication, develop a faculty schedule to aid in the management of their course, and enhance their course and syllabus using tools to encourage faculty-student and student-student interaction.
- Spring 2020 Dates: May 4 – May 17 (register by April 29)
- Summer 2020 Dates: July 6 – July 19 (register by June 22)
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Teaching Online Successfully: Enhance
The Enhance course provides faculty with tools and techniques to enhance their online course in ways that encourage student engagement. Faculty will explore basic screencasting/lecture capture tools and best practices, incorporate web-based tools into their course, use Respondus Lockdown Browser and Monitor for online exam proctoring, facilitate group work inside of Blackboard, and make online materials accessible for students and compliant with copyright guidelines.
- Summer 2020 Dates: July 20 – August 2 (register by July 13)
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Each course is delivered in an online format, is 1 GEC, and there is no cost. Visit the Graduate Equivalency Course page for more details and to view the syllabus.
Questions? Please contact the Academy at academy@harpercollege.edu.
Hello
I registered for this course that starts on Monday but where can I find the link? Is it in blackboard?
Hi Tammy! You will have access to the course in Blackboard before the start date. Please watch for an email from the instructor.
I have gone over the syllabus with a fine tooth comb. Disregard the last comment I wrote. Thank you!
Hi Donna! Please let us know if you have any further questions or if we can help with anything else – academy@harpercollege.edu. Thanks!
Is there a specific day/time I need to be available? Or is this class set up where I can work at 4:30 in the morning when I am freshest? How will I be contacted?