Center for Excellence in TeachingThe Center for Excellence in Teaching is offering the Spring Accelerated Online Teaching Intensive. This intensive provides a space for faculty to learn online teaching tools and reflect on how their courses could most effectively be delivered in the online environment.
This opportunity is open to all USC faculty (instructors of record): not just those who will be teaching this semester, but to any faculty members who would like to be prepared should the need for online teaching continue. While it is designed to enhance online teaching capabilities, it also provides faculty with principles, strategies, and online tools that can be effectively applied in on-ground courses.
This intensive models recommended practices for both synchronous activity in Zoom and asynchronous work in Blackboard. Each module will include content posted in Blackboard (Monday) for your review, a Blackboard discussion forum, submission of an online course component (e.g., exam, assignment) for feedback, and a synchronous Zoom session (Friday). Faculty unable to attend the Friday Zoom sessions will be able to watch the recording and complete an alternative work product in Blackboard to receive a Certificate of Completion.
Instructional designers will be available for individual or group consults throughout and after the intensive.
Synchronous Zoom sessions are held on Fridays from 1:30 – 3:00 pm Pacific Time. Recordings of the Friday Zoom sessions will be available in Blackboard within 48 hours . Module activities can be completed asynchronously prior to the Zoom session. Faculty can earn a certificate to document completion of the intensive, if they wish.
The 6 module intensive begins the week of January 19, with the first synchronous session held on Friday, January 29 from 1:30-3:00 pm Pacific Time. The last session is Friday, April 23. Please note: in order to participate in the intensive, participants must have a valid USC NET ID email address.
Registration for the Spring 2021 cohort is available now and will end on January 25 at 8:00am Pacific time.
Intensive topics
Week 1: Framing the online environment
Week 2: Selecting online assessments that align with your learning objectives
Week 3: Designing effective online assessments
Week 4: Instructor presence and student engagement online
Week 5: Presenting course content in the online environment
Week 6: Online active learning activities
For questions, please contact usccet@usc.edu.