You can review the CCV course description and learning objectives for the class(es) you will teach from the CCV Course Schedule or the CCV Catalog.
Your Coordinator and CCV Library Liaisons can assist helping you identify course resources including OER and no/low cost materials.
A course syllabus serves as the framework for a class at CCV. You should develop and publish a course syllabus 30 days before the class begins from the Course Syllabus Builder in the Portal.
Canvas course sites are available to faculty 90 days before each semester begins. Students enrolled in a course can access the Canvas course 60 days before each semester. For all course modalities, it’s important to have welcoming home page and information about your course ready to view.
The following resources can help you with course design:
After you have built your course in Canvas, it’s time to review it to make sure you have everything ready to go for the upcoming semester. Use this comprehensive checklist to determine just how ready your Canvas course is.
Whether you’re teaching online or in-person, it’s common to grapple with this question. You
don’t want to overwhelm students with more work than is academically appropriate for the
teaching level, but you also don’t want a scenario where there isn’t enough substantive
learning.
A key and helpful resources is CCV’s Credit Hour Policy. You can and should read the entire
policy via the link, but the following formula is critical to highlight:
A credit hour is a measure of work comprised of two essential aspects:
- one hour of classroom or direct faculty interaction, and
- a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week.
Following this formula, a 3-credit course should include 3 hours of classroom or instructor-led
activities each week, along with an additional 6 hours of time (at minimum) spent working on
reading, homework, etc. - Importantly, the credit hour policy makes clear how much time students in an online course
should spend on various aspects of the class, too:
Credit-bearing online courses require student participation in instructor-led
asynchronous or synchronous online learning activities equivalent to a minimum of one
hour per week and out-of-class student work equivalent to a minimum of two hours per
week for approximately fifteen weeks for each credit hour.
Essentially, in a 3-credit online course, student should spend 3 hours engaging in activities
inside the class (usually in discussion forum or other things done in the Canvas environment)
and another 6 hours on reading, homework.