DE Workshops
Learn about online pedagogical practices and new tools you can use to improve your course(s) instruction. If you miss a workshop, look for a recording in the DEFT Video Library, which has recordings of our past workshops, or you can make an appointment to learn about these topics with our Course Developers and Accessible Technology & Media Coordinator.
DE Workshops
- March
- Title: Leveraging AI to Create UDL-Driven and Accessible Course Content (Registration Link)
- Date: 3/20/2025
- Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Org: CVC@ONE
- Description: In the online learning environment, ensuring accessibility is an ongoing challenge—whether you’re creating content in platforms like Canvas or using open educational resources. While accessibility is essential, integrating the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) takes a proactive approach to enhance the learning experience for all students. Attend this session to learn how AI-powered tools, such as a bot, can support both accessibility and the incorporation of UDL principles in your course content. You’ll also explore other ways AI can be utilized to improve the online learning experience, making it more inclusive and engaging for diverse learners.
- Date: 3/20/2025
- Title: Easy AI for Educators: Simple Ways to Test How AI Can Help (Registration Link)
- Date: 3/24/2025
- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
- Org: CVC@ONE
- Description: Educators have plenty to do without the added task of figuring out AI. But we know AI is all around our students; we need to understand what it can do and how they might use it. Where do we start if we don’t have much spare bandwidth? How do we avoid getting overwhelmed by hype and options? In this workshop, we’ll look at two straightforward ways to try AI assistance.
- Date: 3/24/2025
- Title: Leveraging AI to Create UDL-Driven and Accessible Course Content (Registration Link)
- April
- Title: AI Breakout Room Challenges (Registration Link)
- Date: 4/2/2025
- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
- Org: CVC@ONE
- Description: In this hands-on workshop, participants will engage in a series of increasingly challenging collaborative AI tasks, structured as breakout room challenges. Each task will explore the use of AI tools to enhance teaching practices and student learning. Topics will include effective prompt writing, designing assignments that reduce the likelihood of AI misuse, and facilitating comprehension of complex texts.
- Date: 4/2/2025
- Title: Authentic Presence & Digital Doubles: Navigating Synthetic Media in Equitable Online
Teaching (Registration Link)
- Date: 4/10/2025
- Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
- Org: CVC@ONE
- Description: Are you curious about using AI-generated videos in your online teaching? Video content helps humanize the online learning experience and supports diverse learning needs through Universal Design for Learning (UDL). However, creating and maintaining quality videos requires significant time investment.
- Date: 4/10/2025
- Title: Quickly preparing Word Documents for large print, braille, and TTS (Join Link)
- Date: 4/13/2025
- Time: 2 pm - 3 pm
- Org: CCC Accessibility Center: Monthly Accessibility Training Series
- Description: You have an accessible Microsoft Word document. Now what does that mean for students who need the alternative formats of audio, large print and braille? The California Community College (CCC) Accessibility Center offers training for free to all CCC employees in making Microsoft Word documents more accessible in partnership with WebAIM. Join us as we demonstrate how an accessible word document can easily be converted into specialized formats for students with disabilities, including audio, large print and braille.
- Date: 4/13/2025
- Title: Connections That Count: How CoPs Are Advancing AI Conversations (Registration Link)
- Date: 4/14/2025
- Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Org: CVC@ONE
- Description: Faculty, staff, and administrators, join us for an illuminating webinar as three California community college practitioners share their journeys in developing Communities of Practice (CoPs) focused on responding to GenAI. Discover why CoPs are powerful vehicles for tackling complex challenges like GenAI in teaching and learning. Our panelists will provide candid insights into their CoP design processes, implementation strategies, as well as struggles and successes.
- Date: 4/14/2025
- Title: Should Educators Be Using AI? Addressing Ethics as We Explore AI Assistance (Registration
Link)
- Date: 4/22/2025
- Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Org: CVC@ONE
- Description: Many educators have significant, well-founded concerns about AI, including energy use, bias, intellectual property rights, privacy, labor, and more. And yet, given AI’s omnipresence and growing role in society, teachers need to build AI literacy in order to better guide our students. We need to experience the usefulness and versatility of these systems to understand the choices students confront.
- Date: 4/22/2025
- Title: AI Breakout Room Challenges (Registration Link)
- May
- Title: Advanced AI Assistance with Course Materials (Registration Link)
- Date: 5/01/2025
- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
- Org: CVC@ONE
- Description: If you’ve tried using AI in your teaching practice but want new approaches, please come and explore with us!
- Date: 5/01/2025
- Title: Annual CCCAC Workshop: Topics TBD
- Date: 5/15/2025
- Time: 8 am - 5 pm
- Org: CCC Accessibility Center: Monthly Accessibility Training Series
- Description: TBD
- Date: 5/15/2025
- Title: Advanced AI Assistance with Course Materials (Registration Link)
Vendor Workshops & Ongoing Training Sessions
- DesignPLUS & TidyUP offer ongoing training. Check out CidiLabs training calendar for registration links for the following training workshops:
- DesignPLUS Sidebar Training -- In this 90-minute training, CidiLabs will introduce the new DesignPLUS Sidebar, demonstrate how to create basic and home pages, transform some existing Canvas content, demonstrate our Sidebar’s accessibility checkers, and provide resources that will help you along the way! BONUS: Have a specific question about DesignPLUS’ new Sidebar? Register to attend one of the Q&A sessions below.
- TidyUP Training -- Join CidiLabs for a 45-minute training session to learn how to use TidyUP to clean up your course clutter!
- VoiceThread offers workshops to support new users. You can also watch previous workshops on a
variety of topics such as Flipped Classroom, Assessment, Game-based Learning, and
more.
- Register for current & review previous VoiceThread workshops.
- Note: The times listed are (usually) EST time zone.
- LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor offers comprehensive training workshops intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session repeats multiple times per week and provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor more effective and easy to use.
- Turnitin & Gradescope workshops can help users to understand how to use our products to achieve educational goals. Whether you use our Integrity products or Gradescope, there is a workshop that can provide insights and guidance for best usage and practices.
- TextExpander you’re losing precious hours every day typing the same things, copying and pasting from shared docs, and coordinating accurate and compliant messaging with your team. Check out our introduction videos, in-depth TextExpander webinars, and best practices!
- Snagit join us for free webinars and we’ll teach you Snagit and best practices for creating better visual content.
- Camtasia join us for free webinars and we’ll teach you Camtasia and best practices for creating better visual content.