Session Recordings and Resources
Monday
10:30 AM | Who Has the Key to My Classroom?
This session is designed to give participants a big-picture overview of the Canvas environment.
Presenter: Lené Whitley-Putz
Watch "Who Has the Key to My Classroom?" Recording
10:30 AM | What Does It Mean to Have an Equity Mindset?
Based on the webinar from Drs. J Luke Wood and Frank Harris III, both new and seasoned virtual and online instructors will come away with fresh, concrete ideas for infusing an equity mindset in their own classes this quarter and beyond.
Presenter: Carolyn Holcroft
Watch "What Does It Mean to Have an Equity Mindset?" Recording
11:30 AM | Virtual Tour: Geography & GIS Classes
Allison Lenkeit Meezan will share her Online Physical Geography with Lab class and Introduction to Geospatial Technology with Lab class.
Presenter: K. Allison Lenkeit Meezan
Watch "Virtual Tour: Geography & GIS Classes
11:30 AM | Virtual Tour: Student Community with Zoom Study Groups
Math Professor Nicole Gray will discuss how she supported synchronous group work in her Fall 2019 fully online course.
Presenter: Nicole Gray
Watch "Virtual Tour: Student Community with Zoom Study Groups" Recording
Noon | Going Virtual in One Week!
Jessy Polzer, a learning specialist from Construct--an affiliate of Canvas specializing in instructional design--will walk us through building a course map to ensure our virtual classes are as effective as our in-person ones!
Presenter: Jessy Polzer
Watch "Going Virtual in One Week" Recording
Noon | Getting Started with Zoom
This session we will share our best tips for Zoom in your virtual classroom.
Presenter: Carolyn Holcroft
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1:00 PM | Dear Student, Welcome to Our Virtual Class
In this workshop, we'll discuss the right tone for your welcome message, some important details to include, sample text to get you started!
Presenter: Lené Whitley-Putz
Watch "Dear Student, Welcome to Our Virtual Class" Recording
1:30 PM | Get Oriented!
We have some tips and tricks to help you and your students make the most of your first week, including ideas for getting to know each other, creating community, and getting to know Canvas!
Presenters: Sarah Williams & K. Allison Lenkeit Meezan
Watch "Get Oriented!" Recording
2:00 PM | Lights, Camera, Action!
Jerry Robredo will share tips to make you camera ready for recording videos or Zooming.
Presenter: Jerry Robredo
Watch "Lights, Camera, Action!" Recording
2:30 PM | Virtual Tour: Psychology & Asynchronous Video Content
Ben Stefonik, Professor of Psychology, will share how he has created asynchronous video lecture content that both humanizes and guides students through research and course content.
Presenter: Ben Stefonik
Watch "Virtual Tour: Psychology & Asynchronous Video Content" Recording
2:30 PM | Virtual Tour: Canvas Template
Learn how to import one of the many useful templates that are available in Canvas Commons and take a quick tour of the template!
Presenters: K. Allison Lenkeit Meezan & Sarah Williams
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3:00 PM | Virtual Tour: Economics of Excellent Syllabi
Brian Evans, Professor of Economics, will share his Canvas syllabus and how it has helped to guide the structure and flow of his course.
Presenter: Brian Evans
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3:00 | Canvas Commons: Import a Template
In this session, we'll provide an overview of importing the Quick Start Template from Commons into a Canvas course.
Presenter: Paula Schales
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3:00 | What Does It Mean to Have an Equity Mindset?
Encore Presentation! Based on the webinar from Drs. J Luke Wood and Frank Harris III, both new and seasoned virtual and online instructors will come away with fresh, concrete ideas for infusing an equity mindset in their own classes this quarter and beyond.
Presenter: Carolyn Holcroft
Watch "What Does It Mean to Have an Equity Mindset?" (encore) Recording
Tuesday
10:00 AM | Virtual Learning 
≠ Distance Learning
In this webinar, we'll show you a whole host of tools in Canvas that will help you and your students build a virtual community that is robust, supportive, and maybe even a little fun!
Presenters: K. Allison Lenkeit Meezan, Sarah Williams & Lené Whitley-Putz
Watch "Virtual Learning ≠ Distance Learning Recording
10:00 AM | Student Services in a Virtual World
Join us to hear from Student Service leadership on how we will continue to provide our services virtually.
Presenters: Laurie Scolari & the Whole Student Services Team
Watch "Student Services in a Virtual World" Recording
11:00 AM | Who Are You? Using Surveys to Support Students
Learn about survey timing and sample survey questions that will help to build an equitable learning environment by creating just-in-time support for struggling students.
Presenter: Sarah Williams
Watch "Who Are You? Using Surveys to Support Students" Recording
11:00 AM | Video Capture Your Content
In this presentation, we discuss how to set up a home recording studio, video capture your course content, upload your videos onto YouTube, and embed these videos into your courses.
Presenter: Jeff Anderson
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Noon | Zoom Teaching, Beyond the Lecture
Join Kim Hunter for a wonderful exploration of connecting with Zoom.
Presenter: Kim Hunter
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Noon | Setting Norms
Participants will leave with strategies for using classroom norms effectively in their Spring quarter classes.
Presenter: Carolyn Holcroft
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1:00 PM | Humanizing Temporary Remote Teaching in Support of Equity
CVC-OEI Webinar with Michelle Pacansky-Brock about humanized online teaching and how it is essential to providing an equitable learning experience.
Presenter: Michelle Pacansky-Brock
Watch "Humanizing Temporary Remote Teaching in Support of Equity" Recording
1:00 PM | Proactive Communication
Learn how to leverage Canvas technologies to provide positive intrusive communication with your students.
Presenter: Carolyn Holcroft
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1:00 PM | Fun with FlipGrid
Learn how to use FlipGrid to liven up your class discussions!
Presenter: Lené Whitley-Putz
Watch "Fun with FlipGrig" Recording
1:00 PM | Virtual Tour: Kinesiology
Katy Ripp, Professor of Kinesiology, will focus on how to effectively organize due dates to maximize student success.
Presenter: Katy Ripp
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1:30 PM | Virtual Tour: American Literature & Organized Modules
Professor Amber La Piana will share her English 45B, American Literature course with a focus on the organization of her modules and how they guide her students through the course materials.
Presenter: Amber La Piana
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2:00 PM | Connecting Students, Pronto
Join the support team from Pronto as they walk us through the basics of this easy to use communication tool that has been integrated into Canvas.
Presenter: Porter Rappleye
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2:00 PM | Where and How do I Report a Student of Concern? Everything You Need to Know About Maxient
This brief, but highly useful session, will provide staff and faculty with an overview of how and when to submit an Incident Report through Maxient, who receives it, things to consider as you write a report, and what happens after a report is submitted.
2:00 | Canvas Studio
Join us to learn about the features of Studio, a built-in video capture tool in Canvas, and brainstorm how this tool can break down barriers in your virtual classroom!
Presenter: Paula Schales
Watch "Canvas Studio" Recording
3:00 PM | Introducing Modules
Join us in this session where we'll show you how modules help you organize your course content, and how they can help your students better understand how to navigate the asynchronous (and maybe even synchronous!) elements of your virtual classroom.
Presenter: K. Allison Lenkeit Meezan
Watch "Introducing Modules" Recording
3:00 |VoiceThread
Join Alexis Aguilar, Professor of Geography, for an overview of VoiceThread, a tool that allows instructors and students to post in and comment on discussion threads using multimedia content including images, sound recordings, and video.
Presenter: Alexis Aguilar
3:00 PM | Outreach is Now Virtual!
Outreach has made changes to workshops, orientations, events, and enrollment processes with particular attention paid to our new Smartsheet electronic form for dual enrollment students and to coordinating Zoom sessions with high school partners.
Presenter: Josh Pelletier
Watch "Outreach is Now Virtual!" Recording
4:00 | How Will I Communicate This in My Syllabus
This quick session will review a few things you can do in your syllabus to ensure students know what is expected of them, and of you!
Presenter: Carolyn Holcroft
Watch "How Will I Communicate This in My Syllabus" Recording
Wednesday
10:00 AM | Equity and Assessment
In this session, we'll explore notions of assessment and equity that help us examine our assumptions about testing and grading with the ultimate goal of developing virtual assessments and grading policies that support our students in this time of need.
Presenters: Collegial Discussion
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10:00 AM | Student/Teacher Relationship Building & Maintenance via Emotional Intelligence
Join Ché Meneses, Professor of Communication Studies, for a discussion of how to best support students in the virtual environment.
Presenter: Ché Meneses
Watch "Student/Teacher Relationship Building & Maintenance via Emotional Intelligence" Recording
10:00 AM | Options for Integrating Library Instruction into Online Classrooms
During this informational session, faculty will be introduced to the different options for integrating library instruction into their online classrooms.
Presenters: Micaela Agyare & Mary Thomas
Watch "Options for Integrating Library Instruction into Online Classrooms" Recording
11:00 AM | Canvas Quizzes
This is an intro-level session for those new to Canvas! Quizzes in Canvas can be low-stakes or high-stakes; multiple-choice, essay-based, video-based, you name it.
Presenter: Sarah Williams
Watch "Canvas Quizzes" Recording
11:00 AM | Assessment with Multimedia
In this session, explore tools available for capturing multimedia student works and multimedia expression of knowledge, in Foothill's virtual space.
Presenters: Carolyn Holcroft & Lené Whitley-Putz
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11:00 AM: Project-Based Learning: A Multimedia Semester Class Project for CS55A
Join computer science faculty Bob Sandor as he explains a semester class project given to the hybrid class for CS55A winter quarter. The project was based upon an AWS published project and was intended to tie in all learned subject matter from the class and more.
Presenter: Bob Sandor
Watch "Project-Based Learning: A Multimedia Semester Class Project for CS55A" Recording
Noon | Virtual Tour: Political Science and Building Community
Kerri Ryer, Professor of Political Science will share how she engages students through multiple avenues of communication and builds community with tools such as Pronto.
Presenter: Kerri Ryer
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Noon | Canvas SpeedGrader
Promote student engagement by quickly returning work with rich and targeted feedback. Learn how to leverage SpeedGrader with free form comments on student work that can be saved and reused.
Presenter: K. Allison Lenkeit Meezan
Watch "Canvas SpeedGrader" Recording
Noon | Virtual Tour: Responsive Teaching in Online Statistics
Jennifer Sinclair, Professor of Mathematics, will demonstrate how she has used student feedback to create the kind of demos and overviews that her Statistics students want.
Presenter: Jennifer Sinclair
Watch "Virtual Tour: Responsive Teaching in Online Statistics" Recording
12:30 PM | Virtual Tour: English
In this presentation, Brian Lewis discusses some of what he's learned teaching online when it comes to course design (backward design and designing around themes and major authentic projects), but he'll primarily explore how I use the discussion forum as a student portfolio.
Presenter: Brian Lewis
Watch "Virtual Tour: English" Recording
12:30 PM| Keeping Track of Files
Canvas Files help you keep your virtual classroom organized, so you don't have to look under the bed to find the item you're looking for! Join us for a few quick tips on keeping things tidy, so you can find them when you need them!
Presenter: Lené Whitley-Putz
Watch "Keeping Track of Files" Recording
Thursday
10:00 | Virtual Tour: Encouraging Students to Use the Canvas Mobile App
Professor Carolyn Brown will share simple ideas from an equity-minded phone-friendly Fine Arts course that gives students voice and choice and is humanized.
Presenter: Carolyn Brown
Watch "Virtual Tour: Encouraging Students to Use the Canvas Mobile App" Recording
10:00 | Making the Most of Modules: Intertwining Synchronous and Asynchronous Delivery
This session will help you make the most of the modules to group your content and guide students through your content pages and formative learning exercises, as well as helping them (and you!) keep track of synchronous activities.
Presenters: Sarah Williams & K. Allison Lenkeit Meezan
Watch "Making the Most of Modules: Intertwining Synchronous and Asynchronous Delivery" Recording
10:00 AM | Canvas Studio
Studio is a built-in video capture tool in Canvas accessible to students and instructors. Join us to learn about the features of Studio and brainstorm how this tool can break down barriers in your virtual classroom!
Presenter: Carolyn Holcroft
Watch "Canvas Studio" Recording
10:00 | CORA: Equity-Minded Student Services in the Online Environment
The much anticipated second session of CORA's webinar series focused on equity in California Community Colleges. The unanticipated transition from face-to-face to online student services in response to COVID-19 presents a substantial challenge for most postsecondary institutions. Student affairs professionals must be intentional about ensuring that the needs of historically underrepresented and underserved students are adequately addressed, especially during this time of crisis. This webinar will focus on discussing equity-minded student services strategies and practices that can be employed by community college professionals in the online environment. The conversation will be facilitated by Drs. Luke Wood and Frank Harris III. This is an outside event; register here. Links to an external site.
10:30 | Virtual Tour: Assessing Critical Thinking in Anthropology
Kathryn Maurer, Professor of Anthropology, will share how she builds opportunities for engagement (faculty to student and student to student) in a fully asynchronous class, and how she approaches the challenge of teaching and assessing critical thinking skills.
Presenter: Kathryn Maurer
Watch "Virtual Tour: Assessing Critical Thinking in Anthropology" Recording
11:00 | Advanced Features in Modules
Learn about how the prerequisite feature of Modules can help to increase success by directing students to approach course material in a specific order.
Presenters: K. Allison Lenkeit Meezan & Sarah Williams
Watch "Advanced Features in Modules" Recording
11:00 | Virtual Tour: Communication
Oli Mohammadi, Professor of Fine Arts and Communication will discuss how form follows function in her class. Intentional number and labeling of pages and modules build a pattern to reduce cognitive load, facilitates editing and development and assists in managing course map alignment.
Presenter: Oli Mohammadi
Watch "Virtual Tour: Communication" Recording
11:00 | Getting Through the Twilight Zone: Supporting Students (and Yourselves!) During the Pandemic
Psych Services presents some tips to help us through the twilight zone of COVID-19 in this webinar.
Presenters: Alexis Donato & Lisa Slede
Noon | Creating Impactful Canvas Pages
This workshop will share strategies for building student-centered pages that are visually engaging and easy to build.
Presenters: Paula Schales & Jamie Lopez
Watch "Creating Impactful Canvas Pages" Recording
Noon | Formative Assessment Fun
Assessments do not have to be boring busy work! This workshop will give you ideas for ways to make your formative assessments a fun and engaging experience for you and your students.
Presenters: Laurence Lew & Lené Whitley-Putz
Watch "Formative Assessment Fun" Recording
Noon | Disability Resource Center Drop-In Session
The DRC team is hosting an hour-long drop-in session for faculty who have questions related to supporting students with disabilities.
Presenters: Jackie Lauese & Team
Watch "Disability Resource Center Drop-In Session" Recording
1:00 PM | Accommodated Testing
Join a conversation with our testing team, led by Kennedy Bui, to hear updates about how our campus will support students with accommodations due to disability, in the virtual space!
Presenter: Kennedy Bui
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1:00 PM | Creating Graphics with Canva
We'll walk you through setting up your free Canva account, and show you some of the basics of building a custom graphic for your course.
Presenter: Lené Whitley-Putz
Watch "Creating Graphics with Canva" Recording
1:00 PM | When a Student Submits a Grievance--What Faculty Should Know
In this brief, but informative session given by the Grievance Officer, Leticia Maldonado, faculty will walk away with a thorough understanding of how the Grievance Process works, the steps involved, and what to expect in a Grievance Hearing.
Presenter: Leticia Maldonado
Watch "When a Student Submits a Grievance--What Faculty Should Know" Recording
2:00 PM | Canvas Commons and OER
In this session, we'll show you how to use the Canvas Commons to share course material with one another, find shared resources, and import OER.
Presenter: Lené Whitley-Putz
Watch "Canvas Commons and OER" Recording
2:00 PM | Capturing and Captioning Lectures with Google Slides and Screencastify
Join Gabriel Glickman, Professor of History, who will show you a workflow for creating asynchronous content.
Presenter: Gabriel Glickman
Watch "Capturing and Captioning Lectures with Google Slides and Screencastify" Recording
2:00 PM | Using Zoom for Synchronous Class Meetings
Learn about how to leverage zoom technology to maximize student engagement including building polls, breakout groups, and techniques to monitor the chat room.
Presenters: Sarah Williams & K. Allison Lenkeit Meezan
Watch "Using Zoom for Synchronous Class Meetings" Recording
3:00 PM | Using My Smart Phone to Capture Bite-Size Lab Videos
Hilary Gomes, Professor of Studio Art, will share how she is starting to create bite-sized 6 minute or less video Watercolor lab demonstrations using her smartphone.
Presenter: Hilary Gomes
Watch "Using My Smart Phone to Capture Bite-Size Lab Videos" Recording
3:00 PM | Academic Integrity in the Virtual Campus Environment
Join us for a thoughtful discussion about helping our students grow as scholars.
Presenters: Carolyn Holcroft & Lené Whitley-Putz
Watch "Academic Integrity in the Virtual Campus Environment" Recording
Friday
10:00 AM | Creating a Student-Centered Syllabus
This workshop will focus on how to enhance equity in your course by building a student centered-syllabus.
Presenters: Carolyn Holcroft and K. Allison Lenkeit Meezan
Watch "Creating a Student-Centered Syllabus" Recording
10:00 AM | Using Groups in Canvas
In this session, we'll discuss how you can use groups to create better discussions, and how students can use the group spaces in Canvas.
Presenter: Lené Whitley-Putz
Watch "Using Groups in Canvas" Recording
10:00 AM | How the Counseling Department Supports Your Students/Q&A
Join us to learn how our counseling department supports students’ success, and have an opportunity to ask us questions about the work we do, and how instructors and counselors could best collaborate to help our students reach their goals!
Presenters: Isaac Escoto and Fatima Jinnah
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11:00 AM | Home is Where the START Is
Presenters will provide examples of engaging home pages and strategies for implementing them.
Presenters: Paula Schales & Jolie Theall
Watch "Home is Where the START Is" Recording
11:00 AM | Career Planning: 5-15-30 Model
Join Mike Mohebbi, Foothill's Program Coordinator for Workforce and CTE, to discuss career planning in the "new normal."
Presenter: Mike Mohebbi
Watch "Career Planning: 5-15-30 Model" Recording
11:00 AM | Did You Say Virus? | Making Sure You Have a Back-Up Plan
It is always good to have a Plan B. In these uncertain times your internet may go down just as you are preparing to Zoom with your class, or your student may not be able to join you? What is your backup plan? This workshop will help you build out a backup plan for your synchronous class activities.
Presenter: Sarah Williams
Watch "Did You Say Virus? | Making Sure You Have a Back-Up Plan" Recording
Noon | 10-10-10: Communication that Matters
This workshop will focus on tools and techniques you can use to ensure the first 10 minutes, 10 hours, and 10 days of your virtual class support student success. We'll look at how your home page, orientation, syllabus, announcements, and activities in the first two weeks of your course build a net of communication around your students.
Presenter: Lené Whitley-Putz
Watch "10-10-10: Communication that Matters" Recording
Noon | Extra, Extra Read All About It! Announcements in Canvas
This presentation will focus on building out a plan for creating a connected and engaged classroom starting with weekly summary Announcements and leveraging the delayed send feature to create just in time support and engender classroom community.
Presenter: K. Allison Lenkeit Meezan
Watch "Extra, Extra Read All About It! Announcements in Canvas" Recording
Noon | Nudge, Nudge: Using "Message Student Who" in Canvas
Sometimes all it takes to keep a student who is at risk of dropping out is a little personal attention or a nudge! Learn how to leverage the Gradebook and Analytics tools in Canvas to deliver targeted just-in-time messaging.
Presenter: Carolyn Holcroft
Watch "Nudge, Nudge: Using "Message Student Who" in Canvas" Recording
4:00 PM | Did You Publish That?
In Canvas, if you did not publish it, your students won't know it's there! Join us for one last, very short session on Publishing.
Watch "Did You Publish That?" Recording