Course Development
The process of deveoping and delivering course content online involves many skills, several steps and stages, some legal requirements,
Getting Started
The basics of building a course for online instruction.Canvas
Butte College uses Canvas as the learning management system for creating, managing
online content for courses that are delivered in a fully online, hybrid or on campus
format.
The first step to developing a course for any level of online delivery is to learn
how to use Canvas effectively and efficiently.
Online Readiness Training (ORT)
Faculty should begin with the Online Readiness Training (ORT), a self-paced online training designed to familiarize faculty with the many aspects of building and teaching a course in Canvas.
SELF-ENROLL in the Online Readiness Training
Distance Education Training (DET)
The Distance Education Training (DET) is a self-paced online training intended to expose faculty to a wide range of concepts and practices in online education, including guidance and examples to incorporate into their own courses.
SELF-ENROLL in the Distance Education Training
TMI Resources
Simple guides for faculty new to using Canvas, or review for getting started with a new semester.
TMI Training and Consulation
TMI provides training for faculty throughout the year on Canvas and other tools. Our event calendar also features a variety of trainings, webinars and events on a wide range of products, platforms and topics.
Procedures and Requirements
From How To's and Must Do's, here's what you need to knowRequirements
In order to maintain compliance with ACCJC and with State and Federal regulations, all faculty must complete mandatory requirements to teach, as well as additional requirements to teach fully online.
Please review the information provided by the Distance Learning Committee on current requirements.
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Free and low-cost content for faculty and studentsAn ever increasing amount of free and reduced cost online open resources are available
to faculty for use in their courses. Open content is generally much more adaptable
and flexible than paid publisher content, and can often be tailored most closely to
the instructors needs.
Visit these Butte College Library resources to learn more about OER concepts and content,
and find materials for your classes.
OER and ZTC for Faculty: Introduction
An extensive resource packed with information about finding and utilizing content
for your course and reduce costs for your students.
Finding OER
Use this generous list of OER content sources to search for content for your courses.
Copyright and Fair Use
Learn more about content ownership and intellectual propertyButte College Library
Copyright Information for Faculty
Learn about copyright protections that apply to content created or used by faculty
for their course content.
MORE TO COME...
CVC-OEI
Statewide resources and standards for online course developmentThe California Virtual Campus – Online Education Initiative (CVC-OEI) is a collaborative effort among California Community Colleges (CCCs) to ensure that significantly more students are able to complete their educational goals by increasing both access to and success in high-quality online courses.
CVC-OEI provides a variety of statewide resources for faculty and students teaching and learning online, including funding for a wide range of sofware and training.
@ONE Online Courses
The Online Education Initiative (OEI), in partnership with @ONE, offer workshops that
assist CCC faculty and staff from throughout the state in aligning online courses
to OEI course design standards.
Open Educational Resources (OER)
A selection of sources for learning more about using OER in your courses, finding
content, and how it benefits students and faculty.
CVC-OEI Events Calendar
The CVC-OEI offers a variety of training events throughout the year. If you missed
an event, many past events are available on-demand on the YouTube channel.
Online Teaching Conference
An annual conference in support of all aspects of online teaching and learning.
