Align-"mint" Condition: Freshening your Course Design 

This one hour course will walk you through the process creating an alignment document. Rooting every aspect of the course—materials, activities, and assessments—in the learning outcomes, results in a minty fresh learning experience, where clarity and purpose refresh the student's journey like a cool, invigorating breeze. (1 hour)

Beyond ‘Great Post’: Making Online Discussions Meaningful OnDemand

Discussions are often used in online courses to encourage student-student interaction, but can many times feel forced or inauthentic. This course will explain several considerations and practices for creating more authentic connections and interactions between students in asynchronous learning environments, and also provide some more creative ways to use the discussion tool in Talon. (1 hour)

Creating and Managing Video Materials (Panopto Intro) 

This intro session to Panopto, Kirkwood's video platform, will provide the steps needed to deliver, make and manage videos. We will cover accessing Kirkwood's Panopto site, using the Panopto web-based Capture program, the feature-rich video player, and how to best share videos in your Talon courses or anywhere. (1 hour)

Cultural Competence for the Classroom

Kirkwood serves many students from diverse cultural backgrounds. This course will help you better understand cultural differences and provide practical skills for improving cross-cultural interactions inside and outside the classroom (1 hour)

Formative, Summative, and Authentic Assessment

Creating effective assessments is a key element of course design. This course will explain best practices and examples for implementing different types of assessments across all delivery mediums. Please note – these practices are focused on course-level assessment only. This course does NOT cover college-wide assessments or assessment data. (1 hour)

Getting Started with OER

If you are interested in adopting OER (Open Educational Resources, free alternatives to traditional textbooks), but don't know where to start, this is the course for you! You will walk away from this course with a solid understanding of what constitutes an OER, the benefits to students and faculty, the basics of open licensing, and the best ways to locate OER for your courses. (1 hour)

Honorlock Setup and Guidance

In this session you will be introduced to Honorlock, our remote proctoring partner. You'll come away with all of the skills and knowledge needed to enable and configure Honorlock for Talon and third party exams (1 hour). 

Hybrid Training

This course is a hybrid course that has been developed to provide faculty, administration, and staff training about how to design, develop, and deliver a hybrid course for students. The course has three parts (Parts I and III are completed asynchronously and Part II is completed synchronously) that address the following topics: documentation and logistics, design strategies, technology, communication, assessments, and best practices. Participants in the training will not only learn about how to build a hybrid course, but they will also experience a hybrid course from the student perspective.

Imposter Syndrome 

Imposter Syndrome and Stereotype Threat are two powerful psychological phenomena that affect performance, confidence, and well-being across academic, professional, and personal settings. Throughout this course, we'll explore what these experiences are, how they develop, and most importantly, how to recognize and navigate them effectively. (1 hour)

Making Accessible Materials: PDF Documents 

In this session you will review the current accessibility issues present in your PDF documents, learn how to address these issues, and implement fixes. Accessibility means removing barriers individuals might face when interacting with your materials. We will show you how to use Ally, a tool built into Talon, to scan and review current materials. And we'll demonstrate how Adobe Acrobat Pro can be used to address any issues. (1 hour)

Making Accessible Materials: PowerPoint Documents 

In this session you will review the current accessibility issues present in your PowerPoint documents, learn how to address these issues, and implement fixes. Accessibility means removing barriers individuals might face when interacting with your materials. We will show you how to use Ally, a tool built into Talon, to scan and review current materials. And we'll demonstrate how Microsoft PowerPoint can be used to address any issues. (1 hour)

Making Accessible Materials: Word Documents 

Review the current accessibility issues present in your Word documents, learn how to address these issues, and implement fixes. Accessibility means removing barriers individuals might face when interacting with your materials. These individuals will encounter different barriers due to permanent or temporary disabilities, neurodivergent conditions, and learning preferences. (1 hour)

Managing Bias 

Creating an inclusive community and sense of belonging in the classroom requires the instructor and other students to recognize and confront their own conscious and unconscious biases. This on-demand course will provide practical suggestions for managing bias in the classroom. (1 hour)

Providing Effective Feedback

One of the descriptors of Quality Instruction is, Provide regular and substantive feedback and opportunities for student reflection. We know that feedback is key for student growth and learning. There are several methods and tools that can be used to provide regular and substantive feedback to students. This course will provide suggestions and best practices for providing effective feedback to students. (1 hour)

Recognizing and Responding to Microaggressions 

Microaggressions are everyday slights, insults, invalidations and offensive behaviors experienced by individuals from marginalized groups. This course will help you recognize microaggressions, their impact on students/colleagues, and how to respond. (1 hour)

Say it Without Seeing it: Alternative Text 

This self-paced on demand course introduces you to writing effective alt text to make online content more accessible and foster a stronger sense of belonging. You'll learn when and how to describe images like photos, charts, and logos so all students, including those using screen readers, can fully engage with your course materials. By the end, you'll know how to write clear, useful alt text and create accessible content that supports all learners. (1 hour)

Strategies for Implementing the 4 Connections 

The 4 Connections are an evidence-based approach that can be integrated into your teaching strategy to enhance student success, retention, and inclusivity. This course will explain each of the 4 practices and provide practical examples of how Kirkwood faculty are implementing these strategies based on feedback from Kickoff Day in August 2023. (1 hour)

Talon Course Showcase

This course features 3 Kirkwood faculty members walking you through their online and hybrid courses in Talon, focusing on some best practices for structure, layout, design, aesthetics. (1 hour)

TILT Framework 

The Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework is an evidence-based strategy to improve accessibility, equity and connections with students. It is rooted in the idea that increased clarity in communicating the purpose, task, and criteria for course activities and assignments improves student success. This course explains the rationale and research behind the framework as well as practical examples that can be implemented into your courses. (1 hour)

Time IS on our side: Supporting Student Time Management 

Time management isn't a skill though that comes easily to everyone or is often explicitly taught. According to a 2023 survey by Inside Higher Ed/ College Pulse, 47% of undergraduate college students find it a challenge to balance schoolwork with other responsibilities. This session will look specifically at time management and the challenges that students at community college can face while navigating their personal lives and their commitment to their education. (1 hour)

Time Saving Talon Reports

In this session, you will be introduced to the Talon Instructor Dashboard reports. The data can help you take actions to fix hidden course issues, or connect with students in need of support. You might also come away with additional report requests to be added to the dashboard, or special reports your program would find useful. (1 hour)

Universal Design for Learning in Action 

This webinar will showcase how to implement Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles effectively in the classroom. Participants will learn strategies for creating inclusive, accessible, and engaging learning environments that cater to diverse student needs. By exploring case-based scenarios, attendees will see practical applications of UDL in real-world settings, focusing on how to support students throughout their learning process and beyond traditional assessments. (1 hour)

You Had Me at "Tone": Improving Communication with Students

Communication - something we all do and seek to improve.  This course offers practical tips for communicating with clarity, empathy, and confidence across all types of interactions with students. (1 hour)