Instructor: Garrick Grace

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HBM-1594: Online Mental Health Counseling Course for Non-Clinicians

In this course, participants will gain knowledge about how to support students in mental distress in the online environment, including how to provide effective resources and referrals. Participants will also learn to use the various e-learning and communication tools.

HBM-1659: Equitable Grading Strategies

What do grades really measure? Is there a more accurate indicator of our students' skills and abilities? The traditional grading system used in higher education in the U.S. is often more a measure of privilege or personality than of learning. It also creates a competitive, chilly course climate that can undermine efforts to build community with students and positions instructors as gatekeepers, as opposed to partners.


LCM-1014: 10-10-10: Communication that Matters

First impressions really do count, and the first ten minutes a student is in your course can make or break their experience. Designing your course with the needs of diverse students in mind allows you to hit just the right note for the crucial first "introduction" and build intuitive elements that support each students's success.


TEC-1631: Introduction to Asynchronous Online Teaching & Learning

This course provides an overview of online instructional techniques for faculty who are considering teaching online. You will learn what distinguishes distance learning from face-to-face instruction, strategies for online learning, the realities of course design, and the nuts and bolts of implementation and evaluation.


TEC-1717: Creating Accessible Course Content

Are you interested in reaching as many of your potential students as possible? Then make your course(s) accessible to all students by following a few simple practices. Not only is accessibility legally mandated for public education in California, it's simply the right thing to do. It's not hard and your students will benefit.


TEC-1743: Assessment in Digital Learning

Assessment in Digital Learning (ADL) introduces participants to strategies that will help them design an effective assessment plan aligned to student learning outcomes, then build, deliver and assess teaching and learning via these assessments.


TEC-1809: Introduction to Teaching With Canvas

This course introduces you to how to teach using the Canvas learning management system by Instructure. You will learn how the system works through a series of curated readings and recall what you have learned through formative quizzes.


TEC-1821: Online Teaching & Design

Online Education Standards and Practices (Coursework) introduces educators to designing new courses, improving existing courses, and effectively facilitating online learning using the @ONE Standards for Quality Teaching and the Oline Education Initiative's Online Course Design Rubric.



TEC-1825: Online College Counseling

The College Counseling Onine course introduces experienced college counselors to the practices and standards required for providing effective online counseling to community college students.


TEC-1841: Equity & Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Online Learning Environment

This course provides community college instructional faculty with an introduction to Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (CRTL) pedagogy in the online learning environment.


TEC-1848: Introduction to Course Design

The power of an online course comes from careful planning and intentional design. Blending the concepts of backward design with universal design and with hands-on practice, you'll gain mastery in the skills needed to purposefully design and engaging, high-quality online course that captures--and keeps--your students' attention.


TEC-1850: Humanizing Online Teaching & Learning

Research shows that online students are more invested in a class when they have a instructor who cares about their learning success. But conveying your human presence, empathy and awareness in a online class requires intention and a toolkit of effective practices.


TEC-1887: Engagement Strategies for Live Online Teaching & Learning

Engaging live sessions in online classes don't just happen. They're intentionally designed! By the completion of this 2-week course, you will demonstrate your ability to schedule, conduct, archive, and share a live session.


TEC-1900: Advanced Techniques with Canvas

This course builds on your experience with Canvas and helps you make more sophisticated use of the Canvas environment to enhance student success. We will explore strategies for using Canvas tools to support effective course design, from making the most out of Modules to using CSS to add visual flair in the Rich Content Editor.


TEC-1945: AI Literacy for Educators: Supporting Student Success

This facilitated course moves you through four connected modules, gaining new knowledge throughout each week. You will develop a shared, plain-language understanding of AI-exploring equity and bias and drafting AI-use language that aligns with your values and your students' realities...