Browse the links below for helpful websites, tutorials, and resources to support your online teaching.
FACULTY LOGINS
Peralta Portal | Login to the Peralta Portal for faculty access to Canvas, Outlook Email, and other Microsoft apps. |
Peralta Help Desk | Submit a ticket to get Canvas, IT, and other technical issues resolved. |
Prompt | Access to class rosters, human resources data, and more. |
CurriQunet | Curriculum system for accessing, updating, and creating course outlines of record. |
CANVAS RESOURCES
Call 1-844-592-2199 | 24-hour Canvas phone support. |
Canvas Teacher App | Manage certain aspects of your course, communicate with students, and grade assignments from a mobile device. |
Canvas Instructor Guide | Frequently asked questions and answers about how to use Canvas. |
Canvas Video Guide | Short video tutorials on how to use Canvas. |
Sample Canvas Courses | Sample Canvas shells from a variety of disciplines. |
Canvas Webinars | Free Canvas training webinars. |
Peralta Faculty Resources | Useful information about Canvas processes and procedures for Peralta faculty. |
Peralta Student Resources | Useful information about Canvas processes and procedures for Peralta students. |
ACCESSIBILITY
Accessibility in Canvas | Learn how to leverage Canvas’ tools to build an accessible and usable learning environment. |
PDF Accessibility | Learn how to determine if your PDF files are accessible, and potential resources and strategies for delivering accessible electronic documents. |
PowerPoint Accessibility | Learn the essential elements needed to create an accessible PowerPoint, the basics of PowerPoint’s accessibility tools, and how to test if a PowerPoint is inaccessible. |
Microsoft Word Accessibility | Learn the essential elements needed to create an accessible Microsoft Word document, the basics of Word’s accessibility tools, and how to test if a Word document is inaccessible. |
Video Captioning Accessibility | Learn different captioning strategies, effective pre-production lesson planning for videos, and the basics of audio description. |
OTHER RESOURCES
PCCD Distance Education Website | Peralta’s District Distance Education website. |
PCCD Distance Ed Plan | Peralta Community College District’s Distance Education Plan and goals for 2017-2020. |
PCCD Equity Rubric | Peralta Community College District’s evaluation instrument designed to help online teachers make the course experience more equitable for all students. |
AP 4105 | Peralta Community College District’s Administrative Procedure on scheduling of distance Education Courses. |
Title 5 and Distance Education | Title 5, California Code of Regulations pertaining to distance education. |
Legal Opinion: Students & Webcams | Legal Opinion from the California Community College (CCC) Chancellor’s Office about requiring students to turn on webcams. |
Legal Opinion: Real-Time Captioning | Legal Opinion from the California Community College (CCC) Chancellor’s Office about live synchronous online classes and real-time captioning. |
@ONE Online Network of Educators | Free/low cost distance education training funded by the California Community College (CCC) Chancellor’s Office. |
California Virtual Campus-Online Education Intiative (CVC-OEI) | A collaborative effort among CCCs to ensure significantly more students complete their educational goals by increasing both access to and success in high-quality online courses. |
OEI Course Design Rubric | Rubric for the CVC-OEI that encourages effective online course design, interaction and collaboration, assessment, learner support, and accessibility. |
ConferZoom | Free platform for video conferencing. |
College of Alameda OER | Resources for adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) materials. |