Online Education Faculty Resource Center
The faculty, staff and resources of the Online Education and Instructional Design department, in collaboration with the C3 Teaching and Learning Center and Professional Development Program, provide MiraCosta College instructors with online instructional technologies, course development assistance, workshops, and customized online education support.
Online Education and C3TLC News
- Online Ed News You Can Use – April 2025
- Stay Up To Date with Changes Happening within Canvas
- Canvas Start of the Semester Instructor Checklist
Essential Requirements and Support for Faculty Teaching Online at MiraCosta
All faculty teaching online at MiraCosta should:
- Be proficient with Canvas (and, if teaching a scheduled online class, with Zoom).
- New to Canvas? Self-Paced Introduction to Teaching with Canvas course from @ONE
- Complete the required 3-hour Online Compliance course on accessibility, copyright, and FERPA/privacy
- Become familiar with the MiraCosta Online Class Quality Guidelines and complete the self-certification checklist based on the requirements stated in the Guidelines. The following recorded workshops (each one hour) from Jan. 2022 explain the 10 items on the checklist:
- Meeting Basic Requirements of MiraCosta’s Online Class Quality Guidelines and the Self-Certification Checklist (Items 1, 2, 6, 8, 9)
- Ensuring Regular Effective Contact Between Instructor and Students Online (Item 3)
- Ensuring Regular Effective Contact Among Students Online (Item 4)
- Facilitating Equity, Success, and Academic Integrity by Proactively Supporting Students Online (Items 5 & 10)
- Meeting Accessibility Requirements for Online Classes (Item 7)
(Details on the compliance course and self-checklist requirements may be reviewed in the current MiraCosta full-time and associate faculty contracts.)
Ongoing Support Opportunities for Faculty
- review the MiraCosta DE Handbook, the MiraCosta Online Class Quality Guidelines, and an ever-growing Canvas course which includes MiraCosta faculty examples of how they have put the online class quality guidelines into practice in Canvas
- contact MiraCosta’s Instructional Designer, Nadia Khan, for more in-depth assistance with course design and teaching (email: nkhan@miracosta.edu or set an appointment on her calendar)
- attend a Great Ideas for Teaching with Technology session held on alternating Wednesdays, 1-1:30 pm, with Jim Sullivan, Jim Julius, and Nadia Khan in OC T250 or by Zoom. See also the archive of topics and recordings.
- contact 24×7 Canvas support for faculty (by phone: 1-833-345-2890, or through live chat accessed from the Tech Help button in Canvas)
- Explore @ONE’s resources including free facilitated multi-week online teaching courses from @ONE (exclusively for California Community College faculty) as well as the following free self-paced online courses available anytime:
- on this website, check out tips and workshops on the various online instructional technologies available at MiraCosta (under the Media & Technology menu), and also see the Online Ed Workshop archives for access to dozens of recordings of previous Online Education workshops at MiraCosta
- review the weekly online teaching challenges set up in spring 2022 by MiraCosta peer mentor faculty and our
- attend a live webinar or review recordings and resources from MiraCosta online technology providers, including:
- Perusall (social annotation)
- PlayPosit (tools for activities and assessment embedded within videos)
- Respondus 4.0 (managing test banks and moving them into/out of Canvas)
- contact a member of the Online Education team (send them an email)
Tech News & Tips
- Latest News & Tips
- Stay Up To Date with Changes Happening within Canvas
- Try these 10 Things To Fix Your Computer Problem Before You Call Support
Media & Technology
Expolore the various instructional media & technology resources are available to MiraCosta College faculty.