The Center for Distance Education is tasked with the growth and maintenance of online programs at Mississippi State. One component of that upkeep is to be sure that MSU faculty are informed of quality standards and best practices in teaching online. The training sessions below are crafted by online course experts at the Center for faculty with a range of pedagogical questions to assist both beginning and veteran online faculty.
Upcoming Training Sessions
If there is a topic you wish to see that is not covered, please contact idhelp@online.msstate.edu to request a resource.
Tip: When clicking on a training below, if you see the message, “Which Workshop Client did you want to access?”, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the logo for Center for Distance Education.
September
| Date | Time | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 06 | 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Special Topics Training - UCCC | Coskrey Auditorium |
| September 07 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Gamifying Your Course | Webex |
| September 08 | 10:00 am – 11:00 am | How to Personalize Accessibility for Your Course | Webex |
| September 14 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm | Instructional Design and Dine | Coskrey Auditorium |
| September 15 | 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Using Honorlock in Canvas | Webex |
| September 20 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Creating Effective Rubrics - Design Elements | Webex |
| September 27 | 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Special Topics Training - UCCC | Webex |
October
| Date | Time | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 05 | 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Creating Effective Rubrics - Design Elements | Webex |
| October 18 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm | Online Course and Tools Showcase | Coskrey Auditorium |
| October 27 | 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Canvas Page Design | Webex |
Online Teaching Resources Videos and Guides
General Online Pedagogy and Teaching
- Sample Online Course Syllabus
- Methods to Maintain Academic Integrity without Proctoring
- Effective Lecturing in an Online Course 18:05
- Effective Lecturing in an Online Course Guide
- Basic Accessibility in Your Online Course 20:19
- Basic Accessibility in Your Online Course Checklist
- Active Learning in your Online Course 20:10
- Active Learning in your Online Course Guide
- Ten Ways to Increase Student Success in Your Online Course
- Monitoring Your Course
- Lecture Video Tips
- Closed Captioning Your Course Videos
Canvas
Honorlock for Faculty
- Honorlock Faculty Training
- Instructions on how to use Honorlock
- Video tutorial on how to use Honorlock
- How to enable a practice quiz
- Managing your exam profiles
- How to use Honorlock with 3rd party exams (ex: Pearson, MyMathLab, etc.)
- Default Honorlock proctoring guidelines
- Honorlock privacy policies
- Registration page for upcoming webinars
- Recommended syllabus verbiage
- How to review results
- Honorlock Status Page
- Best practices when using bypass pins
