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.
Online Teaching Resources Videos and Guides
General Online Pedagogy and Teaching
- Course Preparation Recommendations
- 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
- Remote Teaching Resources for STEM Labs
- Ten Ways to Increase Student Success in Your Online Course
- Monitoring Your Course
- Lecture Video Tips
- Video Lecturing: An Equipment Guide
Canvas
- Canvas Crash Course
- Canvas Checklist
- Using Modules ? 7:21
- Using the Rich Content Editor ? 6:16
- How to Use Studio ? 5:15
- How to Use Assignments ? 7:05
- Using Google Drive ? 1:59
- Honorlock for Canvas Demo ? 21:41
- Using Quizzes ? 8:38
Course Design
- February 2020 Lunch and Learn: Online Course Design in Canvas ? 58:08
- November 2019 Lunch and Learn: Equipping Tools for Success ? 36:00
- October 2019 Lunch and Learn: Building Support for Active Learning ? 49:20
- September 2019 Lunch and Learn: Setting The Fundamentals of Learning ? 50:27
- October 2017 Lunch and Learn: Quality Standards in Online Education ? 35:31
General Technology
Honorlock for Faculty
- Honorlock Faculty Training ?
Password:2i&#u$2@ - 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
