Overview
The Welcoming and Accessible Teaching certificate of completion helps instructors create a welcoming and supportive atmosphere and teaches them how to use pedagogical strategies to improve students' sense of belonging. It focuses on relevant and reflective activities that allow participants to implement changes in their teaching practice.
Structure
This certificate of completion is a series of three online workshops. Each workshop takes approximately 8-10 hours to complete with an emphasis on building content and assessments that can be utilized in your courses. Participants earn a badge for each offering and a certificate of completion for completing all three.
Offerings
- Designing a Welcoming Course
This workshop lasts six weeks and provides opportunities to learn and apply methods for designing a course that improves students sense of belonging and agency and creates a supportive atmosphere. Participants will leave the course with a revision to one aspect of their course and direction on next steps they can take to make their course materials, organization, or assessments more welcoming.
Register here for the next offering of Designing a Welcoming Course
Additionally, the completion of this course counts towards the Passport to Great Teaching Program. To earn credit for the Passport Program, please submit a reflection for this course through the Passport Portal. If you do not have an account with the Portal you can register for an account here. If you need help navigating the Passport Portal, view the user guide.
- Fostering a Welcoming Community for Learning
This workshop lasts six weeks and helps instructors strategize ways to build an online environment where a wide range of students feel safe, respected, and comfortable enough to collaborate and learn. Participants will develop tools for communicating effectively with students and facilitating positive interactions among members of their online courses with additional tips for in-person class meetings.
Register here for the next offering of Fostering a Welcoming Community for Learning
Additionally, the completion of this course counts towards the Passport to Great Teaching Program. To earn credit for the Passport Program, please submit a reflection for this course through the Passport Portal. If you do not have an account with the Portal you can register for an account here. If you need help navigating the Passport Portal, view the user guide.
- Accessible Online Environments
This workshop lasts two weeks and provides instruction on how to design online courses with accessibility in mind. The course covers different types of accessibility needs and suggestions for making an online course more accessible. After completing the offering, participants will have a full understanding of how to improve online accessibility for all students.
Topics included in this offering:- The Value of Accessibility
- Designing Courses for Usability
- Colors and Images
- Document/File Accessibility
- PDF Accessibility
- Video Accessibility
Register for the next offering of Accessible Online Environments
Additionally, the completion of this course counts towards the Passport to Great Teaching Program. To earn credit for the Passport Program, please submit a reflection for this course through the Passport Portal. If you do not have an account with the Portal you can register for an account here. If you need help navigating the Passport Portal, view the user guide.