LEVEL 1 REQUIRED TRAININGS
Before First Semester Teaching

LEVEL 2 REQUIRED TRAININGS
Before Second Semester Teaching

Prior to teaching at Delta State, all faculty must satisfactorily complete one of the following:

• Online Course Review Training
• DSU Online Pedagogy Training

All faculty who will teach either Online or Hybrid courses must satisfactorily complete both of the following:

• Advanced Online Pedagogy 1
• Next Level Course Design

Prior to teaching a Hybrid course, all faculty must satisfactorily complete the following:

• Hybrid Training

Best Practices

• Organize all content into modules, including discussions and Zoom meetings, by week or topic. Modules tell students, “Look at and do these things together in this sequence.”
• Add dates to the modules’ names. Note that students do not know when “Week 7” is.
• Name the content in your modules in ways that enable students to find what they’re looking for. The word “lecture” doesn’t tell students what’s in the lecture when they’re reviewing for tests or exams.
• Upload all documents, including PowerPoints, as PDF’s in order to guarantee every student can open them without additional software.
• Include a structured opportunity for reflection, like a brief practice quiz, every week. Under-performing students often complete learning activities as tasks. By assigning a reflection activity every week, you can help students turn tasks into learning.
• Design weekly student-student interactions and multi-week group activities. When the learning gets tough, sometimes the camaraderie is the only reason that keeps students coming back.
• Plan faculty-student interactions that allow you to model academic or disciplinary attitudes and behaviors. Don’t become an anonymous grader in the course.