Niagara County Community College Online Teaching Academy Faculty Guide & FAQs

At Niagara County Community College the Online Learning department strives to ensure all of our online courses meet our Quality Course Standards. As an online instructor, you will meet quality course standards through course design, effective online teaching behaviors, SLO assessment, and ongoing and continuous course improvements.  If you’re interested in teaching online at NCCC, please go through the following steps:

Step 1- See if this mode of teaching is right for you-  Self Assessment from Penn State or, view the SUNY Online Teaching Readiness resource page.

Step 2 – Review the Niagara County Community College  Online Teaching Academy
Faculty Guide & FAQ’s

Step 3- Submit a Proposal (online, blended, hybrid) – HyFlex proposal form)

Step 4- Course Development/Training For New Online Learning Instructors – The course development process is described on pages 6-7 of the Review -Niagara County Community College  Online Teaching Academy  Faculty Guide & FAQ’s

Resources:

• Course Development Plan – online courses
• Online Teaching Academy Course: Optimizing Digital Learning
• Optimizing High-Quality Digital Learning Experiences (Playbook)
• Online Course Planning Template 
• Hybrid/Blended Course Development Resources
• Course Design Standards
• Time on Task in Online Courses
• Online Course Requirements for Quality and Compliance
• Online Course Observation & Self-evaluation Tool for Assessing Your Online Teaching Practices
• Quality by Design- Faculty Training

SUNY Resources:

• SUNY Quality Online Course Requirements “OSCQR“
• NCCC Quick Guide Checklist for Online Courses
• SUNY Online Center for Online Teaching Resources and Community Hub  
• SUNY Online Youtube Video Series