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Join Our Session on April 4
Quality Matters (QM) is a nationally recognized, faculty-centered, peer review process designed to acknowledge the quality of online/hybrid courses. The QM framework (Rubric) is about course design, and making your course navigation and structure intuitive, so that students’ questions will be more focused on the content of your course. Research supports that QM recognized courses improve both student learning outcomes, student success, and retention.
Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR)
Friday, April 4, 9:00am – 4:00pm
CTL Lab, AS175
AS Building MCC Southern & Dobson Campus (Map)
COURSE#001515, Section #0006, register here
The Quality Matters course at MCC is designed to help you prepare your course for QM certification and is preparatory course for the QM Peer Reviewer Certification. This in-depth session explains each of the QM standards through hands-on activities. Participants will leave with tools and ideas to design your course to meet QM and skills to become a Quality Matters peer reviewer.
Who can attend this session?
Any MCCCD employee interested in using the QM Process at and Rubric to improve their existing course or to guide their design of a new course is welcome to attend.
How do I register for the Quality Matters at MCC course?
Use the link above or register here (new window will open). Registration is through the HRMS (MCCCD Time & Labor) system. View detailed registration instructions.
Join the Spring Online APPQMR Session
Register Now (Registration through HRMS/Time & Labor)
Quality Matters (QM) is a nationally recognized, faculty-centered, peer review process designed to acknowledge the quality of online/hybrid courses. The QM framework is about course design, and making your course navigation and structure intuitive, so that students’ questions will be more focused on the content of your course. QM recognized courses improve both student learning outcomes, student success, and retention.
Applying the Quality Matters Rubric – ONLINE COURSE
Monday, March 24th – Monday, April 7th (3 weeks)
COURSE#001817, Section #0002
The Quality Matters course is designed to help you prepare your course for QM certification and is a prerequisite for the QM Peer Reviewer Certification Course. This in-depth workshop explains each of the QM standards through interactive activities and assignments. Participants will complete the training with tools and ideas to design your course to meet QM and skills to become a Quality Matters peer reviewer.
How do I register for the Quality Matters at MCC course? Who can register?
Use the link above or here to register for this course. Registration is through the HRMS (MCCCD Time & Labor) system. View detailed registration instructions.Anyone in MCCCD interested in the QM Process and Rubric is welcome to attend.
WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation) Tool Training
WAVE is a free, online accessibility evaluation tool “to help you determine the accessibility of web content.” WAVE is being used to help faculty and department admins at MCC determine if their websites meet ADA compliance standards for students needing alternative content delivery. Come to this session for a hands-on demonstration of the WAVE Tool. Best practices in creating accessible content will also be touched on.
Register Now Registration Instructions
Theses sessions are HIGHLY recommended for department administrative assistants responsible for department, program or faculty websites AND for faculty that are using web sites (outside of Canvas or Publisher Resources) to deliver course content and materials.
WAVE Session Options
Tuesday, March 18, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
HRMS Course #002083, Session #0001; CTL Lab AS Building, Room 175
Monday, March 24, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
HRMS Course #002083, Session #0002; CTL Lab AS Building, Room 175
Monday, March 31, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
HRMS Course #002083, Session #0004; CTL Lab AS Building, Room 175
Wednesday, April 2, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
HRMS Course #002083, Session #0003; CTL Lab AS Building, Room 175
Tuesday, April 8, 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
HRMS Course #002083, Session #0005; CTL Lab AS Building, Room 175
Other Upcoming Sessions in the MCC Access Series
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CTL Learning Series: Accessing Accessibility & Beyond
Explore a series of sessions that focus on creating and maintaining accessible course and program content to benefit all learners. Discover solutions for video captioning, documents and content design that will ensure equal access while maintaining a rich learning environment.
Register Now Registration Instructions
Captioning with YouTube
Learn how to create captions and transcripts for your video files using the free YouTube web site. In this hands-on session participants will learn how to adjust settings in their YouTube account so uploaded video files are automatically transcribed and captioned. Participants will also learn how to adjust and correct captions within YouTube; and how to download subtitle files onto their own computers.
Monday, February 24, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
HRMS Course #002072, Session #0002; CTL Lab AS Building, Room 175
OR
Wednesday, February 26, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
HRMS Course #002072, Session #0001; CTL Lab AS Building, Room 175
Accessing Accessibility Basics
Make your course more accessible with just a few simple best practices. In this session participants will view our online accessibility resource for faculty. Discover ways to make your course user friendly for all your students using universal design techniques. Accessible styles, documents, images, links and more will be discussed in this hands-on session.
Thursday, February 27, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
HRMS Course #001798, Session #0006; CTL Lab AS Building, Room 175
OR
Friday, February 28, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
HRMS Course #001798, Session #0005; CTL Lab AS Building, Room 175
Creating Accessible Documents
Never fear, the document doctor is here! Creating or converting existing documents into accessible formats doesn’t have to be stressful. In this session we will explore the built in accessibility features in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat to create or convert documents quickly and easily into accessible formats that everyone can use.
Monday, March 17, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
HRMS Course #002074, Session #0001; CTL Lab AS Building, Room 175
OR
Tuesday, March 18, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
HRMS Course #002074, Session #0002; CTL Lab AS Building, Room 175
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Have a Love Affair with Your Course!
Love your course, but want to take your relationship to the next level? Do you think that a little extra T.L.C. will make your heart grow fonder? Join the MCC Center for Teaching & Learning for our Course Design Series. This 3 part series focuses on the best practices in course design pedagogy. Take this opportunity to participate in a highly engaging and collegial process of mapping and aligning your course and building informative assessments linked to your learning objectives! Sessions begin Tuesday, February 11. See the full schedule below! Course building teams welcome!
Register through HRMS (Time & Labor System)
Registration Instructions
Having Trouble? Call us at (480) 461-7331 and we will register you.
Part 1: Curriculum Mapping & Lesson Design
Session Description: In this session, you will design a curriculum map based on the most relevant concepts related to your course and competencies to build thematic units. Using this map, you will create a unit alignment by writing measurable learning objectives that connect your course materials and assessments to the course competencies.
Available Session Dates: (
Select from one of the following)
Tuesday, February 11, 3:30pm – 6:30pm
COURSE #001760, Session #0007
Register through HRMS
Friday, February 14, 9:00am – 12 noon
COURSE #001760, Session #0008 Register through HRMS
Part 2: Building a Conceptual Framework
Session Description: In this session, you will build a Conceptual Framework based on the most relevant concepts related to your course and competencies to build course modules. Using this framework, you will create a module aligning your measurable learning objectives to your course materials, assignments and assessments.
Available Session Dates: (
Select from one of the following)
Friday, February 21, 8:30am – 12:30pm
COURSE #001976, Session #0005
Register through HRMS
Tuesday & Thursday, February 25 & 27, 4:00pm – 6:00pm
(Split Session, attend both evenings)
COURSE #001976, Session #0004 Register through HRMS
Part 3: Outcome-Based Learning & Informative Assessment
Session Description: Participants will be able to connect the three main functions of formative assessment (including Classroom Assessment Techniques) with instruction. You will be provided the opportunity to identify and/or create formative assessments, that are clearly aligned to lesson objectives, to check for understanding, adjust or refine instruction and give appropriate feedback to students. This process is student-centered and will promote the development of metacognitive skills for learners.
Available Session Dates: (
Select from one of the following)
Tuesday, March 25, 3:30pm – 6:30pm
COURSE #001762, Session #0006
Register through HRMS
Friday, March 28, 9:30am – 12:30pm
COURSE #001762, Session #0007 Register through HRMS
*Note: 6 participants are required for this session to run. Participants will be notified 24 hours prior to a session (via email) if a session is to be canceled.
What is QM?
Quality Matters (QM) is a nationally recognized, faculty-centered, peer review process designed to acknowledge the quality of online/hybrid courses. The QM framework is about course design, and making your course navigation and structure intuitive, so that students’ questions will be more focused on the content of your course. Research supports that QM recognized courses improve both student learning outcomes, student success, and retention.
Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR)
Friday, November 15, 9:00am – 4:00pm, CTL Lab, AS175
AS Building MCC Southern & Dobson Campus (Map)
COURSE#001515, Section #0005
Why QM?
The Quality Matters course at MCC is designed to help you prepare your course for QM certification and is preparatory course for the QM Peer Reviewer Certification Course. This in-depth session explains each of the QM standards through hands-on activities. Participants will leave with tools and ideas to design your course to meet QM and skills to become a Quality Matters peer reviewer.
Registration
How do I register for the Quality Matters at MCC course? Who can register?
Use the link above or register here (new window will open). Registration is through the HRMS (MCCCD Time & Labor) system. View detailed registration instructions. Any MCCCD employee interested in using the QM Process at and Rubric to improve their course is welcome to attend.
