Faculty and Staff SENDAS Course Library

MCC employees have access to fully online training courses via Canvas. The course libraries list the course titles, training duration, and descriptions. Access the training courses via this Canvas self-enroll link. When all criteria are met in a module (80 or higher score for training courses), employees earn badges that are awarded in Canvas. Training Source: Vector Solutions

Claim a Badge

  • Go to the Canvas course where the badge was earned.
  • Click on Credentials in the course navigation. If you have not met all criteria for the badge, the badge will appear grayed out on the page.
  • Hover over the badge and click View Details.
  • Review the badge information.
  • Download or share your badge.

SENDAS Professional Development Payment Opportunity

Employees that earn all 4 training badges may be eligible for a $300 one-time payment for grant research. Completers will receive an email invitation from SENDAS staff to participate.

To earn the payment the employee must:

  • acknowledge research parameters, and
  • submit an artifact to show application of concepts to your work at MCC.

Research components should be completed outside of regular work hours. Employees are only eligible for a single one-time payment per term for this professional development. Payments are limited to grant funding.

Communication Styles and Skills

11 minutes

This course provides basic information on the types and styles of communication, as well as a few ways to communicate more effectively with others. Topics included: types, characteristics and styles of Communication and ways to strengthen your communication. This course also includes an interactivity component that helps course-takers assess their own communication styles.

Conflict Management Staff to Staff

14 minutes

Conflicts that go unmanaged can have a negative effect on the working environment. However they also can provide a means to teach and model problem-solving skills for colleagues and students. This course provides college and university faculty and staff members with an overview of staff-to-staff conflict, as well as basic conflict management models. Topics include: staff conflicts, consequences and the steps to problem solving.

Managing Difficult Behaviors

20 minutes

This course provides supervisory staff members with several ways to manage difficult behaviors among staff members. Topics covered include taking a look inward, avoiding taking difficult behavior personally, maintaining self-control, focusing on problem-solving, confronting the employee, using performance management, coaching the behavior, and asking the right questions.

Sensitivity Awareness

34 minutes

The goal of this course is to provide employees, supervisors, administrators, and other staff members with an increased awareness about the unique opportunities and challenges involved in working with different people. Topics covered include self-awareness, self-monitoring and perception, emotions, listening skills, and receiving and giving feedback.