Online Course Standards
SMCCCD is committed to a goal of our students getting into a program, degree or certificate, getting through, and getting out on-time. Online education is a critical component of our institutional strategy to achieve this goal. However, significant student success and equity gaps exist with online education. To help address these gaps, the CSM Distance Education Advisory Committee Links to an external site. and Academic Senate Links to an external site. require that all faculty who teach online go through regular training and adopt the following standards for teaching online at SMCCCD.
- Completion of Online Education technology and pedagogy training through SMCCCD Canvas training “Quality Online Teaching and Learning (QOTL 1, QOTL 2), CSM Regular and Substantive Interaction training, or @ONE or nationally recognized online teaching certificate programs.
- Quality course design guided by the OEI Course Design Rubric and the Peralta Equity Rubric that ensures regular and substantive interaction between instructor and students, and between the students.
- All instructional materials in online courses are accessible (Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 and meet Section D of the OEI Course Design Rubric).
- Courses are evaluated and instructors regularly receive feedback from peers through a structured Peer Online Course Review (POCR) process.
- Instructors regularly (at least every three years) participate in ongoing professional development that is focused on online education.