Welcome
This site provides information and resources to support distance education faculty. Click on the links below and links in the left navigation to browse resources. Contact Distance Education Coordinator Jennifer Fowler at jfowler@peralta.edu if you have any questions.
FACULTY LOGINS
| Peralta Portal | Login to the Peralta Portal for faculty access to Canvas, Outlook Email, and other Microsoft apps. |
| Peralta Help Desk | Submit a ticket to get Canvas, IT, and other technical issues resolved. |
| Prompt | Access to class rosters, human resources data, and more. |
| CurriQunet | Curriculum system for accessing, updating, and creating course outlines of record. |
CANVAS RESOURCES
| Call 1-844-592-2199 | 24-hour Canvas phone support. |
| Canvas Teacher App | Manage certain aspects of your course, communicate with students, and grade assignments from a mobile device. |
| Canvas Instructor Guide | Frequently asked questions and answers about how to use Canvas. |
| Canvas Video Guide | Short video tutorials on how to use Canvas. |
| Sample Canvas Courses | Sample Canvas shells from a variety of disciplines. |
| Canvas Webinars | Free Canvas training webinars. Read the Understanding the Training Series document to learn more about the series. |
| Peralta Faculty Resources | Useful information about Canvas processes and procedures for Peralta faculty. |
| Peralta Student Resources | Useful information about Canvas processes and procedures for Peralta students. |
OTHER RESOURCES
| PCCD Distance Ed Plan | Peralta Community College District’s Distance Education Plan and goals for 2017-2020. |
| PCCD Equity Rubric | Peralta Community College District’s evaluation instrument designed to help online teachers make the course experience more equitable for all students. |
| Title 5 and Distance Education | Title 5, California Code of Regulations pertaining to distance education. |
| @ONE Online Network of Educators | Free/low cost distance education training funded by the California Community College (CCC) Chancellor’s Office. |
| California Virtual Campus-Online Education Intiative (CVC-OEI) | A collaborative effort among CCCs to ensure significantly more students complete their educational goals by increasing both access to and success in high-quality online courses. |
| OEI Course Design Rubric | Rubric for the CVC-OEI that encourages effective online course design, interaction and collaboration, assessment, learner support, and accessibility. |
| Accessibility Basics | Self-guided tutorials, courses, webinars, presentations, and other resources related to accessibility and online education. |
| ConferZoom | Free platform for video conferencing. |
| College of Alameda OER | Resources for adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) materials. |