A Quick Guide to Standing Committees at SCC
First Year Experience (FYE) Data Forum (Video) (SCC, March 24, 2021) New!
Get Free: Creating Space of Infinite Possibilities through Hip Hop-based Counseling Practices (Video) (SCC, March 2021) New!
Your Guide to a Seamless Online Event (PDF Slides & Video Recording) (July 14, 2021)
Let’s Explore: Recognizing Pseudoscience and Misinformation (SciLit Series) (Video) (Nov. 2020)
Right now more than ever it is important to know how to recognize the difference between credible and noncredible news sources. Below you will find some media literacy resources, including resources to help build your and your students’ critical media literacy skills.
An association of science, health and technology communicators serving California’s capital region and beyond.
Finding Health Information Online
How to Correct Misinformation According to Science
The Sacramento Area Science Project (SASP)
A partnership between the University of California, Davis, and California State University, Sacramento. The project provides professional development services to improve the teaching and learning of science in the greater Sacramento region.
SCC Science Literacy Initiative Newsletter
Click above to view SCC definition of science literacy, as well as SCC and other resources.
An online resource for the latest research news.
Admission Customer Service Training
Caring Campus: Supporting Community College Professional Staff in a Virtual Environment
Equity Minded Student Services in an Online Environment
Equity in Design for Holistic Student Services (Series)
Supporting Part-time Students During COVID-19
Guided Pathways - Practical Discussions and Solutions to Meet Classroom Needs in a Covid-19 World (ASCCC)
Helping Students Remotely: The Basics (OneNote) (SCC, Spring 2021)
Moving Student Support Online - webinar series (Careers Ladder Project)
Problem Solving: Moving Dual Enrollment Online - webinar series (Careers Ladder Project)
Problem Solving: Moving Guided Pathways Online (Careers Ladder Project)
Shaping Student Success with Innovative Online Student Support Services
Classified Customer Service Training Summer Series (SCC) - 2020
Admissions & Records (Video)
Serving Students: Bias in Nonverbal Communication (Video - start at 49:00)
Financial Aid (Video)
Serving Dreamers (Video - start at
Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury (SCC, March 17, 2021) New!
We Need to Cultivate Student Affairs Practitioner Scholarship (Article) (Inside Higher Ed, June, 2021) New!
Please visit the California Virtual Campus calendar for info about upcoming online professional learning events focusing on Zoom, accessibility, and more.
The Foundations of Canvas Course Design (Foundations) training is a resource to assist faculty in becoming dynamic instructors in the online course modality. Developed by Los Rios Online Course Design Coordinators with consultation by the Learning Management System (LMS) coordinators, the asynchronous training can be completed in approximately 15 hours over the course of two weeks, and is facilitated by a faculty member with extensive experience teaching online. This training meets the district's new minimum standard for distance education preparation referenced in section 4.4.4 of the LRFCT 2020-2023 Contract.
For more information about the training, compensation, and to sign up, please visit the Foundations page on the Los Rios Training website.
28 Ideas for Faculty – City Ways in a Time of Crisis
5 Considerations to Remotely Build Community With Students
Addressing Racial Bias and Microaggressions in Online Environments
Equity in Design for Holistic Student Services (Series)
Supporting Part-time Students During COVID-19
Helping Struggling Students Succeed Online (article)
Helping Students Remotely: The Basics (OneNote) (SCC, Spring 2021)
How to Be Flexible With Your Online Students by Janelle Pettler (Video) (SCC, Feb. 2021)
How to Measure Student Attention During Remote Learning (Article) (March, 2021)
Instructional Support: Continuity of Operations
New DE Regs? How the new Federal Distance Education Laws Impact Your Online Class (Slides) (SCC, Aug. 18, 2021)
Online Teaching & Learning Through Disruption
Overview of Starfish in Canvas (Video)
Say What? Exploring the HyFlex Online Teaching Modality (Slides) (SCC, Aug. 17, 2021)
Students' Perspective: The Importance of Culturally Sustaining Curriculum During COVID-19 and Beyond (Video) (SCC, Feb. 25, 2021)
What Works? Online Teaching and Learning (Video) (SCC, March 24, 2021)
What Works? Online Teaching and Learning (Video) (SCC, April 30, 2021)
A Third of Your Freshmen Disappear. How Can You Keep Them?
Acknowledging the Moment (Faculty) (SCC, 2020)
Addressing Anti-Blackness on Campus: Implications for Educators and Institutions
Addressing unconscious bias to create an inclusive campus community webinar (AACC)
Approaches to Trauma-informed Teaching Practices (Video) (SCC, March 25, 2021)
Black Minds Matter Series (Summer 2020)
Canvas and Google Drive: Creating a Student Portfolio (for late work) & Course Content Collaborations (Video) (SCC, Feb. 2021)
Drop the Lowest Score by Brian Pogue (Video) (SCC, Feb. 2021)
Equity-Minded Mathematics Instruction (CUE)
Equity Reflection Training (Video) (SCC, Aug. 19, 2021)
First Year Experience (FYE) Data Forum (Video) (SCC, March 24, 2021)
GeoGebra App/Website as a Statistical and Mathematical Tool (Video) (SCC, Aug. 18, 2021)
How I Automate my Late Policy in Canvas by Jessica Coppola (Video) (SCC, Feb. 2021)
How to be an Antiracist Educator by Dena Simmons.
How to Be More Flexible with Students by Janelle Pettler (Video) (SCC, Feb. 2021)
How to Correct Misinformation According to Science
Adopting Free and Open Resources: A Faculty Panel Discussion (Video, coming soon) (SCC, Aug. 19, 2021)
OER: Beyond the Basics (Video, coming soon) (SCC, Aug. 19, 2021)
Non-Binary Students: Resources for Support and Engagement
I Just Came Out As Non-Binary, Here’s What That Means
7 Non-Negotiables for Supporting Trans & Nonbinary Students in Your Classroom
Teaching Beyond the Gender Binary in the University Classroom
Not Just One Ethnic Studies Course: An Approach to Culturally Relevant STEM Curriculum (SCC, Nov. 19, 2020)
OEI (Online Education Initiative) - Student Services Support for Online Learning
OERI - Accessibility (ASCCC)
Overview of Starfish in Canvas (Video)
The Newest Numbers On Student Retention: Mind These Five Gaps
Radical Teacher: A Socialist, Feminist, and Anti-racist Journal on the Theory and Practice of Teaching
Re-examing Teaching: Culturally Responsive Teaching Resources
Responding to Racial Bias and Microaggressions in the Online Environment
STEM Institute: Developing Culturally Responsive Courses (Vid) (SCC, Aug. 19, 2021)
Students' Perspective: The Importance of Culturally Sustaining Curriculum During COVID-19 and Beyond (Video) (SCC, Feb. 25, 2021)
Still We Rise: Supporting African American Student Success (Video) (Los Rios, March 11, 2021)
Teaching Online (Vision Resource Center / Lynda) Module Playlist
Tool: Interrupting Microaggressions
Tool: Recognizing Microaggressions and the Messages They Send
Tools For Anti-Racist Teaching: Amplify Student Voice
Understanding the Movement (Video) (SCC, July 10, 2020)
Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury (SCC, March 17, 2021)
What Works? Online Teaching and Learning (Video) (SCC, March 24, 2021)
What Works? Online Teaching and Learning (Video) (SCC, April 30, 2021)