Online Training and Certification Opportunities 

This is a continuation of New Faculty Orientation.  All new faculty will be placed in a co-hort for two years where they will engage in college activities.  In the first year, faculty will participate in cohort meetings and various college activities.  During the second year, they will be provided a mentor in their school and will complete the requirements from that school.  

This workshop series will explore the use of action research to facilitate engagement in the scholarship of teaching and instruction.  Workshop participants will learn the basics of action research, track progress (if they have already started an AR project), plan the next steps, and form communities of practice.   Registration Link:  Action Research 

Required workshop for all adjuncts.  Workshop includes information about TCC services.  Click on the link to access the workshop:

Adjunct Onboarding Workshop 

This "optional" workshop is held every June.  It includes a series of educational sessions that vary from year to year.  This could include orientation for the Dual Credit program, College Success, Blackboard, and more.  There is a stipend for adjuncts that are new to the college.  

This course in required for faculty to complete in order to teach online with their own content.

This multi-day workshop is being revised.  More information at a later date.

Annual conference sponsored by the Vice President of Student Success & Excellence.  This conference will be held in Spring 2025.

This is an orientation for brand new full-time faculty that is held the week before classes start.  It is a four-day workshop that includes information on how the transition to TCC.

Ultra Start Up - Training Workshops to Learn Ultra

Online and face-to-face workshops. To access the registration information, click this link Registration Information. Although not mandatory, we highly recommend attending the training to discover the exciting possibilities of the newer interface. Information about transitioning to the Ultra interface.

Blackboard 

If you have questions about anything having to do with Blackboard at TCC, check out the Online Learning Knowledge Base. We're adding to it and updating it every week with new information about TCC's resources for online instruction.

Here are just a few highlights:

• Blackboard Institution Page-Online Learning 

• Ultra Resources- an Ultra cheat sheet, plus a growing collection of articles about how to use Ultra in TCC courses

• General Blackboard FAQs - questions we receive regularly

• How to request and use eCore content

• Tool Tips  Online Learning's Tool Tips series is now available on demand! They will continue to be on Panopto, but will also be in the Online Learning Knowledge Base so you can find them when you need them with a keyword search. Each week a new Tool Tip video will be added. View the schedule and past recordings here: 

• Google Site:  https://sites.google.com/view/tulsacconline/blackboard-learn-faculty-support-topics 

  • Blackboard 

  • Blackboard Ultra

  • Quality Matters

  • Online Learning Faculty News

  • Tutor.com - Online Tutoring

  • And more! 

If you don't find the information you're looking for, please contact Blackboard Support at bbsupport@tulsacc.edu.

TCC has partnered with Packback which is a platform that instructors can incorporate in their course to increase student engagement.  Packback’s mission is to empower every student to be fearlessly curious, develop strong writing skills, and find their unique voice.  Packback’s “Digital TA” accelerates grading and course management, while keeping you in the control.  In Packback Questions, student discussion posts are automatically scored according to our proprietary Curiosity Score. Educators choose the Curiosity Score threshold for students to receive full credit, and can manually override scores.  In Packback Deep Dives, educators receive AI-recommended scores for each component of their writing rubrics (like “Grammar”), which they can choose to override or keep. Educators also see “Smart Highlights”, which highlight key aspects of the text to make reviewing student work easier.  Training sessions are offered throughout the academic year and are advertised in TCC Today.

Writing Lab is a powerful direct-to-student AI writing feedback platform for students to develop writing skills and confidence outside of the classroom. Writing Lab helps students use AI for writing in ways that teach them how to be great writers. The goal is to build confident writers who can express themselves effectively with and without AI tools. Packback: 

Why should students use Writing Labs?

• Helps them write with confidence by providing real-time AI-powered writing feedback.

• Helps them choose credible sources and cite them correctly.

• Helps them avoid plagiarism and use AI transparently.

Packback-Writing Lab:  Overview 

Writing Labs:  How to Guide for Faculty 

Writing Labs:  How to Guide for Students 

Deep Linking FAQs for Educators and LMS Administrators 

LTI 1.3 for Educators - How to Add Deep Linked Assignments 

Students and Faculty can access this tool from the Blackboard Institution page.

 Click Tools on the left side of the screen, then Select Packback - System Tool.  Once Packback opens, click the Writing Lab link.

You can access Panopo, the College's video streaming server through Blackboard or by going directly to the Tulsa Community College Panopto site. 

You can also view faculty resources for recording, uploading, and posting videos.

Please direct questions to bbsupport@tulsacc.edu.

This workshop prepares faculty for are interested in the rank in promotion process.  

Promotion in Rank to Associate Professor:  Workshops held annually in Fall and early Spring.

Promotion in Rank to Full Professor:  Workshops are held annually for promotion and the action research component of the process.

Thanks to a generous grant from Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, every adjunct faculty member is eligible to participate in a Quality Matters training activity. Adjunct faculty who participate in select QM activities will receive a $100 stipend. Full-time faculty are not eligible for a stipend but will satisfy their ongoing Faculty Development requirement to teach online. This is strongly suggested for those teaching online courses; high level asynchronous workshops helpful to all, but in particular, for those teaching online. For more information contact onlinelearning@tulsacc.edu.  

Faculty Association hosts a one-day professional development opportunity every spring semester.  It consists of breakout sessions of topics that can enhance the teaching experience.   

Stayonference - For more information:  applications and information 

March 1, 2024 - Southeast Campus - Building 8

You love what you will teach, and you are preparing to teach what you love. This workshop will provide support as you translate your passion and expertise to the classroom. With student learning as your primary goal, you will develop strategies in the areas of syllabus development, course planning, lesson planning, backwards design, classroom management, and equitable teaching strategies. Along the way, you will learn a little about some of the TCC technical tools, such as Blackboard. By the end of the workshop, you will have a good start toward a student focused syllabus and a well-aligned class. Completion of this workshop is required before teaching an online course.  A stipend for brand new adjunct faculty is included.  Click to register:  Teaching at TCC