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The Center for Online Learning & Teaching Technology offers a variety of training and certifications to assist faculty in acquiring the necessary skills to teach online. This includes our required Quality Matters Workshop and Learning Management System training.
Teaching Online Certification (Quality Matters)
Faculty members who wish to teach an online, hybrid, or web-augmented course must be certified to teach distance education courses. At UTRGV, this certification consists of the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric Workshop.
| Title | Offered by | Duration | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Matters | Center for Online Learning and Teaching Technology (COLTT) | 2-week online or 8-hours face-to-face | Covered by COLTT |
The Faculty Certification is valid for a three-year period. After the third year, faculty must be recertified based on the current edition of the Quality Matters Rubric.
Faculty who are not certified but currently teaching hybrid or online courses shall complete the certification process during the next available certification session.
Note: If a faculty member already has a QM Rubric certification from another university, he/she is exempt from completing the certification mentioned above. If faculty possess another distance education certification, he/she must provide documentation to be evaluated by the Center for Online Learning and Teaching Technology.
LMS Training
Additional training sessions are available to all UTRGV faculty interested in learning more about our Learning Management System(LMS) and how you can design and build your courses.
| Title | Offered by | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Brightspace Essentials: Navigation and Content Creation Basics | Center for Online Learning and Teaching Technology (COLTT) | 1-hour |
| Elevate Your Brightspace Skills: A Guide to Intermediate Features | Center for Online Learning and Teaching Technology (COLTT) | 1-hour |
| From Setup to Scores: Using Brightspace Grades | Center for Online Learning and Teaching Technology (COLTT) | 1-hour |
| Creating Accessible Courses in Brightspace: Using the Accessibility Checker & Ally Tools | Center for Online Learning and Teaching Technology (COLTT) | 1-hour |
Faculty members who teach distance education courses are responsible for acquiring the skills necessary to effectively design, develop, and deliver course-related material and to engage students in the course regularly.
For more information on these trainings, please visit our Faculty Training website for a complete list of the trainings we offer, or register for any available training at UTRGV Training.
If you need to request a special training session for a group of faculty or staff, please submit a Faculty Help Request.
Upcoming Training Sessions