Training Resources and Opportunities
The following opportunities are offered by the Center for Faculty Excellence.
Essentials for Remote Teaching and Learning
CFE Resource Updated for Spring 2021
Designed to help you make the transition to hybrid or remote teaching, this asynchronous course can be taken at your own pace, focusing on components most important to you. Learn more about research-based course design principles; Spring 2021 Modes of Teaching, aligning course goals/activities/assessments; facilitating student interactions with attention to diversity, equity and inclusion; and using best practices for grading and assessment. Visit the course enrollment page in Sakai.
UNC-CH Remote Teaching Field Notes
Many Carolina faculty have posted brief Field Notes to describe teaching strategies that have worked to enhance student engagement or learning in remote teaching and learning. Get ideas on easy-to-implement strategies or share your own examples. Share your teaching practice.
Panopto Training for UNC
More information on Panopto at UNC Chapel Hill
The Center For Faculty Excellence
Conversations on Teaching
Join other faculty on Wednesday, April 14, or 28, 12:00 – 1:00 PM, to ask questions, share ideas, or compare notes on teaching. Faculty will discuss how to handle exams and grading. Register for sessions or join the conversation with Zoom. More information on The Center for Faculty Excellence.
Upcoming Workshops
We will post upcoming workshops here. In most cases, Zoom meeting links will be sent via a reminder email at least one day prior to the Session and posted here on the Keep Teaching website. We encourage you to add the event to your own calendar.
UNC System Digital Learning Initiative: Designing Effective Online Courses
March 15 – April 9
This workshop will provide faculty and staff with information, tools, and experiences that will help them to be more successful—and more comfortable—teaching online.
UNC System Lunch and Learn Events
UNC Lunch and Learn Event Schedule
UNC System Quality Matters Summit
April 20, 2021 @ 8:00 AM – April 22, 2021 @ 5:00 PM
Quality Matters: Save the Date – Annual UNC System QM Summit!
Digital Accessibility Office (DAO)
To check for space availability and register, see the DAO calendar.
Recordings of Previous Trainings
Resilient Teaching
Getting Organized: Using the Lessons Tool in Sakai
Assessment in Sakai: Assignments, Tests & Quizzes
Facilitating Synchronous Student Interaction with Remote Teaching
- Facilitating Synchronous Student Interaction Session Recording Part 1
- Facilitating Synchronous Student Interaction Session Recording Part 2
- Facilitation Synchronous Student Interaction Powerpoint Slides
Facilitating Asynchronous Student Interaction with Remote Teaching
- Facilitating Asynchronous Student Interaction Session Recording
- Facilitating Asynchronous Student Interactions Powerpoint Slides
- Facilitating Asynchronous Student Interactions Chat Transcript
Preparing Your Course for HyFlex
Getting Started with Poll Everywhere
- Poll Everywhere Workshop Recording (log in with ONYEN)
- Poll Everywhere Chat Transcript (includes resource links)
- Poll Everywhere Best Practices Document
Digital Accessibility Office
Please check the Digital Accessibility Training Calendar for upcoming events.
Guides to Digital Tools
If you’re looking for step-by-step instructions about how to use Sakai, Zoom, video recording, and other digital tools, please see the Digital Solutions page.
Help Videos
Video guides to accessibility, library, Sakai, and other campus resources are available on the Help Videos page.
External Training Sources
REMOTE: Racial Equity in Online Education
This event has already occurred. Visit the USC Center for Urban Education website for session recordings.
For additional resources in pedagogy and best practices from conferences, university websites, and journals, please see the Best Practices page.