1.1 - DE Handbook Welcome

Overview and Orientation

 

Welcome to the LATTC College Distance Education (DE) Handbook!

This Canvas site provides LATTC faculty with essential information about the requirements, guidelines, and procedures for teaching online and hybrid classes at LATTC College. Browse through and find the information that is important to you, any time. Or you can regard this as a comprehensive read to help you understand requirements, recommendations, and processes for online instruction at LATTC. Faculty may consider time that they spend engaging with this resource as Flex-eligible.

What is required for LATTC faculty to be assigned to teach online?

The 2023-26 LACCD AFT Collective Bargaining Agreement Links to an external site. requires that faculty assigned to teach online:

  1. Complete a course in the Introduction to Teaching with Canvas (ITC) Links to an external site.
  2. Complete a course in the Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning (IOTL) Links to an external site.

While this Handbook will help faculty to understand the basis for the LATTC online class quality guidelines and thus assist faculty who are using online teaching modalities, it is not a substitute for the above required training, and should not be considered the sole preparation for newcomers to online teaching. The final module of this course reviews additional recommended resources for faculty to bear in mind when building online teaching skills. 

New to online teaching?

  • This handbook will be a helpful and important resource as you begin your online teaching.
  • This handbook will provide guidance on additional resources and professional learning experiences to strengthen your online teaching skills and knowledge.

Experienced online instructor?

  • This handbook will ensure you are aware of all the essential details about LATTC's policies, resources, guidelines, and processes for online and hybrid teaching, many of which you may not have known about! 

 

Handbook Development

This handbook used the template from MiraCosta College. Leslee Koritzke, LATTC DE Coordinator, then edited it for information specific to LATTC and the LACCD. While this resource is designed for independent use, I'm always available for consultation and questions. I'm always eager to get your feedback on what you find helpful here, and what your suggestions are for improvement!

 

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Handbook Details and Fine Print

Original development: by Jim Julius as a spring 2019 sabbatical project.
Updates: It is intended that this handbook will be continually updated as needed, and regularly reviewed by the LATTC Distance Learning (DL) Committee. Major updates will be noted here.
Leslee Koritzke edited the original shell to include information specific to LATTC. It was approved by the DL Committee on September 18, 2024 and the Academic Senate on December 3, 2024
Credits: This handbook was originally informed by a DE Handbook created at MiraCosta College Links to an external site. in 2011 by Robert Kelley, as well as DE Handbooks published by Cabrillo, Southwestern, Santa Ana, Santiago Canyon, Mt. San Jacinto, Pasadena City, L.A. Pierce College, and Foothill Colleges, and the DEC 101 course Links to an external site. produced by the CCC Chancellor's Office and maintained by the CCC DE Coordinators Organization Links to an external site..
Tools: In addition to Canvas, Leslee used Venngage Links to an external site. for the navigation and banner images
License: Unless otherwise specified, all content of this handbook is licensed under a  Creative Commons License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.