Teaching CVC-OEI Courses

• There is the potential for higher enrollment into your courses, meaning fewer chances that courses are cancelled.
• Students should also be able to earn certificates and degrees faster.
• Your normal teaching process is uninterrupted.

Make your course more competitive by meeting quality standards.

• The Course Exchange denotes zero textbook and transfer-ready courses. An additional page, a Quality Reviewed badge, can be earned and this will push your course to the top of the results.
• The CVC-OEI's Course Design Rubric is designed to ensure a quality online course that is aligned or exemplary in the areas of course design, interaction, navigation, assessment, learner support, and accessibility.
• The Peer Online Course Review process examines your course through the CVC-OEI Rubric.
• Courses that have undergone the course review process (POCR) receive a Quality Reviewed badge and appear first in the search results for your college.

Upon signing into cvc.edu, students identify their Home College and search for classes sorted by category (CSU, IGETC, or topic). Available courses are displayed to them in the following order:

1. Available Home College courses first
   1. Any Home College courses that are Quality Reviewed/Aligned to the CVC Rubric appear at the top of this list.
2. Available Teaching College courses second
   
   1. Any Teaching College courses that are Quality Reviewed/Aligned to the CVC Rubric appear at the top of this list.
3. Any other available courses offered through other CCCs participating in the Course Finder.

The student selects the desired course for enrollment.

1. Classes marked Add Class are eligible for instant enrollment.
2. Classes marked Apply Now are not eligible for instant enrollment, but students may still enroll by filling out an application via CCC Apply.
3. Whether a course is eligible for instant enrollment depends on whether the student is enrolled in a Home College and is registering for a course in a Teaching College.

In general, you should not need to change how you teach your fully online course. Exchange students will have access to the same information and online resources within your course as RCCD students. You will submit your grades at the end of the term into the our web advisor portal as usual. 

You should recognize that students will not have access to on-campus resources. However, this is no different from other semesters when students could sign up remotely for classes. And students will still have access to resources from their Home College since they will be enrolled in Home College courses.

A student's Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) status or accommodations determination will not automatically transfer to the Teaching College. Students using the Exchange will have to apply separately at both colleges to receive DSPS services and classroom accommodations.

The CVC-OEI's Course Design Rubric was developed to establish standards related to course design, instruction, and accessibility.  the CVC-OEI Online Course Design Rubric outlines the effective practices for designing an online course. The rubric was created in collaboration with faculty and is not intended as a tool to measure faculty performance. It has four sections:

1. Content Presentation - how content is organized and accessed in the course management system.
2. Interaction - regular effective contact (instructor-initiated and student-initiated communication).
3. Assessment - the variety and effectiveness of assessments within the course.
4. Accessibility - ensuring a student using assistive technologies will be able to access the instructor’s course content as required by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (also known as “508 Compliance”).

In Sections A, B, and C, there are three categories in the score range: incomplete, aligned, and exemplary. In section D, there are only two categories in the score range: a course either meets the accessibility requirement (and is therefore aligned) or it does not.

In its most basic form, the CVC-OEI's Course Design Rubric expects instructors to adhere to:

1. Consistent module structure
2. Clear navigation and labeling
3. Regular and substantive interaction (RSI)
4. Accessibility (Canvas tools, headings, captions) standards
5. Mobile-friendly design