Faculty Resources
Canvas Training for Faculty
If you are new to the Canvas Learning Management System for use with your courses, please reference:
- Canvas Instructor Guides
- Canvas: Basic Training NVC Faculty in Canvas Commons
- All Faculty Handbook, Canvas Training, and Collaboration Resources
(Instructional Innovation Center Alamo Share)
Canvas Course Layout for Faculty
A course layout is available to download into your Canvas courses from Canvas Commons.
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Complete Orientation Module
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1 Content Module (customize and duplicate as needed)
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Helpful for any course modality
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Includes faculty and student resources
To download the NVC Canvas Course Layout:
- Log into ACES
- Access the Canvas Card
- Select the Commons global menu option
- Enter NVC course layout in the Search bar
- Choose NVC Course Layout
- Select Import/Download on the right of the page
Bloom’s Cognitive Taxonomy- Interactive Tool
Writing objectives can be a challenge! It can be tough to find the right verb to answer the assessment questions you want to ask. Then, combining it with the right instructional strategy can be a struggle. Here is a simple tool to help make the process easier. Select each Bloom level to get simple-to-use information at your fingertips. The Home icon at the bottom right corner will always take you back to the Bloom's Hierarchy page.
Online Teaching Certification (OTC) at NVC
Certification is required for all Alamo Colleges faculty who teach fully online courses.
Canvas proficiency is required for the OTC training.
Four Steps to Certification:
- Step One: Training and Course Build
- Step Two: Initial Course Review
- Step Three: Revisions, Second Review & Approval
- Step Four: Presentation & Certification
Online Teaching Certification Overview
This course is designed to equip faculty with the essential skills and knowledge needed to effectively teach fully online, asynchronous courses. It covers best practices in online education, focusing on creating engaging, student-centered learning environments. By the end of this training, faculty will be well-prepared to deliver high-quality online instruction that meets the needs of diverse learners.
Fall Cohort: August-December
Spring Cohort: January-May
Summer Cohort: June-August
Please attend the Optional (but highly encouraged) Virtual Orientation Session for more information.
*To enroll, please review and submit the NVC Online Teaching Certification (OTC) Interest Form
Faculty in the list below have met the requirements to be certified to teach online, fully-distance, courses.
Online-Certified Faculty at NVC
Edmond, Shaylin
Fogle, Calvin [Accounting/Business]
Harris, Betty
McWhorter, Robert
Wagner, Joshua
Aguirre, Adam
Byars George, Lise
Carpenter, Michelle
Copas, Wes
Ingalls, Victoria
Johnson, Adam
Kim, Lynn
Linsenbardt, Kimberly
Lytle, Whitney
Melber, Talia
Pople, Elizabeth
Villarreal, Alessandra
Berlfein, Stacy
Booth, Sabra
Bower, Rachael
Chambley, Alex
Delgado, Esteban
De Luna, Celeste [Art and Studio Art/Humanities]
Fields, Sara
Garza, Xavier
Grenadier, Kimberly [Art and Studio Art/Humanities]
Jones, Timothy
Jones, Zachary
Keith, Helena
Kersey, Diana
McClure, Clay
Northway, Paul
Northway, Theresa
Robbins, Jack
Roberts, Sarah
Schanding, Desiree
Sertich, Victoria [ARTC/ARTV]
Turner, Thomas
Vanderburg, William [ARTV/GAME]
Willingham, Hannah
Bogale, Melaku [Astronomy/Physics]
Keltner, Marc [Astronomy/Physics]
Anderson, Andrea
Baumgartner, Anne
Becnel, Jaime
Combs, Gregory
Cornitius, Courtney
Edrey, Yael
Fissel, Michele
Ganapathy, Vinutha [Biology/HITT]
Gomez, Belinda
Gonzalez, Jo Ann
Gonzalez, Jossina
Gonzalez, Muraya
Grotte, Rachel
Guerrero, Leticia
Harrison, Chris
Heppard, Jessica
Kumar, Pramod
Kuppuswami, Rukmani
Madrid, Eric
Martinez Delgado, Lucero
Pina, Sophia
Reeves, Adam
Reynolds, Michele
Rohrbach, David
Stout, Brian
Thomas, Jordan
Giuliani, Jason [BITC/EGRT/NANO/SMFT]
Habibi, Neda [BITC/NANO]
Beza, Kimberly [Business/Economics]
Jackson, Chunnisee
Bradshaw, Ulku
Fontenot, Patrick
Giese, Edward [Business Computer Applications/Business]
Larson, Eric
Parsons, Marshall
Paze, Joyce
Rodriguez, Roy [Business Computer Applications/Business/Student Development]
Beza, Kimberly [Business/Economics]
Duke, Ahren [Business Management/Business/Marketing]
Emerson, Karen [Business Management/Business]
Jackson, Chunnisee
Scheri, Andrea [Business Management/Business/Human Resources Management/Marketing]
Casanova, David
Crandall, Jacob
Howard, Alicia
Nair, Prakash
Prasad, Roopa
Reaoch, Ron
Van Dijk, Simon
Zapata, Aleksandra
Elam, Daniel
McCreery, Heather [Clinical Lab Science Tech/HITT]
Cuellar, Linda
Farris, Mark
Jones, James
Lopez, Albert [Communications/Film/Cinema Studies]
Molina, Timothy [Communications/Speech]
Conerly, Victoria
Cornejo, Guadalupe [Community Health Liason]
Martinez, Fernando [Community Health Liason]
Burch, Matthew [ITCC/ITNW/ITSY]
Cabral Perez, Carlos [ITNW/ITSC]
Garcia-Lebron, Richard Bryan
Garza, Gregory [ITSC]
Golembiewski, Joseph [ITCC]
Grillo, John [ITCC]
Henry, Ben [ITSY]
Kishiyama, Brian [ITSE]
Luo, Wenbin [Computer Science/Information Tech--Program]
Madrigal, Michael [Computer Science/Information Tech--Program]
McChesney, Gregory [ITNW]
Raymond, Scott [ITSW]
Reyes, Rodney [Computer Science/Student Development/ITSC]
Roark, Kevin [Computer Science/Information Tech--Program]
Rodriguez, Mike
Rynarzewski, Alan [ITCC/ITNW/ITSC/ITSY]
Salazar, Ramiro
Shin, Don
Simmons, Raphael [Computer Science/INEW/ITSE]
Stuhl, Brian [ITDF/ITSY]
Yang, Xiaogang (Frank) [Computer Science/Information Tech--Program]
Yeater, Madison [ITSC]
Yeater, Robert [ITCC]
Arceo Garza, Kathleen
Buchalski, Brenya
Castillo, Jose
Gay, Joseph
Hall, Jeffrey [Criminal Justice/Geography]
Huron, Steven
Molina-Rodriguez, Monica
Philbrick, Steven
King, Jane [Dance/Humanities]
Lopez, Brittany [Dance/Student Development/Kinesiology]
Loring, Dawn [Dance/Kinesiology]
Stuhl, Brian
Escobar, Susan
Farrar, Benjamin
Macias, Rodolfo
Manoilov, Nenad
Marioneaux-Maguire, Viviane
Monroe-Young, Melissa [Digital Media/Marketing]
Sertich, Victoria [ARTC/ARTV]
Spangler, Alison
Dickman, Larry
Santos, Noelia
Underwood, Will
De Hoyos, Jose
Hedgepeth, Timothy
Marlowe, Mellissa (Mary)
Tafoya, Alicia
Villa, Gustavo
Antelo, Jose
Johnson, Gregory
Miranda, Daniel (Dual Credit)
Munoz, Mike
Pandaru, Cristina
Sanchez, Rolando
Tsai, Shu-Yi
Kaida, Nancy [Economics/Library]
Anderson, Sandra
Bradford, Diana
Maldonado, Elsa
O'Campo, Elsa
Rios, Gilbert [Education/Student Development]
Basu, Debashis
Bourland, Mark
Jurena, Mark
Pressly, Thomas [Engineering/Chemistry]
Rosilier, Ashley
Zhou, Joy (Qiaoying) [Engineering/Physics]
Alt, Genavieve [English/INRW]
Alvarez, Alexis
Barrera, Marisela
Bayardo, Jose
Best, Anne
Bravo, Suzi
Breivogel, Ellie Francis [English/INRW]
Carey, Sabrina
Chandler, Kelly
Cortez, Luis
Cothran, Alyssa
Dill, Kimberly
Estrada, Kazia
Font, Deborah
Gardin, Michael Lee [English/Humanities]
Glass, Kathryn [English/INRW]
Goggin, JP
Gomez, Valerie
Gonzalez, Anival
Green, Lamarr
Griest-Devora, Barbara
Johnson, Lindsay
Jones, Blake
Jost, Levi
Kocak, Zeliha
Kuyumcuoglu, Caroline [INRW]
Lawrence, Laura
Magaloni, Ignacio
Majetich, Cheryl
Malone, Lauren
Manboard, Crystal
Marin-Guerra, Stacey
McKinney, Kristina
McWilliam, Fiona
Mejias, Sarah
Montalbano, Anthony
Moore-Felux, Julie
Moreno, Cameron
Moseley, William
Mullins, Toni [English/INRW]
Obermiller, George
Pardo, Erica [INRW/Student Development]
Pedraza, June (Venetia)
Petersen, Laura
Poissant, April [English/Education]
Posey, Britt
Raymond, Samantha
Reading, Mary
Rodriguez, Omar
Rohde, Bridgette
Sanchez, Elvia
Sanchez, Sharon (Dual Credit)
Simpson-Gervin, Victorria
Tolan, Denise
Torres, Carmen (Yvette)
Trevino, Natalia
Ward, Michael
Yarborough, Cameron
Zaldivar, Holly
Zepeda, Melinda
Marquise, Howard
Walker, Scott [Environmental Science/Geography]
Villarreal, Joshua
Dimas, Teri (Teresa)
Prok, Travis [Fitness/Kinesiology]
Do, Thi Nhat Linh
Abrahams, Chandra
Richmond, Sarah [Gaming/ARTV/INEW]
Crenshaw, Melody
Rodriguez, Philip
Trease, Andrea
Yeager, Charles
Magruder, Cindy
Sahabi, Shannon [Geology/Physics/Astronomy]
Smyth, Dustin
Hill, Kayla
Angello, Dana
Cardona, Debra
Carol, Elizabeth
Dunagan, Pamela
Franklin, Cynthia
Guevara, Homer
Jackson, Kort
Marbut, Robert
McMahon, Ryan
Mendoza, Joan
Mueller, Chad
Nejad, Jalal
Reyes-Barrientez, Alicia
Richardson, Jeffrey
Smith, Eric
Stokley, Jessika
Tomen Bassett, Bihter
Vela, Arnoldo
Williamson, Robert
Vasquez, Alberto
Acosta, Carlos
Ball, Sarah
Biddix, Olga
Cain, Jennifer
Canestaro, Toni (Gloria)
Castellanos, Caroline
Cox, Sheena
Crosson, Andria
Driver, Richard
Fernandez, Peter
Gaitan, Jared
Galindo, David
Garza, Abel
Garza, Sandra
Gonzalez-Stout, Corina
Lennox, Holly
Martinez, Paul
McClurg, Kimberly
Pohovich, Monica
Ring, Latisha
Ruff, Leslie
Sitterud, Mindi
Steffek, Meaghan
Trevino, Brandon
Turney, Elaine
Valadez, Lucy
Vice, James
Wasniewski, Stefania [History/Humanities]
Wheeler, Austin
Wolfe, Barry
Wood, Audree
Wood, Rue
Cabunoc Romero, Keli Rossa
Coroneos, Craig
Epstein, Lee
Garcia, Migdalia
Lewis, Neil
Mendoza, Sylvia
Rangel-Ortiz, Luis
Saldana, Lucero
Watts, Jami
Wood, Dain
Cook, Laura
Dimas, Joe
Ellis, Karla
McCurtain-Talbert, Diana
Wiley, Kevron
Gorrell, Amanda
Anderson, Wesley
Armand, Nichole
Babu, Christy
Bartonek, Amanda
Bayat, Faranak
Bentjen, Kerri
Bishop, Eddie
Bradshaw, Kelli [Math/Student Development]
Carrillo, Robert
Chagoya Verdin, Claudia
Collins Montalbano, Amy
Dart, James
Davis, Ebonisha
Digiovanni, Robert
Emig, Christa
Englebert, Paula
Escobar, Manuel [Math/Student Development]
Garcia, Mei
Gardner, Robert
Green, Sarah
Guerra, Javier
Hale, Phnesha
Hernandez, Susan
Hunt, Heidi
Kalinowski, Neil
Koch, Jerry
Lunsford, Erin
Manchester, Ellen [Mathematics/Student Development]
Mangold, Michele
Pace, Julie
Roberts, Cindy
Rosenthal, Debra
Roy, Mat (Jaideep)
Salazar, Laura
Schulze, Virginia
Sporer, Catherine
Trevino, Hector
Uresti, Yvette
Watkins, William
Zocchi, Mary
Avila, Beatrice
Sari, Sara
Vasquez, Alberto
Richmond, Sarah [GAME/ARTV/INEW]
Vanderburg, William
Beard, Francis (John) [MUAP]
Camann, Mark [MUAP/MUSI]
Cartwright, Katharine [MUAP/MUSI]
Converse, Andrew MUAP
Fierro, Eun Joo [MUSI]
Godoy, John [MUAP/MUSI]
Han, Jihee [MUSI]
McCarty, Karen [MUSI/SDEV]
Rocha, Aurelia [MUSI]
Smith, Daniel [MUAP/MUSI]
Yanaway, Amy [MUSI]
Agtuca, James [PHRA/BIOL]
Hamilton, Kelsey
Lomas, Marlena
Martinez, David
Ramirez, Rebecca
Bates, Anna
Gittinger, George
Hinkley, Charles
Murphy, Hart
Naylor, Marshall
Padgett, Daniel
Pope, Nakia
Rosenberg, Jon
Whitworth, Amy
Young De Cantu, Monica
Alquiza, Josh Emmanuel
Turanski, Amber
Barrera, Brandi
Brown, Traci
Coronado, Christina
Cortes, Franco Laura
Cowan, Trina
Evans, Anna Marie
Fox, Jennifer
Hausen, Barbara [Psychology/Student Development]
Heredia, Roque [Psychology/Student Development]
Jacox, Cindy [Psychology/Student Development]
Lucas, Donald
Montanye, Erica
Phillips, Catherine
Reyes, Paulo
Squires, Amanda
Sramek, Kristin
Wright, Liz (Melissa)
Zapata, Patricia
Abdul-Razaq, Haetham
Draker, Heather
Gonzalez, Francisco
Hubbard, Annie
Moreno, Carmen
Ogland, Curtis
Paige, Kara
Spraggins, Johnnie
Bagge, Martha
Damron, Pilar (Maria)
Gaytan-Baker, Sally (Azalia)
Gomez, Maria-Luisa
Greszler-Gomez, Carla
Schmader, Luli (Lourdes)
Shipman, Kelly
Wilson, Carolina
Aguillon, Ruben
Boatman, Ontre
Bobb-Meilinger, Courtney
Bruce, Jimmie
Burton, Amy
Clark, Sheena
Crayton, Kahala
Cunningham, Susan
Fouts, Kelly
Hodyc, Kyle
Jansky, Elaine
Keene, Darcy [Speech/Student Development]
McDaniel, Lisa
Miller, Lauren
Montemayor, Steven
Myatt, Bobbie
Parker, Twainya
Pope, Megan
Rodriguez, Gaby
Sifuentes, Lane
Yznaga, Lydia
Wilking, Karin [Speech/Student Development]
Aguirre, Michelle
Brown, George
Burgos, Victor
Cavazos, Angela
Eickhoff, Amy
Fischer, Helena
Gardner, Roger
Garza, Randall
Guevara, Leticia
Guzman, Nicole
Jackson, Virginia
King, Felicia
Lacquement, Sibel
Landa, Gabriela
Luna, Veronica
Marshall-Schrader, Theresa
Mitchell, Stacey
Moody, Marie
Pelaez, Diana
Plummer, Mallory
Reyes Guevara, Yolanda
Rodriguez, Baily (Christine)
Rodriguez, Steven
Rodriguez Venegas, Alicia
Ruiz, Melissa
Sherman, Adrianna
Spohn, Mike
White, Valarie
Wood, Kimberley
Ybarra Evans, Stacy
Marquise, Howard [Water Resource Science EPCT/Student Development]