• ADA Title II Compliance FAQs for Faculty

    This list of frequently asked questions offers guidance about ADA Title II compliance. It is written with faculty in mind, though this rule applies to the entire university. For more information about ADA Title II, contact Information Technology Services.  Understanding the Rule and Institutional Context What happens if I don’t…

  • Zoom Session Recording & Privacy Considerations

    Overview During virtual instruction, it can be helpful to communicate expectations and protocols for participation in Zoom sessions, as well as options available to students to ensure their privacy. This TLI Knowledge Base page contains some SAMPLE language for communicating expectations and privacy options to students. Some of this language…

  • FERPA Considerations

    Special thanks to Humbolt State University and San Francisco State University for sharing these tips and considerations. Overview The federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects, among many things, student information. Multiple institutions across the country have expressed concerns about possible FERPA violations when meetings with students are…

  • Tips for Lab Courses

    Graciously shared by Martin Samuels, Harvard University Overview Science labs are often either integrated as components of larger lecture courses (lab sections) or comprise the entirety of smaller lab courses.  In both scenarios, it is worth defining what the labs are meant to achieve before selecting an online alternative. Below…

  • How Do I Find Official Course-level Descriptions, Learning Outcomes, and Outlines?

    Overview All course offerings at CSUCI are vetted and approved through a course proposal and review process with the faculty senate. Certain information in a course syllabus (e.g., pre-requisites, student learning outcomes, course description, etc.) must be consistent with the approved information in the course proposal. Course proposals and outlines…

  • Policy: What information can/should be included in a course syllabus?

    Overview A course syllabus can function like a roadmap for a course, communicating important information like course-level learning outcomes, necessary prerequisites, instructor grading policies, etc. CSU Channel Islands has a Syllabus Policy for required items and recommendations for additional items to be included in course syllabi. This article includes policy…

  • How to Link Your Google Docs with Canvas

    Overview If you plan to share resources with students, including collaborative student projects/folders, via Google Docs, there are a few things you should know: For proper integration, you must use CI Docs, which is the Google Docs account linked to your MyCI credentials. In Canvas, you need to authorize Google…

  • Students: How do I Create an EndNote Web Account?

    Overview EndNote is a useful tool for collecting, managing, and drafting citations of works used in your research. Once you create an EndNote Web account and use while logged in to myCI, you will be able to store citations from the library databases into your library/account. This tool can be…

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