Digital Learning Resources
Self-Paced Workshops
Our self-paced workshops offer flexible, on-demand skill-building opportunities with the convenience of learning from anywhere, at any time. These workshops typically range between 2 to 4 hours depending upon the participant's pacing. Further, we encourage our faculty to revisit the workshops for "just-in-time" updates and new features annoucements.
Canvas Basics - Highly recommended for anyone new to Canvas, this foundational workshop provides faculty with a mastery of the most important elements including navigate the platform, menu customization, syllabus, gradebook, content pages, quizzes, assignments, and strategies for optimizing instructor presence to enhance student engagement. Whether you're new to Canvas or looking to enhance your expertise, this workshop provides practical tools and techniques to quickly set up a dynamic and engaging learning platform for your students.
Course Enhancement with Generative AI (Register) - In this workshop, faculty participants explore a series GenAI use case tutorials,
interact with peers, and gain hands-on experience with prompting on a variety of GenAI
platforms in the context of teaching and learning. Participants ultimately construct
their own GenAI course enhancement plan to implement immediately in their courses.
Register using the link above, or visit our GenAI page for additional information.
Online Instructor Certification (OIC page) - The OIC is a fully online four-week certification that prepares USF Tampa, St.
Pete and Sarasota-Manatee instructors to teach online. This award-winning workshop
has certified over 2500 USF faculty and we welcome anyone who wishes to enhance their
digital learning skills, regardless of course delivery format. Topics include strategies
for planning instructor presence, active learning approaches for online presentations,
assessment/feedback planning, and more. To register, visit our OIC page liked above.
Those who simply want access to the content and do not wish to acquire certification
can also register for our OIC Open.
Honorlock Readiness Checklist - Honorlock online proctoring requires proper preparation to ensure the best possible
experience for you and your students. This checklist serves as a centralized training
repository providing you with “how to” tutorials, relevant academic integrity policies,
and best practices for online proctoring. We strongly recommend that faculty complete
the checklist in full before the start of the semester when using online proctoring.
Enhance Your Online Course with Kaltura - Kaltura is a media hosting platform for you to create, store, and present video,
audio, and images. This workshop is structured around the seven specific Kaltura skills
parsed into two parts, Kaltura Foundations (Skills 1 - 3) and Kaltura Advanced (Skills
4 - 8). Foundations will get you started and Advanced provides you with additional
options and features. For additional information or to access individual Kaltura instructor
guides, visit our Kaltura page.
Camtasia Foundations - Camtasia is an industry leader in screen recording and presentation creation. This
workshop provides you with the essentials on recording setup, recording, editing,
and best practices for creating presentations that truly engage your students. Please
note that Camtasia is "fee-based" and licenses are available for purchase through
the USF computer store. Alternatively, you may book one of our faculty rooms equipped with Camtasia and all the necessary equipment for creating presentations.