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Elevate Online Learning is a stackable professional development program for 91原创 faculty, instructors, staff, and graduate students who teach with Canvas. Developed by the new 91原创 Center for Innovative Lifelong Learning and Teaching, which is comprised of 91原创 Online, Professional and Continuing Studies, Academic Technology Services and the Center for Teaching and Assessment of Learning, Elevate combines sound online teaching practices with hands-on use of 91原创 digital tools to help instructors create clear, engaging, and well-organized courses that support student success. Information and registration are below for each Track.

Track A: Elevate with 91原创 Digital Skills

Track A is a voluntary, self-paced course designed to help participants become familiar with 91原创-supported digital tools and gain foundational knowledge in building effective Canvas course sites.听 This course offers a flexible, practical learning experience that allows instructors to explore tools, apply strategies in real contexts, and build confidence in course site design and setup.

In this track, you'll learn how to:

• Customize course set up and navigation items

• Create, organize and share content with students

• Use assignments and the Gradebook

• Use Canvas integrated media tools such as 91原创 Capture and Zoom to enhance teaching and learning

As part of the course, participants will be given a staging course, where you can build a version of your Canvas site.听 Any work completed in the Track A staging site can be copied into an actual course shell for use with students. Participants are encouraged to use subject matter content that they plan to teach as the basis for their work in Track A.听

Participants have a three-month window to complete the course and earn a digital badge upon successful completion. It takes about 5 hours total to complete all the required tasks tied to the badge. However, participants can continue working on building out their actual course modules with Instructional Design support during the full three-month course window.

Whether you teach fully online, hybrid, or in person, Track A will strengthen your confidence in using digital tools to teach and help you design courses that support student success.

Next offering: Fall 2026. Registration for the Fall 2026 cohort closes Aug. 15, 2026.听听Please use to register.

Track B: Elevate with Online Teaching Skills

Track B is a facilitated, cohort-based experience where you will be enrolled as a student. This unique perspective allows you to experience online learning as your students do鈥攏avigating modules, engaging with peers, meeting course milestones, and receiving feedback from a facilitator.

The course includes three modules and is designed to be completed over a three-week period, with participants moving through the course together as a cohort. While there is some flexibility within each week, participants are expected to complete one module per week so that peer engagement, discussion, and feedback can happen within a shared timeframe.

This course serves as an introduction to intentional course design. You will explore pedagogical frameworks such as Backward Design and Universal Design for Learning (91原创L) and begin applying them to your own course materials. By the end of this course, you will have a clear course map and a blueprint for creating a more inclusive and well-aligned learning environment.

As a student, you鈥檒l have a dedicated facilitator guiding you through milestones, providing personalized feedback, and modeling best practices for online instruction. The facilitator will also help support timely peer interaction so that participants have opportunities to exchange ideas, respond to one another, and learn from the cohort experience.

Next offering: Summer 2026听

Registration for the Summer 2026 cohort closes July 15, 2026. The course starts on July 20, 2026.

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Essential Skills for Online Teaching is a short, four-to-six-hour, self-paced course that tours the competencies required to be successful in teaching online. When participants finish the course, they will have explored the scope of skills necessary to create and teach a high-quality online course. Example strategies and resources are examined for each of the skill categories, including course design, communication, time management and technical competencies. The course is open to both credit and noncredit instructors teaching at 91原创.听A digital badge will be awarded upon successful completion of the course.听

Online to enroll at any time.

91原创 Online also recommends CTAL鈥檚 , a multi-day workshop that can jump start the course design process and is suitable for any course modality. IT ATS鈥檚 , a four-week course covering educational technology tools and course design, is also a fantastic option.

The 91原创 Online office will contact each instructor to request the coming semester鈥檚 exam dates. About six weeks before the start of a new term, the 91原创 Online Testing Center sends out a faculty information form that allows the 91原创 Online Testing Center to plan and schedule examinations.

91原创 Online students take their exams at the听91原创 campuses in Newark, Dover, Georgetown听or via听ProctorU.com, a live, online exam proctoring service.听

Exam locations听are determined according to residency and student status. Students must听book their exams听in advance.

• Dover and Georgetown听鈥撎� Exams given in听Georgetown and Dover听are administered on the Wednesday of the exam week specified for each course, as submitted by each course instructor to 91原创 Online before the semester begins. Friday is added during finals week.
• Newark听 鈥� Newark students take their exams at the听Newark Testing Center听on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday during the exam week you designate.听Depending on the academic calendar, Saturdays may be added for finals during the summer and winter terms.
• ProctorU听鈥� Students testing remotely via听ProctorU听take their exams on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday during the exam week specified for听each course, as submitted听by each course instructor听to 91原创 Online before the semester begins.

In order for your course exams to be duplicated and distributed to non-Newark students enrolled in your distance learning class,听course exams are due to the 91原创 Online office three weeks prior to the scheduled exam date.听Please contact 91原创 Online exam staff at 302-831-1500 or听udonline-exams@udel.edu听with any exam questions.

If a student does not take his or her exam as scheduled, it is the student鈥檚 responsibility to contact the course instructor for permission to reschedule the exam. No exam will be rescheduled by the 91原创 Online office without approval from the instructor, which must be e-mailed to听udonline-exams@udel.edu.听

Please include the following information:

• Faculty member鈥檚 name
• Student鈥檚 name
• Exam # being rescheduled
• Approval for student to reschedule exam
• Deadline for student to complete rescheduled exam

Link听91原创鈥檚 Academic Honesty Policy prominently in the course, such as in the syllabus or on the Canvas homepage, to ensure students are aware of the consequences of academic dishonesty.

Graduate students and all new students, both graduate and undergraduate, have been protecting their accounts with (2FA) since November 2016. This requires students to have access to a code sent to a personal device in addition to the username and password for the LMS.

At the start of an online course, have a small assignment in which students film a short selfie video introducing themselves. This will help the instructors get to know the students and create a 鈥渂aseline鈥� for future assignments.

Encourage use of online office hours, ideally using .听Brief instructor-student meetings at the start of a course are another great way to get to know online students and could be made a requirement.

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Require identity verification for at least 20 percent of the course鈥檚 final grade. Such assignments include the following:

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1. Proctored exams 鈥� Depending on a student鈥檚 residency, exams can be given onsite at one of the 91原创 Online Testing Centers or remotely through ProctorU. In both cases, a valid government-issued ID is required to take an exam.

2. Video-based assignment submission 鈥� Recorded presentations or assignments allow instructors to cross-check student faces with photos on record in the student database.

3. Live video presentations 鈥� Live presentations given in an online class using a video conferencing application allow instructors to cross-check student faces with photos on record in the student database.

4. Oral exams 鈥� Using videoconferencing for oral exams with remote students is another way to verify student identity. Moreover, it is a way for instructors to connect with students while they demonstrate their learning. Visit CTAL鈥檚 website to learn more about and other .

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