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These resources should be key reference points for MiraCosta Online Mentors and the faculty that Mentors work with. Please use these resources in Mentoring interactions!

MiraCosta Online Class Quality Guidelines (PDF) - includes requirements for all faculty teaching online, recommended practices, and key principles to inform online course design and teaching. Recommendations are broad rather than prescriptive, and are intended "to help faculty develop and redesign online classes and foster conversation ... about effective and equity-minded teaching practices in online education"
MiraCosta Online Class Quality Guidelines: Overview and Examples (Canvas Course) - includes many Canvas-based examples that relate to the requirements and recommendations in the Online Class Quality Guidelines. Examples can be copied/adapted for reuse.
MiraCosta DE Handbook (Canvas Course) - includes background and details on many aspects of the requirements and support for faculty teaching online at MiraCosta
MiraCosta Online Class Requirements Checklist (PDF) - this contractually-required Self-Certification Checklist is based on the requirements stated in the MiraCosta Online Class Quality Guidelines
MiraCosta Online Education faculty support website (website) - this site includes tutorials and guidance for using the online tools available for faculty at MiraCosta, as well as additional online teaching resources for faculty such as documents and recorded Flex workshops.
MiraCosta Distance Education Class Authentication Compliance and Start-of-Term Availability Procedures - this is a useful guide when discussing how to ensure students are informed about how to get started in an online class, from MOE
MiraCosta College Commitment to Equitable Use of Cameras in Online Instruction & Assessment (PDF) - this Academic Senate-approved document provides guidance on student use of cameras in synchronous online instruction and assessment.
Protecting Student Privacy: Guide for Synchronous Instruction at MiraCosta College (PDF) - this provides guidance on ensuring that student FERPA rights are protected with synchronous live and recorded online instruction at MiraCosta.