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class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"online-teaching-foundations\">Foundations in effective online teaching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This micro-certificate series provides foundational skills for developing high-quality teaching and learning opportunities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Teaching Online @NAU<\/li><li>Teaching Online @NAU: Best practices<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-ghost-dark\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/online\/faculty-staff-resources\/faculty-course-offerings\/\">Faculty course offerings<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"best-practices\">Best practices and expectations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This resource provides a bulleted list of best practices, features, and tools that lead to quality online learning experiences. It was developed by a committee of faculty, instructional designers, and campus leaders in online education and was&nbsp;<strong>endorsed by the Faculty Senate in April 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-ghost-dark\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/online\/faculty-staff-resources\/high-quality-online-learning-experiences\/online-teaching-best-practices\/\">Online teaching best practices<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"faculty-focused-initiatives\"        class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-twilight-xxx-light \">\n    \n\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n        <h3>Faculty-focused initiatives<\/h3>                <p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>NAU Course Shell<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The NAU Course Shell is a resource to promote standardized organizational features across Canvas shells. The template includes placeholders and prompts aligned with best practices for online teaching and learning at NAU and offers a shortcut to course building and design.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>Course development checklist<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>This checklist is a tool for faculty to use in self and peer reviews of their course design. It synthesizes content from NAU\u2019s internal online instruction policies, Quality Matters Rubric, and NAU\u2019s best practices for online teaching and learning.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>Course design documents<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>This is a helpful series of documents developed by NAU Online and Innovative Educational Initiative instructional design teams to assist faculty in developing their courses.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>Best practices for online teaching at NAU<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Consult our <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/online\/faculty-staff-resources\/high-quality-online-learning-experiences\/online-teaching-best-practices\/\">best practices<\/a> to reflect our commitment to providing students with high-quality and equitable online learning.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/online-innovative-educational-initiatives\/faculty-staff-resources\/faculty-symposium\/\">Faculty Symposium<\/a> is offered fall and spring every year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n    \n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"student-focused-initiatives\">Student-focused initiatives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learning Online @NAU<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This self-paced course provides an Orientation to online learning for students in technical instruction, and the essential time and self-management strategies that enable students to thrive in an online learning environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button 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