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Dr. Stephanie Stafford, Assistant Dean of Online Learning
Dr. Stafford has recently transitioned to the Office of Online Learning from the Math Department where she served the last 8 years as Faculty. She has many years of experience with online instruction and development. She is a QM Peer Reviewer and recently finished ACUE's Credential for Effective College Instruction.
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Dr. Jon P. McKamey, Instructional Designer/Professor
Dr. McKamey arrived at the former Cincinnati Technical College in July 1987 as the Coordinator of Media Services, working with classroom technology until 2003 when he joined the faculty as the college’s instructional designer. He was awarded tenure in 2008. He also serves as a member of the Faculty Senate and on various faculty committees. Dr. McKamey holds a PhD in Computing Technology and Education from Nova Southeastern University and bachelors (Radio-TV-Film) and master’s (Educational Media) degrees from Indiana State University.
In the Office of Online Learning, he is chiefly responsible for the design and development of remote learning opportunities and assisting his colleagues to integrate technology into all course modalities. He is a certified Quality Matters Peer Reviewer, plans and delivers many professional development offerings, and provides Blackboard training and support.
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Paul DeNu, Technical Communications Specialist
Paul has been working in the Office of Online Learning for over a decade now. He happily works with any staff, faculty, or student that needs assistance with any of our online learning technologies including asynchronous video conferencing (Zoom), ADA-compatible video production, developing interactive activities, and more!
His current duties include, but aren't limited to; providing technical support for online courses, developing interactive activities/lessons for online courses (Adobe Captivate), writing/Editing/Producing instructional videos to support faculty and students, maintaining and promoting ADA compliance including captioning support for all online classes, providing Zoom and Adobe Connect training and support for faculty and students, and a facilitator for Teaching Online at Cincinnati State.
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Quality Matters
What is QM? Quality Matters is a rubric and process that focuses on continuous, quality improvement in online and hybrid course design.
Want to learn more about applying the QM Rubric in your own or future online or hybrid course? Check out the QM website here for professional development opportunities.
Already attended an Applying the QM Rubric training? Want to become a certified Peer Reviewer? More info here.
For questions or inquiries contact Stephanie Stafford.
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COVID-19 Faculty Resources
The new schedule of topics and details for interactions has been posted in the Support/Training area of the COVID-19 Faculty Resources site. You must be logged into the Blackboard site to access the full schedule document.
This week's highlights include:
- Blackboard Office Hours sessions are available at various times throughout the week and are hosted by Dr. Jon P. McKamey. Drop in during any of those times to get help with specific Blackboard tools, troubleshooting, or any remote learning related topic. These times are not for full-blown training on any given topic or tool.
- Remote Assistance from the Instructional Designer: Remote assistance for online course and Blackboard issues is also available via Zoom. Contact Dr. Jon P. McKamey, Instructional Designer for an appointment and Zoom room details.
- Zoom Support for Faculty and Staff is facilitated by Paul D. DeNu from the Office of Online Learning. If you have any Zoom-related questions, you can email Paul DeNu for additional help. The one-on-one appointment will be held in a live Zoom session.
- Instructors are encouraged to register for the Teaching Online for Cincinnati State (2021) workshop. It is open to anyone who would like to explore best practices in online learning, but is especially appropriate for all new instructors.
- Other support is available by appointment by contacting Jon or Paul by email (click on their name to email from here).
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Online Orientation Workshop
This Workshop is available to help students prepare for success in online courses at Cincinnati State, by providing hands-on experience in the online environment. The online workshop is free and self-paced. It takes 1 to 3 hours to complete, and students can stop and restart the orientation over several sessions. More information about the Workshop and how your students can register for it can be found here. Contact Paul DeNu for additional help.
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Other Resources
Faculty can find a variety of resources related to Blackboard and online/remote delivery when logged onto MYCSTATE. Look for the following sites:
- BUG: Blackboard Users Group
- Faculty Lounge (moderated by Peggy Rolfsen, contact her to be added)
These sites also include direct links to instructor help pages available from Blackboard as well as other support and topics of interest.
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Tips and Tricks
Are you currently recording your online lectures with Zoom? In the video below, Paul DeNu demonstrates how you can download your videos from the Zoom Cloud to your desktop, and then upload them to a video service such as YouTube. The College has a limited amount of cloud storage space for all of our instructors' videos.
We highly recommend downloading your videos from the cloud and uploading them to a video-hosting service such as YouTube, and then deleting your recording from the Zoom cloud to free up space. YouTube is available on all platforms and students are familiar with the interface. Most importantly, YouTube has auto-captioning (that you can edit), making your videos meet the required accessibility standard. Paul can walk you through how to edit the auto-captioning of your YouTube videos here. |
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