Resources and support
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES
ProMesa
Our ProMesa cohort has been designed for part time faculty who are new to teaching
at Mesa.
Enroll in Asynchronous ProMesa
Mesa Teaching Tree
There are awesome teaching ideas out there, but faculty often find it difficult to
find teaching ideas and connect with colleagues. The FPLC has created this Teaching Tree to make it easier for Mesa College faculty to share and find good teaching ideas
and resources. Welcome to the FPLC Teaching Tree!
Vision Resource Center
The Vision Resource Center is an online learning and collaboration platform Free for all California Community
College employees. The content provided will support every individual and college
as we work together toward the Vision for Success goals.
@ONE
@ONE - The @ONE Project makes it easy for California Community College faculty and staff
to learn about technology that will enhance student learning and success.
@ONE YouTube Playlist
SDCCD District
Training Resources - Microsoft Office & Windows training courses from San Diego Community College District
Office of Information Technology.
sd mesa college inactive enrollments
We've seen an increase in fraudulent enrollments in our online classes, so it's essential that we do our best to identify and remove these as early as possible. In the following document you'll find additional information and instructional strategies from MOST designed to help you identify and address potential fraud.
Artificial intelligence (AI) resources
Mesa Library
We recommend starting with the ebook, Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning, which is available as an ebook at our library.
MOST Workshops
MOST holds a series of workshops each semester on various teaching topics, including
AI.
MOST Workshop Schedule
MOST Toolkit with AI Resources
Institutional Innovation and Effectiveness
The District offers a series of AI workshops.
SDCCD (AI) Resource Page
Webinars with CCC colleagues
CVC@ONE offers professional learning opportunities online across the state.
Webinars - Online Network of Educators
VIDEO RESOURCES
ConferZOOM https://www.conferzoom.org/
An online meeting tool that can also serve as a screencasting tool, recording your
screen and audio simultaneously. ConferZoom offers cloud hosting and automatically
generates captions that can be edited.
AdobeSpark https://spark.adobe.com/
A free browser-based video creation tool with a very quick learning curve. AdobeSpark
feels similar to PowerPoint, allowing users to build one slide of audio/video at a
time.
Clips (iPhone or iPad) https://www.apple.com/clips/
Mobile app for iOS devices that transcribes your talking head videos and sends them
to YouTube for sharing.
EDITING VIDEOS
YouTube and Zoom allow for minimal video edits, mostly trimming the start and end
of recordings.
Paid options include
• Camtasia Education
Free options
• iMovie (MAC and IOS)
• Shotcut
HOSTING VIDEOS
YouTube https://www.youtube.com
- Recommended for hosting videos outside of Canvas
- Canvas has limited storage; video files are large
- YouTube supports embedding, linking, and editable auto-captions
- If you have a Google or Gmail account, you already have a YouTube account
- Visit: https://www.youtube.com
YouTube Resources
• How to Edit YouTube AutoCaptions
• How to find the link to share your YouTube video
• YouTube Captioning Badge
THE FINISH LINE
ATD’s Finish Line Game helps increase awareness of the barriers to student success.
Community college faculty, administration, and trustees will have a richer understanding
of the journey of today’s college student, particularly low-income students and students
of color.