Staff Training Session: Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Office
2025-11-20 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-01 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-12-11 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
In April 2026, new accessibility legislation goes into effect, requiring all digital documents to meet updated accessibility standards. This training session will equip staff with the knowledge and tools needed to create accessible documents using Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Participants will learn how to use the built-in Accessibility Checker, identify and correct common accessibility issues, and apply best practices to ensure content is readable and usable for all audiences, including individuals with disabilities.

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TLC Accessibility Consulting - Get Your Course Materials Accessibility-Ready by April 2026!
2025-12-03 18:00 - 19:00
The federal deadline to ensure your course content meets accessibility standards is April 2026 — and we’re here to help you get there with confidence.

🎯 One-on-One Accessibility Consultations Now Available Meet individually with the Teaching and Learning Center staff to review your course materials, get practical tips, and ensure your content is fully compliant and inclusive for all learners.

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Feel free to also attend our Workshops for other accessibility trainings available that may assist (check TLC calendar for training dates).

Online Workshop: Design for All – Mastering Accessibility – Tools and Techniques (.25 PGU)

Online Workshop: D2L Media Library – Upload and/or Record Videos to Meet Accessibility Standards (.25 PGU’s)

D2L Brightspace - Optimizing Course Content (Vendor Webinar)
2025-12-10 12:00 - 13:00
Join Instructional Designers from D2L’s Learning Services team as they share practical strategies for building effective Brightspace courses that support fully online, hybrid, and in-person delivery. You’ll explore how to optimize your course content using multimedia elements and accessibility best practices—ensuring a more engaging and inclusive experience for all learners. Whether you’re starting from scratch or reworking an existing course, this webinar will give you concrete tips, design comparisons across delivery models, and expert insights to help you move forward with confidence.

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D2L Basics and Simple Syllabus Refresher (Online Webinar)
2026-01-07 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-01-21 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-28 18:00 - 19:00
Join the Teaching and Learning Center for this online webinar as we get instructors started using D2L.  We’ll demonstrate D2L navigation, how to add and organize content into modules, how to create assignments, basic gradebook functionality, and ways to communicate with your students.

In this webinar, we’ll cover the following:

Introducing the D2L Pulse App and easy notifications to students (sort of like text messaging to mobile phones).

Where to locate your Syllabus and update – using Simple Syllabus

Creating weekly modules and posting a variety of content into those modules (powerpoints, pdf’s, videos, etc.).

Creating assignments (discussion forum, written assignment, online practice quiz) and passing the score to the D2L gradebook.

Basic grading functionality and submitting attendance, midterm and final grades to the student information system.

Various ways to communicate with your students (announcement, emails, students who missed assignments, etc.).

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D2L Grades Tool (Vendor Webinar)
2026-01-14 12:00 - 14:00
Discover how the Brightspace Grades tool can simplify your grading process while keeping learners informed about their progress throughout the course. This session will walk you through setting up a Gradebook using the Setup Wizard to help you stay organized from the start. You’ll learn how grades automatically sync from assessments like Quizzes and Assignments—saving time and ensuring accuracy. We’ll also explore the learner view to show how transparent grading supports motivation and reduces uncertainty throughout the term.

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Promethean ActivPanel Display Refresher (Hands-on Training in Room 3127) Registration Required
2026-01-22 14:00 - 14:30, 2026-01-27 17:00 - 17:30
Some SSC classrooms are equipped with a Promethean ActivPanel as a display. Join the Teaching and Learning Center for this hands-on training where we will demonstrate the technical aspects of using the Promethean ActivPanel in the classroom.

In this live training, we’ll cover:

Navigating the center console, unified menu and touch screen.

Locating and launching applications that are pre-installed.

Allowing students to share their devices with you and other students by initiating a 6-digit sharing code.

Utilizing engaging lessons and activities pre-built into the Promethean ActivPanel that include annotation, capture app, spinner, timer, whiteboard, along with access to internet via Chrome, just to name a few.

Save content altered on the Promethean ActivPanel to USB drive.

Import existing resources, such as PDF’s, images and Powerpoints and/or connecting to your D2L course to access your course content.

Due to limited seating, please register by emailing: ssconline@ssc.edu. You will receive an email confirmation.

This hands-on training will be held in room 3127.

Flex Course Delivery Training (Hands-on Training in Room 3127) Registration Required
2026-01-22 14:30 - 15:00, 2026-01-27 17:30 - 18:00
Many courses at SSC are considered flex delivery courses. Flex delivery refers to students choosing to attend a course in-person in a physical classroom or virtually using the virtual classroom option in D2L. It’s their choice and they can switch up which way they want to attend each week.

However, instructors are always in the physical classroom. That means, instructors must set up their class to be delivered in both formats. This includes using the classroom equipment and the virtual classroom tool in D2L for those virtual students.

Join the Teaching and Learning Center for this hands-on training where we will demonstrate the technical aspects of running and managing a flex delivery classroom.

In this live training, we’ll cover:

Within the classroom, logging into the computer and turning on the front and back projectors.

Scheduling virtual classroom sessions for all your class times for the term.

Launching a virtual classroom meeting, selecting the classroom camera and microphone and discovering ways to verify your settings.

Using the camera remote so that virtual students have an equal experience to that of the in-person students.

Best practices of using the virtual classroom tools will also be discussed which include sharing your in-class screen so that virtual students can see clearly, using the large gallery view so you can see all your virtual students, recording your meetings so that all students can view later…and much more.

Due to limited seating, please register by emailing: ssconline@ssc.edu. You will receive an email confirmation.

This hands-on training will be held in room 3127.

Personalize and Engage: Using Brightspace Tools to Support Every Learner (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-11 08:00 - 17:00
Discover how to create a more engaging and inclusive learning environment by tailoring course experiences to meet the diverse needs of your students. In this session, you’ll learn how to automate personalized communication and reminders, recognize and motivate student achievements, customize access to course content, and provide targeted support for learners with different needs.

Gain practical strategies to boost student motivation and success while keeping your course organized and efficient. Whether your goal is to increase engagement or offer flexible learning pathways, this webinar will equip you with actionable insights to make your Brightspace course truly student-centered.

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D2L: Practical AI for Higher Ed: Designing, Assessing and Innovating (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-12 13:00 - 14:00
Join us  for a dynamic, hands-on session exploring real strategies for using AI to enhance teaching and learning.  We’ll walk through how to build custom GPTs, create immersive scenario-based learning, and reimagine assessment for an AI-driven era. You’ll also get a preview of what’s next in AI and how your institution can stay ahead of the curve.

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Special Note – this event is hosted by D2L. When registering, please use your SSC email address.

D2L: Increasing Learner Accountability with Class Progress & Completion Tracking (Vendor Webinar)
2026-03-11 12:00 - 13:00
Learn how to use Class Progress and Completion Tracking to monitor engagement and identify challenges early

Explore key data points that help you understand learner behavior and support timely interventions

Discover strategies to communicate progress updates and guide learners toward increased accountability

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Special Note – this event is hosted by D2L. When registering, please use your SSC email address.

SSC Federal Accessibility Training for Staff and Faculty (Online Webinar)
2026-03-31 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-14 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-28 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-12 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-26 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-09 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-23 15:00 - 17:00
Beginning April 24, 2026, a new federal accessibility mandate requires that all state and local government digital content (including websites, mobile apps, PDFs, documents, emails, slide decks, forms, videos, and online services) must fully comply with WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards. This requirement applies to South Suburban College. To help the campus prepare, the SSC Accessibility Taskforce has requested that the Teaching and Learning Center provide basic training.

This hands‑on session will introduce faculty and staff to the built‑in accessibility features within Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook, to ensure that documents, presentations, and communication are accessible to all learners and colleagues.

Additionally, we’ll dig into the nuts and bolts of making instructional material accessible as well. You’ll learn how to apply universal design for learning (UDL) principles to your writing, documents and media, along with showcasing tools available to help you make that possible.

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Interested in learning more about the federal accessibility mandate? Check out these great articles from WCET or the U.S. Department of Justice:

Fact Sheet: New Rule on the Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps Provided by State and Local Governments

Meeting the Looming Web Accessibility Regulations: The Time to Start Was Yesterday

D2L: Ensuring Academic Integrity in the Age of AI: How to Assess Real Skills in a New Educational Era (Vendor Webinar)
2026-04-08 12:00 - 13:00
Learn how to design authentic, video-based assignments that promote real-time explanation and critical thinking

Explore forward-looking assessment strategies that reduce reliance on easily AI-generated work

See how AI-driven feedback can provide timely, consistent support without increasing instructor workload

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Special Note – this event is hosted by D2L. When registering, please use your SSC email address.

Take a Deep Dive Look at your D2L Course Data for the Spring 2026 Term (Online Webinar) (.25 PGU’s)
2026-04-13 14:00 - 15:00
Knowing how and when students are interacting with course material can be invaluable in various ways. First, it allows instructors the opportunity tweak and adjust their content during the term. Second, at the end of a term, instructors can view data and see what worked and what didn’t and have the statistic data to back up these findings. This allows an instructor to tweak their course content for next term.

Join the Teaching and Learning Center team in this online webinar where we focus on various places within D2L instructors can access analytics and statistics about their courses. Other areas that will be explored include looking for trends in late and missing submissions, viewing quiz questions and responses, comparing student learning between topics, confirming student are indeed accessing course material and strategic planning for intervention, if necessary.

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Engaging Students Through D2L Discussions (Online Webinar) (.25 PGU's)
2026-04-20 14:00 - 15:00
Looking to boost student engagement in your in-person, blended, or online courses? This session explores practical strategies for using D2L discussion forums to foster meaningful interaction, support introverted learners, and streamline grading. Learn how to craft better prompts, encourage participation, and manage your time effectively—even with large classes. Whether you’re new to D2L or just need a refresher, this session will help you make the most of online discussions.

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Microsoft 365 Refresher for SSC Faculty and Staff (Outlook, Teams and OneDrive) (Online Webinar)
2026-04-23 16:00 - 17:00
Ready for a Microsoft 365 refresher? Join us for an updated training session designed to help SSC faculty and staff make the most of the tools you use every day.

We’ll cover the latest features and best practices for Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive, including how to manage email and calendars more efficiently, collaborate in real time, and stay organized across devices. You’ll learn tips for using Teams as your central hub for communication and meetings, as well as how OneDrive and cloud storage can simplify file access, sharing, and version control.

Whether you’re looking to brush up on the basics or discover new capabilities, this session will help you work smarter and stay connected in today’s Microsoft 365 environment.

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D2L: Course Design Best Practice for Higher Education (Vendor Webinar)
2026-05-13 12:00 - 13:00
Learn how to align learning objectives with assessment methods

Strategies for creating dynamic and inclusive learning environments

Insights into the latest trends and tools in course design

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Special Note – this event is hosted by D2L. When registering, please use your SSC email address.
