Every employee on campus is invited to our annual LAVC Tech Fest! Join us!
Tech Fest is a yearly event that takes place the Monday and Tuesday prior to the start of fall semester. This two day event offers a wide array of topics such as Excel, Photoshop, Adobe, Office 365 Teams, Camtasia, and Accessibility. Sessions relating to Canvas typically include best practices and new integrated apps like Ally, Studio, and Pronto.
This year's Tech Fest has come and gone, but you can still view the videos from the sessions:
Office 365: Understanding How Teams Work
Canvas: Basic HTML Part 1
Design Your Course to Minimize Cheating
Excel: Tips & Tricks
Teaching in Person Under Covid: Restrictions and Tech Issues as we Re-engage on Campus
Adobe Suite: The Ins & Outs of PDFs and Signing Documents
Canvas: Accessibility with Pope Tech
Canvas Studio & DownSub
Canvas: Best Practices Online POCR Showcase
Canvas: Re-Designing Your Course for Equity
Navigating the New LAVC Intranet Website
Canvas: Voice Thread
Accessibility: Can Everyone Use Your Word, PDF, PPT Documents
Engaging Zoom Sessions
Creating a Liquid Syllabus
Library e-Resources to Support Online Learning: Videos, Workshops, and More
Canvas: Building Student Connections & Success with Pronto
How to Use Canva in Canvas
Group Collaborations & Office 365
Humanizing the Online Course
Canvas: Best Practices for Web Enhancing
PREVIOUS TECH FEST RESOURCES
Tech Fest Summer 2020
Tech Fest Summer 2019
Tech Fest Winter 2018
Microsoft Office Specialist Certification Exam (MOS)
To use the GMetrix training program and practice tests, please email profdev@lavc.edu for a GMetrix code and instructions.
You can now take your Microsoft Office Specialist exam while working remotely. Email ProfDev to get that process started.
VISION RESOURCE CENTER
The Vision Resource Center is now the place where all things Professional Development are housed. You can register for events through VRC. You can access thousands of learning courses, including courses through LinkedIn Learning and SkillSoft.
The Vision Resource Center tracks your Professional Development through your personal transcript. Yearly Flex hours are documented in VRC transcript.
If you host a campus-related meeting or training and would like attendance registered in the VRC, please use this form.
You can access the Vision Resource Center through your SIS Portal.
Need Help with Vision Resource Center?
LACCD VRC User Guide
Basic Overview of the Vision Resource Center
Learn How to Enter Your PD Activities
Learn How to View and Print Your Personal VRC Transcript
The LAVC Distance Ed Team currently hosts office hours through Zoom.
Office Hours are Mondays from 11:00am to 1:00pm, and Tuesday - Friday from 10:45am to 3:00pm.
Zoom Meeting ID: 948 2988 8468
Passcode: 807872
You can use this email to communicate with our DE team if you have any questions: distanceed@lavc.edu
The 2021 list of courses for distance education can be found by clicking here to go to the Virtual Valley webpage. Registration is through the Vision Resource Center for Introduction for Teaching with Canvas and Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning.