Faculty Resources
Canvas Training for Faculty
If you are new to the Canvas Learning Management System for use with your courses, please reference the Canvas Instructor Guides.
You can also request to be added to the Canvas 101 NVC Faculty training shell. Please email Mallory Plummer: mplummer4@alamo.edu to join.
All Faculty Handbook, Canvas Training, and Collaboration Resources
(Alamo Share)
Canvas Course Layout for Faculty
A 16-Week course layout is available to download into your Canvas courses from the Canvas Commons.
To add this resource to your Canvas course(s) follow these steps:
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Log into ACES and enter Canvas.
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Click Commons in the left gray menu.
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In the search box, type the name of the resource (Please be sure to enter the underscores. Otherwise, the search may result in an old layout): NVC_Course_Layout_2024-25 Academic_Year
- Click on the name of resource you want to add to your course
- Click the blue Import/Download button on the right.
- Check mark the course(s) into which you want to import the resource.
- Click the blue Import into Course button at the bottom.
Bloom’s Cognitive Taxonomy- Interactive Tool
Writing objectives can be a challenge! It can be tough to find the right verb to answer the assessment questions you want to ask. Then, combining it with the right instructional strategy can be a struggle. Here is a simple tool to help make the process easier. Select each Bloom level to get simple-to-use information at your fingertips. The Home icon at the bottom right corner will always take you back to the Bloom's Hierarchy page.
Online Teaching Certification (OTC) at NVC
Certification is required for all Alamo Colleges faculty who teach fully online courses.
Four Steps to Certification:
1.) Online Teaching Certification (OTC) Course
2.) Build Your Own Course
3.) Course Review
4.) Online Teaching Certification Presentation
Online Teaching Certification Overview
This course is designed to equip faculty with the essential skills and knowledge needed to effectively teach fully online, asynchronous courses. It covers best practices in online education, focusing on creating engaging, student-centered learning environments. By the end of this training, faculty will be well-prepared to deliver high-quality online instruction that meets the needs of diverse learners.
*To enroll, please email: Mallory Plummer: mplummer4@alamo.edu
Faculty in the list below have met the requirements to be certified to teach online, fully-distance, courses.
Fogle, Calvin [Accounting/Business]
Harris, Betty
McWhorter, Robert
Wagner, Joshua
Aguirre, Adam
Byars George, Lise
Ingalls, Victoria
Johnson, Adam
Linsenbardt, Kimberly
Lytle, Whitney
Villarreal, Alessandra
Booth, Sabra
Bower, Rachael
Delgado, Esteban
De Luna, Celeste [Art and Studio Art/Humanities]
Fields, Sara
Garza, Xavier
Grenadier, Kimberly [Art and Studio Art/Humanities]
Jones, Timothy
Jones, Zachary
Kersey, Diana
McClure, Clay
Northway, Paul
Northway, Theresa
Robbins, Jack
Roberts, Sarah
Schanding, Desiree
Bogale, Melaku [Astronomy/Physics]
Keltner, Marc [Astronomy/Physics]
Anderson, Andrea
Baumgartner, Anne
Becnel, Jaime
Edrey, Yael
Fissel (Crawford), Michele
Ganapathy, Vinutha [Biology/HITT]
Gonzalez, Jo Ann
Gonzalez, Jossina
Gonzalez, Muraya
Guerrero, Leticia
Harrison, Chris
Heppard, Jessica
Kumar, Pramod
Kuppuswami, Rukmani
Madrid, Eric
Martinez Delgado, Lucero
Pina, Sophia
Reeves, Adam
Reynolds, Michele
Smith, Courtney
Stout, Brian
Giuliani, Jason
Beza, Kimberly [Business/Economics]
Jackson, Chunnisee
Bradshaw, Ulku
Giese, Edward [Business Computer Applications/Business]
Paze, Joyce
Rodriguez, Roy [Business Computer Applications/Business/Student Development]
Duke, Ahren [Business Management/Business/Marketing]
Scheri, Andrea [Business Management/Business/Human Resources Management/Marketing]
Casanova, David
Crandall, Jacob
Howard, Alicia
Nair, Prakash
Prasad, Roopa
Van Dijk, Simon
Zapata, Aleksandra
Elam, Daniel
McCreery, Heather [Clinical Lab Science Tech/Health Info Technology]
Farris, Mark
Jones, James
Lopez, Albert [Communications/Film/Cinema Studies]
Molina, Timothy [Communications/Speech]
Conerly, Victoria
Cornejo, Guadalupe [Community Health Liason]
Martinez, Fernando [Community Health Liason]
Luo, Wenbin [Computer Science/Information Tech--Program]
Madrigal, Michael [Computer Science/Information Tech--Program]
Reyes, Rodney [Computer Science/Student Development/Information Technology]
Roark, Kevin [Computer Science/Information Tech--Program]
Rynarzewski, Alan [ITCC/ITNW/ITSC/ITSY]
Simmons, Raphael [Computer Science/Computer Program/Programmer/Information Tech--Program]
Yang, Xiaogang (Frank) [Computer Science/Information Tech--Program]
Arceo Garza, Kathleen
Buchalski, Brenya
Castillo, Jose
Hall, Jeffrey [Criminal Justice/Geography]
Huron, Steven
Philbrick, Steven
King, Jane [Dance/Humanities]
Lopez, Brittany [Dance/Student Development/Kinesiology]
Stuhl, Brian
Escobar, Susan
Farrar, Benjamin
Macias, Rodolfo
Manoilov, Nenad
Marioneaux-Maguire, Viviane
Monroe-Young, Melissa [Digital Media/Marketing]
Spangler, Alison
Hedgepeth, Timothy
Marlowe, Mary (Mellissa)
Antelo, Jose
Munoz, Mike
Pandaru, Cristina
Sanchez, Rolando
Tsai, Shu-Yi
Kaida, Nancy
Anderson, Sandra
Bradford, Diana
Maldonado, Elsa
O'Campo, Elsa
Rios, Gilbert [Education/Student Development]
Basu, Debashis
Bourland, Mark
Jurena, Mark
Pressly, Thomas [Engineering/Chemistry]
Rosilier, Ashley
Zhou, Qiaoying (Joy) [Engineering/Physics]
Alt, Genavieve
Alvarez, Alexis
Barrera, Marisela
Bayardo, Jose
Best, Anne
Bravo, Suzi
Carey, Sabrina
Chandler, Kelly
Cothran, Alyssa
Dill, Kimberly
Estrada, Kazia
Font, Deborah
Gardin, Michael Lee [English/Humanities]
Goggin, JP
Gomez, Valerie
Gonzalez, Anival
Green, Lamarr
Griest-Devora, Barbara
Johnson, Lindsay
Jones, Blake
Lawrence, Laura
Magaloni, Ignacio
Marin-Guerra, Stacey
Mc Kinney, Kristina
McWilliam, Fiona
Mejias, Sarah
Montalbano, Anthony
Moore-Felux, Julie
Moreno, Cameron
Moseley, William
Obermiller, George
Pardo, Erica [English/Student Development]
Pedraza, Venetia (June)
Petersen, Laura
Poissant, April
Posey, Britt
Raymond, Samantha
Reading, Mary
Rodriguez, Omar
Rohde, Bridgette
Sanchez, Elvia
Tolan, Denise
Torres, Carmen (Yvette)
Trevino, Natalia
Ward, Michael
Zaldivar, Holly
Zepeda, Melinda
Marquise, Howard
Walker, Scott
Villarreal, Joshua
Do, Thi Nhat Linh
Trease, Andrea
Yeager, Charles
Magruder, Cindy
Sahabi, Shannon [Geology/Physics/Astronomy]
Smyth, Dustin
Hill, Kayla
Angello, Dana
Cardona, Debra
Dunagan, Pamela
Franklin, Cynthia
Guevara, Homer
Jackson, Kort
Marbut, Robert
Mendoza, Joan
Mueller, Chad
Nejad, Jalal
Reyes-Barrientez, Alicia
Richardson, Jeffrey
Stokley, Jessika
Vela, Arnoldo
Williamson, Robert
Sertich, Victoria
Vasquez, Alberto
Acosta, Carlos
Ball, Sarah
Cain, Jennifer
Canestaro, Gloria (Toni)
Castellanos, Caroline
Cox, Sheena
Fernandez, Peter
Gaitan, Jared
Galindo, David
Garza, Abel
Garza, Sandra
Gonzalez-Stout, Corina
Lennox, Holly
Martinez, Paul
McClurg, Kimberly
Pohovich, Monica
Steffek, Meaghan
Trevino, Brandon
Valadez, Lucy
Vice, James
Wasniewski, Stefania [History/Humanities]
Wheeler, Austin
Wolfe, Barry
Wood, Audree
Cabunoc Romero, Keli Rossa
Coroneos, Craig
Epstein, Lee
Garcia, Migdalia
Lewis, Neil
Saldana, Lucero
Watts, Jami
Wood, Dain
Burch, Matthew [Information Tech-CISCO/Info Tech--Networking/Information Tech Security]
Grillo, John [Information Technology-CISCO]
McChesney, Gregory [Information Technology--Networking]
Yeater, Robert [Information Technology-CISCO]
Cook, Laura [Kinesiology/Education]
Dimas, Joe
Ellis, Karla
Wiley, Kevron
Gorrell, Amanda
Anderson, Wesley
Armand, Nichole
Babu, Christy
Bartonek, Amanda
Bayat, Faranak
Bishop, Eddie
Bradshaw, Kelli [Mathematics/Student Development]
Carrillo, Robert
Chagoya Verdin, Claudia
Collins Montalbano, Amy
Dart, James
Digiovanni, Robert
Emig, Christa
Escobar, Manuel [Mathematics/Student Development]
Gardner, Robert
Guerra, Javier
Hale, Phnesha
Hernandez, Susan
Hunt, Heidi
Kalinowski, Neil
Koch, Jerry
Manchester, Ellen [Mathematics/Student Development]
Mangold, Michele
Pace, Julie
Rosenthal, Debra
Roy, Jaideep (Mat)
Salazar, Laura
Schulze, Virginia
Trevino, Hector
Uresti, Yvette
Watkins, William
Zocchi, Mary
Richmond, Sarah [GAME/ARTV/INEW]
Vanderburg, William
Beard, Francis (John) [Music--Individual Instr]
Camann, Mark [Music--Individual Instr/Music]
Cartwright, Katharine [Music--Individual Instr/Music]
Godoy, John [Music--Individual Instr/Music]
McCarty, Karen [Music/Student Development]
Rocha, Aurelia
Smith, Daniel [Music--Individual Instr/Music]
Lomas, Marlena
Martinez, David
Gittinger, George
Hinkley, Charles
Naylor, Marshall
Pope, Nakia
Rosenberg, Jonathan
Young De Cantu, Monica
Dimas, Teresa
Prok, Travis [Physical Education, General/Kinesiology]
Alquiza, Josh Emmanuel
Barrera, Brandi
Brown, Traci
Cortes, Franco Laura
Cowan, Trina
Evans, Anna Marie
Fox, Jennifer
Hausen, Barbara
Heredia, Roque [Psychology/Student Development]
Lucas, Donald
Montanye, Erica
Phillips, Catherine
Reyes, Paulo
Squires, Amanda
Sramek, Kristin
Wright, Melissa (Liz)
Zapata, Patricia
Abdul-Razaq, Haetham
Draker, Heather
Hubbard, Annie
Paige, Kara
Spraggins, Johnnie
Bagge, Martha
Damron, Maria (Pilar)
Gaytan-Baker, Azalia (Sally)
Greszler-Gomez, Carla
Schmader, Lourdes (Luli)
Shipman, Kelly
Wilson, Carolina
Aguillon, Ruben
Boatman, Ontre
Burton, Amy
Crayton, Kahala
Fouts, Kelly
Hodyc, Kyle
Jansky, Elaine
Keene, Darcy [Speech/Student Development]
McDaniel, Lisa
Miller, Lauren
Montemayor, Steven
Sifuentes, Lane
Yznaga, Lydia
Wilking, Karin [Speech/Student Development]
Aguirre, Michelle
Brown, George
Cavazos, Angela
Eickhoff, Amy
Fischer, Helena
Gardner, Roger
Garza, Randall
Guevara, Leticia
Guzman, Nicole
Jackson, Virginia
King, Felicia
Lacquement, Sibel
Landa, Gabriela
Marshall-Schrader, Theresa
Mitchell, Stacey
Moody, Marie
Pelaez, Diana
Plummer, Mallory
Reyes Guevara, Yolanda
Rodriguez, Christine (Baily)
Rodriguez, Steven
Rodriguez Venegas, Alicia
Sherman, Adrianna
Spohn, Mike
White, Valarie
Wood, Kimberley