Various "OIC" courses exist. BOIC is the current initial, first-time certification course while ROIC is for anyone who is REcertifying. It's important to sign up for the right course! Any OIC certification expires 2 years from the date of certification (calendar days).

All address research-based instructional practices for online teaching and learning, campus/district/federal requirements, and include performance-based assignments that require participants to learn about and apply best practices in Canvas courses.

OIC courses are NOT Canvas LMS training. Some resources regarding specific tools in Canvas are provided, but enrollment in any OIC presumes you are familiar with and have experience with Canvas LMS tools, such as the Rich Content Editor, Pages, Modules, Quizzes, etc. If you need Canvas training, please take this course first: Growing with Canvas.

BOIC (initial, first-time certification)

This course is only for faculty needing FIRST-TIME certification.
- Sign up in LearnCenter (OED oversees this part). You still have to then be added manually to the BOIC course itself.
- Allow 1-3 business days to be enrolled in Canvas. You'll receive an automated welcome email from Smartsheet with two links:
  1. BOIC course where you are a "student" and submit assignments you create within your dev shell
  2. a blank Canvas dev shell where you have a "teacher" role; here is where you create the items to submit in the BOIC course
The current initial certification course is worth 16 hours of professional development and can only be awarded based on completion of the full course. No partial hours.
Course participants have 8 weeks to complete the course from their enrollment date.
- Enrollment indicates your intent to start the course--participants are expected to make steady weekly progress to avoid being withdrawn from the class
- Participants receive automated weekly progress nudges/reminders from Smartsheet
- Support office hours are offered by course facilitators at regularly scheduled times or by appointment
Course facilitators are primarily TCC Connect Campus Instructional Designers who:
- Facilitate the course (includes grading and feedback)
- Host regular office hours via Teams; they can also be reached via Canvas Inbox email

Course completion is required to teach with the Connect Campus.

All assignments must earn a minimum score (noted on that task's page)
Once all course requirements are met, participants will be added to a master list of certifications and receive a digital badge
OED will update participant's LearnCenter record

ROIC (REcertification)

Faculty members who already completed the initial certification will need to sign up to take the ROIC (recertification) thereafter. Since all ROIC coursework has to be done within six months of enrollment, you may not be allowed to enroll if you are not within six months of expiration (you can check your status on the dashboard below).

The ROIC requirements are quite different from the initial certification course, so please read the directions carefully.

You must sign up in Learn Center first. Only then will we be notified to add you to the ROIC Canvas course where you will be able to see upload directions, eligible courses, etc.

OIC Links

LearnCenter link to sign up for BOIC
LearnCenter link to sign up for ROIC
Interactive Real Time Dashboard of OIC Certification Data (contains Master List if you need to check your status & certification dates).