Contra Costa Community College District Board Policy 4014 outlines key differences between distance education and correspondence education as well as protocol around course review, approval, and certification of DE courses.

Diablo Valley College Procedure 4003.01 clarifies local distance education definitions, practices for course review and approval, and guidelines for student participation and authentication.  Department Bylaws may include additional local practices.

Diablo Valley College Procedure 4003.02 defines our college policies around instructor-initiated contact and student-to-student interaction in online courses. 

The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Policy clarifying distance education definitions and best practices.

CCC Legal Opinion: Online Class Camera-on Requirements covers the legality of camera-on requirements as it relates to California's constitutional right to privacy, FERPA, and accessibility.

Related recommendations from DE Committee/Academic Senate:

• DVC's Camera-optional Recommendation 
• DVC's Online Proctoring Recommendation (COVID-19)

CCC Legal Opinion 2020-11: Live Synchronous Online Classes and Real-time Captioning covers requirements for captioning in online classes.

California Title 5 - 55204 mandates regular and effective contact between an instructor and students and among students.  

Review DVC Procedure 4003.02 for college guidance.

US Department of Education Act 122 Stat. 3078 mandates regular, substantive interaction between the instructor and students.

Review DVC Procedure 4003.02 for college guidance.

Revised Section 508 standards, including WCAG 2.0  are federal codes outlining our mandate to make materials accessible to all students, including those with disabilities. 

Visit Online Accessibility at DVC for training materials to ensure your course content meets accessibility standards.

The US Department of Education's Family and Educational Privacy Act outlines policies around student privacy rights. 

• Review the DVC FERPA Quick Guide.
• Learn about FERPA compliance with combo courses in the 4CD Guidance on Combining Canvas Shells. 
• Learn more about FERPA training for colleges.  

Learn more about copyright and fair use policy and review the Copyright Guide for DVC Faculty. 

Under Article 27, faculty teaching in a fully or partially online format will need to successfully complete an approved training in online teaching. 

• Enroll in 4CD's Becoming an Effective Online Instructor course.
• Or, submit the Comparable Training Equivalency Form.

Updated online evaluation forms are on the UF website. 

• Please contact Santino Aguilar (saguilar@dvc.edu) about setting up Evaluation Kit for student evaluations. 
• To learn how to add your evaluator to your Canvas shell, please see How to Give Access to a Canvas Course.

• Note: shells are automatically created for all class sections and can be found in the instructor of record's dashboard.  
• Sandbox courses may be available for faculty to work on course design or for department training needs. Please contact Jeanette Peavler (jpeavler@dvc.edu) or Neal Skapura (nskapura@dvc.edu) with your request.
• Please review the Non-instructional Canvas Shells Guidelines for other shell requests, particularly those that are student-facing.  Then, submit the Non-instructional Canvas Shell Request Form for review by the DE Team.

• If you are requesting publisher or third-party tool Canvas integrations, please contact the company to request their VPAT (accessibility) and FERPA (student privacy) documentation.
• Please contact Jeanette Peavler (jpeavler@dvc.edu) or Neal Skapura (nskapura@dvc.edu) with your request for publisher content or other tools that require Canvas Admin integration.  Depending on how the tool is integrated into Canvas, vetting by the DVC DE Team and/or Districtwide Distance Education Council (DDEC) may be required.

Students who have agreed to share their work with others outside the classroom should fill out the CCCCD Student Work Release Form.

The DVC Instructional Continuity Plan outlines key steps in an emergency transition to remote instruction.

The DVC Student Guide: Transition to Remote Instruction provides support for students in an emergency transition to remote instruction.