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Please join us in congratulating instructors who recently completed the Designing Your Online Course workshop through Quality Matters! These instructors now have tools to build high-quality, learner-centered online courses that enhance engagement and support student success. These instructors have demonstrated a clear commitment to reflective practice.  Participants exit the workshop with a course development plan to develop their own online course.  We celebrate their commitment to...

Brightspace Essentials Training Course for Instructors is a three-hour certificated course designed to equip Georgia College & State University instructors with the essential skills to navigate and utilize our learning management system, GeorgiaVIEW/D2L. Participants learn how to customize their course homepage, create engaging content modules, manage announcements and streamline communication with students. Additionally, participants gain practical experience setting up assignments,...

Brightspace Advanced Training Course for Instructors is a three-hour certificated course series designed to elevate teaching proficiency and enhance digital course delivery for Georgia College & State University instructors. Tailored for those who have mastered the basics, this advanced course explores in-depth features of our learning management system, GeorgiaVIEW/D2L. Participants learned to create and manage student groups, set special access parameters and use intelligent agents...

Digital Bootcamp is a 10-hour certificated course series designed to provide a framework of resources and support to facilitate online teaching at Georgia College & State University. The learning framework presented is based on Quality Matters principles, allowing learners to apply the concepts to an actual course using our learning management system, GeorgiaVIEW/D2L. This all-inclusive course also includes our Brightspace Essentials or Advanced Training Course for Instructions and...

Active Learning 101 is a three-hour certificated course designed to equip Georgia College & State University instructors with the principles, instructional materials, technology and learning spaces needed to effectively implement active learning strategies. Through hands-on, modeled experiences, participants engage in interactive learning and gain access to valuable resources to support the integration of active learning into their courses. During the sessions, participants will explore...

Active Learning 102 is a stipend-certificated course designed to deepen Georgia College & State University instructors' understanding and application of active learning strategies tailored to their specific content area. This course empowers participants to locate and evaluate content-relevant information, applies research-based active learning methods and analyzes instructional improvements.Through research, practical application and evaluation of methodologies, participants enhance...

Active Learning 103, a stipend-certificated course, is the final and most advanced course in the Active Learning series. This course provides a space for participants to collect and showcase their artifacts, demonstrating their contributions to active learning - whether through a submitted publication or a conference proposal acceptance. Since submissions can take various forms, we encourage participants to share the most compelling example of their completed process.Please help us...

We are thrilled to announce that student acknowledgements for Thank-a-Teacher @ Georgia College & State University for the fall 2025 semester are now available on our website.View the complete list of recipients at https://www.gcsu.edu/ctl/thank-a-teacher.Join us in congratulating our dedicated instructors, who have made a significant impact on our students this last semester!

Attention to all spring 2026 graduates! Make sure to register for your senior exit exam before the deadline on Feb. 13, 2026, at 5 p.m. Please visit our website at www.gcsu.edu/testingcenter to reserve your spot. If you do not register by the deadline, there will be a $25 late registration fee.If you have questions or need assistance, please contact the Center for Testing at 478-445-5016 or gctesting@gcsu.edu.