Required Training to Teach Online
CCSF faculty are required to complete online training (called Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning, IOTL) before being scheduled to teach an online class. This is in accordance with the AFT bargaining agreement and Title 5.
CCSF faculty that have completed online training outside of CCSF can apply for online training equivalency.
Facilitated Training in Fall and Spring
The Office of Online Learning and Educational Technology typically has 1 training cohort in Fall and Spring semesters. Faculty must complete the online training before being scheduled to teach online. For example, if a chair schedules a faculty member to teach online in Fall, the faculty should complete the online training in the Spring.
Note about Summer: We do not hold a Summer session unless we have enough demand and available facilitators.
See the cycle dates for when the application for training opens and closes.
The Spring 2027 IOTL form will open in September 2026.
Faculty will receive an email from Jennifer Kienzle when the form is available.
Tentative Start Date: First day of Spring 2027
The Fall 2027 IOTL form will open in February 2027.
Process for Developing an Online Class
The Office of Online Learning and Educational Technology Department support faculty in the development of all credit and noncredit online classes offered at CCSF.
First, work with your Department Chair to select a class
- Faculty need to be Canvas Ready, meaning that they have some level of proficiency with using Canvas in their class. To be Canvas Ready, faculty must either have successfully passed the Temporary Distance Learning Training at CCSF, or completed the self-paced Introduction to Canvas Course and sent the badge to [email protected].
Is there an active Distance Education Addenda for the course you want to teach online?
- Go to Curricunet.
- Check the Distance Education Tab.
- Review if the Fully Online (FO) and Partially Online (PO) is checked. If one of those is checked and matches your intended teaching modality, proceed to Step 4.
- If the the Distance Education tab indicates a no, please proceed to Step 3.
Submit the form to be in the CCSF online training or apply for online equivalency (for non-CCSF online training).
Locate the current application in the sidebar of this page.
The Distance Learning Advisory Committee (DLAC), an Academic Senate Committee, reviews and recommends faculty applications to develop an online course. Recommendations are made to the Office of Online Learning and Educational Technology (OLET). In consultation with appropriate administrators, OLET manages the award decisions.
Note: Faculty must demonstrate that they are Canvas Ready before submitting the form to teach online.
The Office of Online Learning and Educational Technology manages the development of online classes per the AFT 2121 contract, Exhibit N. We also work with departments who receive grant funding to develop online classes.
The Office of Online Learning will notify the applicant by the end of the semester in which the faculty applied.
Before teaching an online course, a faculty member must participate in District mandated training. New faculty are required to successfully complete the Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning (IOTL). The IOTL is a faculty designed and taught training based on the latest research in online learning and California Community College State Chancellor's Office initiatives.
Faculty must pass all checkpoints with at least an 80% in order to pass the training. Training must be completed in the semester the training begins (e.g., Fall 2023 training should be completed in Fall 2023).
Your Department Chair can schedule you an online class the semester following your completion of online training. Congrats!
Note: A fully approved DEA must be in the effective semester in order for the chair to schedule the online class.
