Atomic Search Webinar Find & Replace Recording
See it in action: Need to update outdated dates across multiple assignments? With Atomic Search, you can locate and replace those dates in seconds — all from one interface. Watch the full recording to learn:
- ✔️ Cross-course search capabilities
- ✔️ Advanced filtering for precision results
- ✔️ Powerful Find & Replace for quick content updates
Accelerate, Engage, Inspire Lunch & Learn Series
Planning and Implementing Successful Shortened Sessions
Whether you’ve enthusiastically embraced accelerated sessions or are approaching them with trepidation, please join us at the Accelerate, Engage, Inspire: Planning and Implementing Successful Shortened Sessions virtual lunch and learn series. The individual sessions explore the benefits and challenges of shortened sessions; selecting and planning courses; supporting and engaging students; and measuring success.
This series is open to all VCCS faculty, staff, and administrators, and we welcome you to some or all of the sessions.
Dates & Times:
All sessions will be held via Zoom from 12:00 – 1:00 pm.
Click here to learn more and register
Apr 9: The Accelerated Track to Excellence: Reasons and Resources for Shortened Sessions
Apr 23: Cutting the Fat, Keeping the Content: Streamlining Your Course for an 8-Week Term (intended audience: faculty)
May 14: Supporting Student Performance in Accelerated Classes
May 28: Brightpoint’s Pilot of the 7-week Semester Model
June 11: Revolutionizing the Academic Calendar: A Review of ECTC’s 8-Week Advantage (intended audience: staff, administrators)
June 25: Building an Accelerated Session: Instructional Design and Development
Beyond a Checklist: Authentic Learner Interactivity and Assessment in the Age of AI
Date & Time: Jun 4, 2025 10:00 AM Eastern Time Zone
All learning is social and that’s a key part of the QM Rubric, but as AI-generated content becomes more prevalent, the existing tools in the LMS cause challenges for educators trying to keep interaction and assessment authentic. How can we ensure that learner engagement remains meaningful when students worry they’re talking to bots and instructors struggle to differentiate AI-generated work when grading?
VIVA Grant Opportunity
This spring, VIVA will award a round of VIVA Adopt Grants in three categories, including a general adopt and curation grant, with a deadline of May 2. Those categories are outlined on the VIVA website. Between now and the May 2 deadline, VIVA will be holding three webinars and hold Open Office Hours where applicants can get information and ask questions. They will be held at the following times:
Webinars with registration links:
April 1, 1:00 PM: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/14412939
April 11, 11:00 AM: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/14413021
April 23, 9:30 AM: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/14413069