Teaching & Learning Center

Our wide-ranging resources will assist faculty in teaching remotely, hybrid, or face-to-face. Please see our contact information at the bottom of this page if you have additional questions. The Palo Alto College TLC is here to help you!

TLC YouTube Channel:
Visit the TLC YouTube Channel for recordings of training sessions and quick how-to videos over Canvas, BioSig, Zoom, and more!

Canvas Support:
If you need help with Canvas or help creating a Canvas shell, please contact canvassupport@alamo.edu or call the Canvas hotline at 1-833-507-7244. You can also start an online chat with Canvas by clicking “Help” in the Canvas global menu.

Keep Teaching:
Check out the district website with more resources and recorded training videos for online and Zoom instruction.

TLC Professional Development E-book Collection
TLC Professional Development E-book Collection” that says “Through a collaboration between the TLC and the Ozuna Library, a collection of e-books has been cultivated as a professional development tool to support PAC faculty and staff.

Academic Assessment
The Office of Academic Assessment supports the PAC community through support for improvement initiatives, consultations with faculty and staff over best practices in assessment, and fostering a culture of assessment.  The Office of Academic Assessment is housed in the Teaching and Learning Center.

• Canvas: If you need help with Canvas or help creating a Canvas shell, please contact canvassupport@alamo.edu or call the Canvas hotline at 1-833-507-7244. You can also start an online chat with Canvas by clicking “Help” in the Canvas global menu.
• ACES, BioSig, Turnitin, Concourse, Respondus and other instructional software: Contact Alamo Colleges District IT help desk at 210-485-0555 and choose option 4.
• General computer questions: Contact PAC IT at 210-486-3777
• Palo Alto College Information Technology (IT) Services

A committee comprised of faculty and staff has been assembled to lay the groundwork for a sustainable center.  Feel free to share your ideas for the Center with committee members or attend committee meetings.

All meetings will occur through Zoom on the fourth Thursday of every month from 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.  Contact one of the TLC team members if you would like to join a meeting!

• AlamoGuides: District guides for all electronic programs (i.e. ACES, Concourse, Turnitin, etc)
• Carnegie Mellon Eberly Center: Excellent pedagogy resources!
• Login for Alamo Zoom: Shortcut to the Zoom login page for Alamo Colleges employees