Training & Events

View Upcoming Training and Events for dates and times of live UK Online sessions and relevant partner and vendor sessions. Below is a library of on-demand trainings provided by UK Online to assist faculty and staff with course development, compliance, and course quality.

DesignPLUS is a Canvas plug-in that is designed to help faculty and instructional designers build and format pages in Canvas courses without coding. This YouTube playlist created by UK Online will help you get started with DesignPLUS. Find more information on our Online Course Tools page for DesignPLUS.

This workshop introduces participants to digital accessibility topics in relation to the recent updates to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Buddy Hall from UK Online and Jennifer Pusateri from CELT will talk about some of the most common accessibility barriers in digital content including alternative text, headings, and color contrast and walk participants through a demo of the Ally accessibility tool that is a built-in part of UK’s Canvas platform.

This workshop video provides detailed guidance on the legal risks and factors to consider when delivering online education abroad. It walks viewers through a step-by-step process for addressing global compliance issues in decision-making. The video introduces the role of the Global Compliance Research Group (GCRG), shows how to interpret legal risks presented in the internal dashboards, and highlights both program-specific and country-specific considerations. Participants will learn how to assess risks, advise students, and ensure compliance with U.S. and international laws.

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This introductory video provides an overview of distance education global compliance for UK administrators, academic units, and others involved in offering online programs abroad. It highlights potential risks of non-compliance, explains UK’s country review process, and shares illustrative examples. Viewers are introduced to internal dashboards, the public Global Compliance Map, and other key resources to support informed decision-making.

This video provides a brief overview of state authorization requirements and their effect on the University of Kentucky’s out-of-state educational activities. It covers what triggers these requirements, SARA’s role, when additional authorization is needed, consequences of not complying, and how to use UK’s State Authorization and Out-of-State Field Placement Maps to help ensure compliance and protect distance education students. 

This video provides an overview of federal and state rules for professional licensure programs, institutional disclosure requirements, and the impact of licensure determinations on student enrollment eligibility and Title IV funding for distance education. It also explains the relationship between state authorization and professional licensure compliance and demonstrates how to use UK’s State Licensure Map and other resources to assist students and maintain institutional compliance. 

This self-paced, asynchronous course prepares faculty, course developers, and staff who design and instruct online courses at the University of Kentucky to understand the U.S. Department of Education’s regulatory requirements on Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) and Academic Engagement. Learning objectives include:

• Identifying methods of substantive interaction acceptable for the US Department of Education requirements
• Recognizing components of regular instruction
• Identifying academic engagement instructional activities acceptable for U.S. Department of Education requirements

Self-enroll for the Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) workshop to complete this 20-minute course and receive a certificate of completion.