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The ATL + WACC 2026 Call for Proposals is open!

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ATL + WACC 2026 | April 29th – May 1st | Virtual in Zoom

Interested in presenting?

  • Heart. Mind. Community. This year’s theme is all about supporting one another, growing together, and building stronger, more human-centered working and learning environments.
  • Your voice matters! We invite you to submit a proposal to share the ways you’re bringing care, growth, and connection into your work with students and colleagues.

Who should submit?

  • We want to hear from you! All faculty, staff, and administrators from Washington’s community and technical colleges and public universities are welcome to submit.

Submit a proposal today!

What’s the submission deadline?

  • We’re interested and eager to consider your submission. Submit your proposal by January 16th for priority consideration and scheduling preference.

What are we looking for?

We welcome proposals on any topic related to assessment, teaching, learning, or technology, especially those rooted in inclusive and reimagined practices. Here are some topic ideas to help get you started:

  • Accessibility – practices for supporting usability, digital access, and inclusive design
  • Building Community – frameworks for centering people and relationships in how we teach, learn, and work
  • Caring for Ourselves and Others – strategies for fostering well-being, work-life balance, and belonging
  • Educational Technology – ideas for using Canvas and other digital tools to enhance teaching, learning, and workflows
  • Equity & Inclusion – methods for reducing barriers and promoting success
  • Generative AI – insights for using AI in creative, ethical, and practical ways to support teaching, learning, and work
  • Inclusive Pedagogy & Authentic Assessment – approaches for encouraging meaningful learning, feedback, and reflection
  • Open Educational Resources – how-to’s for authoring, adopting, sharing, and measuring the impact of OER
  • Other – surprise us!

Have questions?

Please contact our conference planning team co-chairs with “ATL + WACC” in the subject line with your questions about the proposal submission process. Thank you, and we look forward to reading your proposal!

Watch for registration information coming in the new year!

– Your ATL + WACC 2026 Conference Planning Team

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Save the date for ATL + WACC 2026 – Heart. Mind. Community.

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Mark your calendars and plan to join us April 29th – May 1st for ATL + WACC 2026!

  • This conference is a 2 ½ day virtual event bringing together Washington’s most beloved annual conferences—SBCTC’s Assessment, Teaching, and Learning (ATL) Conference and the ELC’s Washington’s Canvas Conference (WACC)—to explore the intersections of assessment, teaching, learning, and technology.
  • This year’s theme, “Heart. Mind. Community.” focuses on supporting one another, growing together, and building a stronger human-centered working and learning ecosystem. Come engage with colleagues from across the state and leave with fresh ideas and practical strategies that make a difference for students—and the people who serve them.

Why did we merge?

  • Planning a statewide conference takes significant time and resources. Merging ATL and WACC lets us pool effort, lower costs, reduce attendance barriers, and strengthen connection across our system.

What can you expect?

  • Inclusive Access. We’re keeping the conference online to ensure participation is accessible and affordable for everyone.
  • Streamlined Registration. We’re offering user-friendly registration to save time, money, and paperwork.
  • Deep Dive Sessions. We’re planning focused pre-conference sessions for deeper learning on selected topics.
  • Hot Topics. We’re digging into key topics in Higher Education—Exhaustion & Burn Out, Inclusive Pedagogy, Generative AI, and Digital Accessibility.
  • Inspiring Keynotes. We’re featuring high-quality speakers with timely, Washington-relevant topics and practical takeaways.
  • Community Connections. We’re developing virtual and in-person opportunities to connect and network.

We’re committed to you!

  • Continuous Improvement. We’re committed to learning from your feedback and annually refining the conference to meet your needs.
  • Inclusive and High-Quality Learning. Our goal is to deliver meaningful, engaging, and accessible learning and networking opportunities for all participants.

Watch for more information coming soon!
– Your ATL + WACC 2026 Conference Planning Team

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Participant sign-up/registration for WACC 2025 is open!

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The WACC 2025 conference logo consists of the slogan "Learn. Grow, Transform." and a butterfly icon.

February 25th & 26th | Hosted in Zoom by Seattle Colleges

It’s time to sign up for WACC 2025!

We’re looking forward to seeing you! Please follow the directions below to RSVP for WACC 2025. Tickets will go fast and are first-come, first-served, so be sure to register ASAP to reserve your seat. If you decide not to attend after you’ve registered, please let us know so we can open your seat to another participant. Please review the How to Register for WACC 2025 guide for step by step-by-step directions.

All participants will need to RSVP by completing an online sign-up/registration form via Zoom Events.

Step 1: Check the list below. If your institution is listed, go to Step 2. If your institution is not listed, skip to Step 3.

  • Bates
  • Bellevue
  • Bellingham
  • Big Bend
  • Centralia
  • Clark
  • Clover Park
  • Columbia Basin
  • Edmonds
  • Everett
  • Grays Harbor
  • Green River
  • Highline
  • Lake Washington
  • Lower Columbia
  • Olympic
  • Pierce
  • Renton
  • SBCTC
  • Seattle – North
  • Seattle – South
  • Seattle – Central
  • Shoreline
  • Skagit
  • South Puget Sound
  • Spokane
  • Spokane District
  • Spokane Falls
  • Tacoma
  • Walla Walla
  • Wenatchee
  • Whatcom

Step 2: If your campus purchased institutional registration:al registration

Step 3: If your campus did not purchase institutional registration:

What if the tickets sell out?

To maximize access, we encourage campuses to host on-site watch parties where participants can gather, join the event together, and maybe even enjoy some snacks! If tickets sell out (and we’re hoping they do!), we’re also preparing to livestream the event through a third-party platform like YouTube if needed. We’ll also be recording, so you can catch any sessions you miss.

Need the agenda?

If you’re curious or need the agenda for registration approval, you can find the link to our schedule on the WACC FAQs page.

Questions?

– Your WACC 2025 Conference Planning Team

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WACC 2025 participant sign-ups open this week!

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The WACC 2025 conference logo consists of the slogan "Learn. Grow, Transform." and a butterfly icon.

February 25th & 26th | Hosted in Zoom by Seattle Colleges

Get ready, WACC 2025 participant sign-ups open this week!

A huge thank you—79% (27/34) of campuses took advantage of institutional registration, plus we received bonus registrations from SBCTC and UW.😊 If your college is listed below, get ready to share sign-up info to your campus. If your college missed institutional registration, no worries—keep reading for details on individual registration.

  • Bellevue
  • Bellingham
  • Bates
  • Big Bend
  • Centralia
  • Clark
  • Clover Park
  • Columbia Basin
  • Edmonds
  • Everett
  • Grays Harbor
  • Green River
  • Highline
  • Lake Washington
  • Lower Columbia
  • Olympic
  • Renton
  • Skagit
  • SBCTC
  • Shoreline
  • Seattle Colleges (Central, North & South)
  • South Puget Sound
  • Spokane Colleges (Spokane Falls & Spokane)
  • Tacoma
  • Walla Walla
  • Wenatchee
  • Whatcom

What’s the registration plan?

Thanks to Seattle Colleges hosting us in Zoom Events, we have space for 1,000 virtual participants this year! We’ll be opening participant registration in a few days with 750 general admission tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis. We’re reserving the remaining 250 seats for individual participant registrations, watch party logins, and special role invitations (presenters, guest speakers, student panelists, etc.). If any reserved seats go unused, they’ll be added back into the general registration pool as they become available. All participants will need to RSVP by completing an online sign-up/registration form via Zoom Events.

For campuses that purchased institutional registration

  • Many of you have 20 or more participants interested in attending, so be sure to forward the sign-up info to your campus ASAP—tickets will go fast!
  • We’ve added your college domains to our Allow List, so that participants from paid campuses can register.

For campuses that didn’t purchase institutional registration

  • We’ve reserved a limited number of $99 tickets for participants from campuses that did not purchase institutional seats.
  • Participants will pay through an online portal, and once payment is complete, we’ll add their college email address to the Allow List, enabling them to RSVP.

What if the tickets sell out?

To maximize access, we encourage campuses to host on-site watch parties where participants can gather, join the event together, and maybe even enjoy some snacks! If tickets sell out (and we’re hoping they do!), we’re preparing to livestream the event through a third-party platform like YouTube if needed. We’ll also be recording, so you can catch any sessions you miss.

Need the agenda?

If you’re curious about the agenda, you can find the link to our draft schedule on the WACC FAQs page.

Questions?

We’ll follow up in a few days with step-by-step participant registration instructions for you to share with your campus, so watch for more registration info coming soon. Please contact Alissa Sells at asells@sbctc.edu with questions.

– Your WACC 2025 Conference Planning Team

Registration for WACC 2025 is open!

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February 25th & 26th | Hosted in Zoom by Seattle Colleges

It’s time to register your campus for WACC 2025!

This year we’ve eliminated the need for multiple individual sign-ups by offering an institutional registration option that streamlines the process, saving everyone time, money, and paperwork. For just $599, your campus gains access to two full days of affordable, high-quality, fully online professional development focused on Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and Accessibility. This all-access pass provides exceptional value—equivalent to about the cost of three individual tickets in previous years—making it more affordable than ever for your campus to participate.

If you’d like to attend WACC 2025, please connect with your eLearning team, teaching and learning center, or office of instruction to express your interest and let them know it’s time to register your campus.

Register today!

Institutional registration for WACC 2025 is just a click away using our convenient payment portal. Just fill out the payment form and pay.

Questions?

Please contact Sue Riddle at sriddle@olympic.edu with your registration questions. For other conference-related questions, please connect with one of our WACC 2025 work group co-chairs, Jeremy Winn at jeremy.winn@ghc.edu or Sheila Northrup at snorthrop@tacomacc.edu.

Stay tuned for information about opportunities to present!

– Your WACC 2025 Conference Planning Team

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Save the date for WACC 2025!

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The ELC Professional Development Work Group is excited to announce a new direction for the eLearning Council’s annual professional development conference — WACC 2025. We’re still a teaching, learning, and technology conference, but this year, we’re expanding beyond our Canvas roots to explore two emerging areas impacting higher education.

What’s new this year?

  • Depth rather than Breadth. We’re diving deep into Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the recent Title II changes regarding accessibility, with thoughtfully designed sessions and a day of learning devoted to each topic.
  • Inclusive Hands-on Learning. We’re moving the conference online for a more accessible and affordable learning experience, featuring workshop-style sessions with dedicated time to practice and apply new skills.
  • Self-Care. We’ve tentatively scheduled the conference for February 25th and 26th, so you can sit back and relax over Spring Break.
  • Institutional Registration. We’ve eliminated the need for multiple individual sign-ups by offering an institutionwide registration option that streamlines the process, saving everyone time and paperwork.

Why the changes?

The conference planning team is committed to continuously learning from your feedback, growing with each event, and transforming WACC to deliver inclusive, high-quality, and relevant learning opportunities. To build a conference experience that meets your needs, we focused our decision-making on providing relevant learning, inclusive access, affordability, and opportunities for practical application.

Watch for more information coming soon!

Your WACC 2025 Conference Planning Team

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Virtual registration is still open for WACC 2024!

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Please share with all who may be interested in attending …

Empower – verb /ɛmˈpaʊər/: the act of inspiring or motivating individuals to believe in themselves, their potential, and their ability to effect positive change

Virtual registration is still open for WACC 2024!

Washington’s Annual Canvas Conference
March 27th – 28th

Join us virtually in Zoom for two days of sharing uplifting teaching, learning, and technology topics that will EMPOWER! your practice and help you EMPOWER! student success.

The virtual rate of only $99.00 covers BOTH conference days and includes EMPOWERING! keynote speakers and conference presentations, a customizable scheduling app, and access to the captioned session recordings.

Register for the WACC 2024 Conference

To register, click the link above or copy and paste the link below into your browser. Or try the QR code!

https://bit.ly/WACC2024-Registration

QR code for WACC 2024 registration

Act now … the conference sells out every year!

Visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page for up-to-date conference info.

See the WACC 2024 agenda doc for a general list of session times. Keynote info coming soon!

Please contact Tim Trussler at ttrussler@batestech.edu with WACC in the subject line with your registration questions. Thanks, and we look forward to “seeing” you at the conference!

The WA eLearning Council
Professional Development Work Group

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WACC 2024 Keynotes

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You won’t want to miss these empowering WACC 2024 keynotes with Dr. Jenni Hayman and Brinda Sivaramakrishnan!

Empower – verb /ɛmˈpaʊər/: the act of inspiring or motivating individuals to believe in themselves, their potential, and their ability to effect positive change

Washington’s Annual Canvas Conference (WACC 2024)

Join us in-person March 27th – 28th at Tacoma College or virtually in Zoom for two days of EMPOWER-ing! keynote presentations.

Day 1| Dr. Jenni Hayman

Headshot of Dr. Jenni Hayman smiling. Jenni wears glasses and has light eyes, very short grey hair, and a fair complexion.

Empowering Education Through Generosity

The evolving dynamics of higher education and generosity play a pivotal role in empowering learners,, educators, and institutions. Generosity is the sharing of knowledge, sharing of power, and the co-creation of policy and process with learners and colleagues. It is the heart of open education, equity, diversity, and inclusion, genuine collaboration, and flexible, successful, technology-enriched teaching and learning. It is the heart of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. Join us to envision and actively engage with a flexible and adaptable generosity-oriented education model that empowers us, our colleagues, our institutions, and most especially our learners to succeed.

Day 2| Brinda Sivaramakrishnan

Headshot of Dr. Brinda Sivaramakrishnan smiling. Brinda has dark eyes, long dark hair, and an olive complexion.

Tapping into Collective Consciousness

A missing feature in mainstream academia is acknowledging the empowering aspect of community healing that is foundational in most worldviews and cultures. The challenging work of dismantling harmful institutional precedents and building strong campuses calls for a space to reflect. Join us for a gathering that provides time to honor our individual experiences, engage in deep rest, and restore our energy reserves with breath and meditation techniques coming from an ancient lineage. Enjoy this hour empowering with a facilitator who is authentically connected to the lineage and ceremony behind the techniques.

Early bird registration ends on February 16th!

Register for the WACC 2024 Conference

To register, click the link above or copy and paste the link below into your browser. Or try the QR code!

https://bit.ly/WACC2024-Registration

QR code for WACC 2024 registration

Please visit the WACC conference web pages for more WACC 2024 info and see the WACC 2024 agenda doc for a tentative list of session times. Contact Tim Trussler at ttrussler@batestech.edu with WACC in the subject line with your registration questions. Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you at the conference!

The WA eLearning Council
Professional Development Work Group

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Early bird registration for WACC 2024 is open!

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Please share with all who may be interested in attending …

Empower – verb /ɛmˈpaʊər/: the act of inspiring or motivating individuals to believe in themselves, their potential, and their ability to effect positive change

Early bird registration for WACC 2024 is open!

Washington’s Annual Canvas Conference
March 27th – 28th

Register by March 1st to get the early bird rate!

Join us in-person at Tacoma College or virtually in Zoom for two days of sharing uplifting teaching, learning, and technology topics that will EMPOWER! your practice and help you EMPOWER! student success.

Choose how to attend!

The early bird in-person rate of only $199.00 covers both conference days and includes EMPOWERING! keynote speakers and conference presentations, conference swag, a customizable scheduling app, and access to the captioned session recordings. You’ll also get yummy breakfasts, snacks, beverages, and catered lunches! After March 1st, the in-person rate increases to $249.00.

The virtual rate of only $99.00 covers BOTH conference days and includes EMPOWERING! keynote speakers and conference presentations, a customizable scheduling app, and access to the captioned session recordings.

Register for the WACC 2024 Conference

To register, click the link above or copy and paste the link below into your browser. Or try the QR code!

https://bit.ly/WACC2024-Registration

QR code for WACC 2024 registration

Act now … the conference sells out every year!

Visit the WACC conference web pages for more info.

See the WACC 2024 agenda doc for a general list of session times. Keynote info coming soon!

Interested in presenting? Submit a WACC 2024 Proposal!

Please contact Tim Trussler at ttrussler@batestech.edu with WACC in the subject line with your registration questions. Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you at the conference!

The WA eLearning Council
Professional Development Work Group

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The 2024 WACC Call for Proposals has been extended!

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What are you waiting for? Submit today!

The WACC 2024 proposal deadline has been extended to January 26th!

The 2024 WACC conference theme is EMPOWER! and we’re excited to learn about how you are empowering yourself, your students, and your fellow instructors and staff. The eLearning Council is dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion and we’re looking for proposals that reflect equity-minded and re-imagined teaching, learning, and technology practices.

The conference will be held in-person at Tacoma Community College and virtually in Zoom – Wednesday and Thursday, March 27th – 28th, 2024. Due to feedback from last year’s attendees, we strongly encourage you to present in person.

All are welcome to present, so come share your amazing work! This includes faculty, staff, librarians, IT folks, instructional designers, admins, access services, student services, veteran’s services, tribal liaisons, students, and the list goes on and on. The first round of proposal approvals is already underway, but you still have an opportunity to have your topic considered.

Submit a WACC 2024 Proposal

To submit a proposal, click the link above or copy and paste the link below into your browser.

https://bit.ly/WACC2024-cfp

It’s not just all about Canvas! We’re open to receiving proposals on ALL types of teaching, learning, and technology topics, especially topics that incorporate equity-minded and re-imagined practices. Whether your presentation is designed for newbies, veterans, instructors, staff, tech wizards, people who write their passwords on post-it notes affixed to their monitor, or anyone in between – we’re interested and eager to consider your submission. Some potential topic areas to consider are:

  • All things Canvas from newbie hints to expert hacks to best practices to advanced features
  • Anything advancing equity, inclusion, and accessibility
  • Open Educational Resources (OER)
  • Excellent pedagogy/andragogy methods, practices, and tips
  • New tools for empowering students
  • Everybody’s favorite buzzword, AI
  • If all else fails, don’t forget “Other”

Please contact our professional development work group chair, Tim Trussler at ttrussler@batestech.edu, with WACC in the subject line for questions about the proposal submission process. Thank you and we look forward to reading your proposal!

The WA eLearning Council
Professional Development Work Group