We have just finished reviewing the sessions for the 2023 WACC and we are excited to be bringing you a wide variety of great sessions, including presentations on pedagogy/andragogy, equity, accessibility, and technology, as well as the standard “Here’s a great way to use Canvas” sessions you expect.
We will be publishing the full schedule and session list here in the next week, so bookmark this page for updates. We will also be posting updated information on food, swag, parking, and logistics as the conference approaches.
Additional information such as hotels and registration guidelines can be found on the WACC FAQ’s page.
Question: Where can I find a list of this year’s keynote speakers, general sessions, presentations, and their descriptions?
The WACC 2024 schedule is live! Find a full list of session dates, times, titles, descriptions, locations, Zoom links and more on the WACC 2024 Sched site. We recommend downloading the Sched mobile app to your phone before the conference.
Question: Who should attendees contact for WACC 2024 assistance?
Virtual Attendees:
For technical assistance or issues accessing the conference sessions and resources during the conference, please contact Alissa Sells at asells@sbctc.edu. Please include WACC Virtual Support in the subject line of your message and please include as much detail as possible about the issue.
In person attendees:
Please visit the welcome table near the cafeteria for technical assistance, check-in, and other conference questions.
Question: Which nearby hotels are recommended and is there a conference code to get a discount for blocked off rooms?
Answer: We have a block of rooms reserved for WACC 2024 at the Courtyard Marriott Tacoma Downtown and the Silver Cloud Point Ruston. For your convenience, we’ve also listed several other nearby hotels. Rooms fill very quickly, so please make your reservation as soon as possible. See below for details.
Question: What meals will be provided and what’s on the menu?
Answer: You’ll enjoy hot catered breakfasts and lunches both days of the conference. The planning team worked very hard to design menus for all types of eaters and for those with allergies and other food requests. Please feel free to supplement your meals by bringing your own food if the menus below do not meet your dietary needs.
Day 1 Menu
Breakfast: Build Your Own Breakfast Burritos – Scrambled Egg, Crumbled Sausage, Onions, Peppers, Cheddar Cheese, and Salsa. Served with Seasonal Fresh Fruit and Mini Pastries. Gluten-free except for pastries. Vegetarian and vegan – plant-based chorizo.
Lunch: Ancho Chicken Bowl – Ancho Chili Roasted Chicken, Cilantro Lime Rice, Sauteed Black Beans and Roasted Corn, Cheddar Cheese, Sour Cream, and Salsa Verde. Gluten-free. Vegetarian and vegan – plant-based chorizo.
Social Hour: Gamer snacks – chips, candy, and sodas!
Beverages: Coffee, tea, and water all day. Campus Cafe will be open for purchase of specialty coffee and other drinks.
Day 2: Menu:
Breakfast: Build Your Own Breakfast Burritos – Scrambled Egg, Crumbled Sausage, Onions, Peppers, Cheddar Cheese, and Salsa. Served with Seasonal Fresh Fruit and Mini Pastries. Gluten-free except for pastries. Vegetarian and vegan – plant-based chorizo.
Lunch: Hawaiian BBQ Bowl – Huli-Huli Chicken, Pineapple Fried Rice, and Island Macaroni Salad. Gluten-free except for Island Macaroni Salad. Vegetarian and vegan- tofu.
Beverages: Coffee, tea, and water will be available all day. The Campus Cafe will be open for purchase of specialty coffees and other drinks.
Question: Can I buy a ticket to just one of the two days for this conference?
Answer: The registration fee covers both conference days for in-person or online attendance and includes EMPOWERING! keynote speakers and presentations, a customizable scheduling app, and access to the captioned session recordings. If you are attending in person, you’ll also get yummy catered breakfasts, snacks, beverages, and lunches.
We don’t have a single day registration option, but we can offer you these registration tips:
If you can only attend face-to-face for one day, please choose the in-person registration option. This will allow you to attend virtually on the other if you desire to do so.
If you’re not sure how many days you will be able to attend or how you’d like to attend – virtually or in-person, please choose the in-person registration option. This will allow you to decide later how you’d like to attend.
If you can only attend virtually, please choose the virtual registration option. This will allow you to attend one or both days of the conference remotely.
Question: Where can I park and how much will it cost?
Answer: Parking is free and a detailed Tacoma Community College (TCC) campus map is available under the Map section on the WACC 2024 Sched site. The basic campus map can be viewed on TCC’s Maps and Directions page. If you’d like to print a copy of the conference locations map below, please click on the image to open and download the PDF.
NOTE: TCC will be enjoying Spring Break at the time of our conference, which means campus parking will be plentiful for this event! Please note that there are several parking entrances closed due to construction. The best lot to park in is A.
Question: Is anyone carpooling?
Answer: We don’t have any plans to coordinate carpooling between colleges. Please check in with your campus eLearning office to see if carpooling has been organized for your campus.
I heard there is going to be conference swag for in-person attendance. If it’s a t-shirt, where do I indicate my size?
Answer: The conference planning team is in the process of selecting conference swag. While sizes are not guaranteed, if a t-shirt or jacket is chosen, the planning team will need your size preferences in order to provide a variety of sizes for attendees to choose from. Please indicate your preferred clothing size when you register.
Question: Will there be WiFi?
Answer: Yes! Login information will be provided during the event.
Question: What is your refund policy?
Answer: No refunds are available this year, however, you can transfer your ticket to another individual.
Question: Is my registration/ticket transferable?
Answer: Yes, if you find you cannot attend, please email our Eventbrite administrator, Sarah Griffith at sgriffith@lowercolumbia.edu, with a subject line of “WACC 2024 Ticket Transfer” to let us know who you’d like to transfer your registration/ticket to; their full name, their college affiliation, their college role and their best email.
NOTE: We cannot guarantee special dietary requests on Tickets transferred or purchased after March 18th because our caterers need a headcount and any special requests 2 weeks prior to the event date.
Question: Where do I submit my dietary request?
Answer: Please indicate your food allergies and/or other dietary restrictions when you register, and we will do our very best to meet your needs.
Question: Whom may I contact for questions I don’t want to share publicly in a post below?
Answer: Thank you to our 2024 WACC sponsors! So far, our sponsors include Instructure, CidiLabs DesignPLUS, Panopto, Transfr, and Tacoma Games. Check out our sponsor sessions in the schedule and attend the social hour to receive special sponsor swag and earn a conference badge! Visit our Sponsorship page for more information about our generous sponsors.
Join us in-person at Renton Technical College or virtually in Zoom
March 30th – 31st
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Register by February 17th to get the early bird rate!
After a 3-year break, the WACC conference is back and this year we’ll be exploring FLEX/hyflex mode as an option for presenter and participant conference attendance. This means you get to choose how you attend! Join us in-person at Renton Technical College or virtually in Zoom for 1 ½ days of sharing uplifting teaching, learning, and technology topics that will ELEVATE! your practice and help you ELEVATE! student success.
The early bird in-person rate of only $135.00 covers both conference days and includes ELEVATING! keynote speakers and presentations, conference swag, a customizable scheduling app, and access to the captioned session recordings. You’ll also get yummy breakfasts, snacks, beverages, and lunches catered by RTC’s award-winning Culinary Arts program! After February 17th, the in-person rate increases to $160.00.
The virtual rate of only $55.00 covers BOTH conference days and includes ELEVATING! keynote speakers and presentations, a customizable scheduling app, and access to the captioned session recordings.
Hotel information and other conference information can be located on our FAQ page
Conference session descriptions and keynote information … coming soon!
Please contact Tim Trussler at ttrussler@batestech.eduwith 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
WACCy Wednesdays continue! In lieu of the annual in-person Washington Canvas Conference (WACC), the eLearning Council (ELC) is pleased to offer a second season of free WACCy Wednesday Webinars. Please join us for the fifth and final webinar in the 2022 series.
Wednesday, May 18th
Noon – 1:00 PM
Empowering Students with Pressbooks
Pressbooks is an eBook creation and discovery platform that hosts Open Educational Resources (OER). Thanks to the WA State Board of Community and Technical Colleges network subscription, faculty and staff at Lake Washington Institute of Technology started creating books this year! With seven books completed and many more in progress, faculty have chosen to use Pressbooks as a vehicle for student voice and as a tool for diversity and social justice work. Come learn more about Pressbooks and how LW Tech is using it to empower students.
Katherine Kelley Faculty Librarian Lake Washington Institute of Technology
The webinars are FREE and no registration is required! Simply click the “Join Us in Zoom” link below to join the webinar at the designated time. Please log in a little bit early to avoid technical issues. Not sure if your computer meets the technical requirements for Zoom or just want to give it a test … try it now!
😊 Alissa on behalf of the ELC Professional Development Work Group
Alissa Sells (she/her/hers) Program Administrator, Educational Resources Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges asells@sbctc.edu• 425.239.0456 • @WAeLearning
WACCy Wednesdays continue! In lieu of the annual in-person Washington Canvas Conference (WACC), the eLearning Council (ELC) is pleased to offer a second season of free WACCy Wednesday Webinars. Join us for the fourth webinar in the series featuring the ELC 2020-21 Connie Broughton Innovation in eLearning Award winner, Yun Moh from Renton Technical College.
Wednesday, April 27th
Noon – 1:00 PM
Flexible Learning EXperiences (FLEX) Project
At Renton Technical College (RTC), FLEX is an acronym for Flexible Learning Experiences. FLEX courses are designed with an active learning instructional model and are supported by familiar technologies such as Canvas and Zoom. The FLEX modality empowers students to move toward success no matter what life events come their way and it promotes flexibility in learning on multiple levels leading students toward a more personalized learning experience. Join Yun to learn more about RTC’s student choice modality that allows students to decide on any given day whether to attend class in-person, virtually, or asynchronously – with little or no difference in their learning.
Yun Moh Instructional Designer Renton Technical College
The webinars are FREE and no registration is required! Simply click the “Join Us in Zoom” link below to join the webinar at the designated time. Please log in a little bit early to avoid technical issues. Not sure if your computer meets the technical requirements for Zoom or just want to give it a test … try it now!
😊 Alissa on behalf of the ELC Professional Development Work Group
Alissa Sells (she/her/hers) Program Administrator, Educational Resources Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges asells@sbctc.edu• 425.239.0456 • @WAeLearning
WACCy Wednesdays continue! In lieu of the annual in-person Washington Canvas Conference (WACC), the eLearning Council (ELC) is pleased to offer a second season of free WACCy Wednesday Webinars. Join us for the third webinar in the series featuring the ELC 2021-22 Connie Broughton Innovation in eLearning Award winner, Stephanie Bartlett from Shoreline Community College.
Wednesday, March 9th
Noon – 1:00 PM
Designing for Academic Integrity: From Honorlock to Honor Code
“Designing for Academic Integrity: From Honorlock to Honor Code” represents a framework for transparently modeling values of academic honor and integrity in online courses. Honor Codes have existed for decades, and the concept of creating a climate of trust is a goal in most classes. Join Stephanie to learn how her approach to Designing for Academic Integrity blends universal ideas of trust, honesty, and transparency into a grounded pedagogical framework and how her integrated approach draws students into the creation of the classroom culture as they learn about academic integrity while developing a personal honor code that is used to establish classroom norms.
Stephanie Bartlett Professor Faculty Program Coordinator Physics & Astronomy Department Shoreline Community College
The webinars are FREE and no registration is required! Simply click the “Join Us in Zoom” link below to join the webinar at the designated time. Please log in a little bit early to avoid technical issues. Not sure if your computer meets the technical requirements for Zoom or just want to give it a test … try it now!
WACCy Wednesdays continue! In lieu of the annual in-person Washington Canvas Conference (WACC), the eLearning Council (ELC) is pleased to offer a second season of free WACCy Wednesday Webinars. Please join us for the second webinar in this series.
Wednesday, February 23rd
Noon – 1:00 PM
Game Over: Why your attempts to gamify your course don’t work (and how to fix it)
How can you, as an educator, consistently balance an intellectually rigorous course that produces exceptional learning, promotes equity in your classroom, and engages students? Gamification could be the answer, but attempts to gamify learning frequently end in poor, inequitable returns, or even outright failure. Why? Game designer Jeremy Winn breaks down the reasons why an incomplete understanding of the principles of gamification results in hours of wasted effort and why successful gamification is simpler than you think. Jeremy will walk you through the creation of your very own gamified assessment. Bring a learning goal to work with!
Jeremy Winn eLearning Coordinator, Grays Harbor College
The webinars are FREE and no registration is required! Simply click the “Join Us in Zoom” link below to join the webinar at the designated time. Please log in a little bit early to avoid technical issues. Not sure if your computer meets the technical requirements for Zoom or just want to give it a test … try it now!
WACCy Wednesdays are back! In lieu of the annual in-person Washington Canvas Conference (WACC), the eLearning Council (ELC) is pleased to offer a second season of free WACCy Wednesday Webinars. The 2022 series will open in January and continue with monthly webinars through June. Please join us for the first webinar in the series:
Wednesday, January 26th
Noon – 1:00 PM
Raising an Eyebrow at Grades: Ungrading for Equity, Inclusion, and Success
“Ungrading” is a provocative concept that encompasses a wide spectrum of assessment and classroom policy design decisions. As Jesse Stommel put it, “‘Ungrading’ means raising an eyebrow at grades as a systemic practice, distinct from simply ‘not grading.’” Join Caleb to explore how grading policies relate to student equity, inclusion, and success, and to unpack some ungrading theories, practices, and techniques. Caleb will also discuss how Canvas can support ungrading and share a bibliography of additional resources to help you dive more deeply into this emerging topic.
Caleb Hutchins Instructional Designer, Community Colleges of Spokane
The webinars are FREE and no registration is required! Simply click the “Join Us in Zoom” link below to join the webinar at the designated time. Please log in a little bit early to avoid technical issues. Not sure if your computer meets the technical requirements for Zoom or just want to give it a test … try it now!
In lieu of the annual in-person Washington Canvas Conference (WACC), the eLearning Council (ELC) is pleased to offer a series of free monthly WACCy webinars this spring. Please join us for the third and final webinar in the spring series.
Wednesday, June 9th
Noon – 1:00 PM
Synchronous Classrooms (Pedagogical Use of Zoom)
Join faculty librarians Jennifer Snoek-Brown and Kathy Swart to learn about their experience using Open Pedagogy to support Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Swart will share her sabbatical research which relied on critical information literacy and open education to create assignments that amplify the voices of marginalized groups, counter misinformation, and engage students in helping faculty transition to OER. Please visit “Assignments for Faculty – Centering Marginalized Groups” to view this amazing collection of assignments! Snoek-Brown will discuss her work with faculty and students on open pedagogy projects that integrate more inclusive OER images and multimedia. During the final segment of the session participants will be invited to share about their open pedagogy ideas and projects.
Jennifer Snoek-Brown Faculty OER Librarian, Tacoma Community CollegeKathy Swart Professor and Reference/Instruction Librarian, Pierce College
The webinars are FREE and no registration is required! Simply click the “Join Us in Zoom” link below to join the webinar at the designated time. Please log in a little bit early to avoid technical issues. Not sure if your computer meets the technical requirements for Zoom or just want to give it a test … try it now!
In lieu of the annual in-person Washington Canvas Conference (WACC), the eLearning Council (ELC) is pleased to offer a series of free monthly WACCy webinars this spring. Please join us for the second webinar in this series.
Wednesday, May 19th
Noon – 1:00 PM
Synchronous Classrooms (Pedagogical Use of Zoom)
Want to know more about how to manage synchronous sessions in Zoom? If so, this webinar is for you! Kevin will share strategies for keeping students engaged, tips for polling, great practices for large and small group discussions using breakout rooms, and much more. You’re invited to join 10-15 minutes early to explore some of the Zoom tools that will be highlighted during the webinar. Before you join, be sure to review Kevin’s “How do I Use Zoom” and “What’s Expected of Me? (Netiquette)” guidelines.
Kevin Bowersox-Johnson, Interim Executive Director of eLearning, Seattle Colleges
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