Understanding TurnItIn Similarity Report
Data, Feedback, & Assessment PD
Welcome Back Week
Learn how Turnitin Similarity seamlessly integrates with Canvas to help faculty support academic integrity and strengthen students' research and writing practices. Understand what plagiarism is and how to help students maintain originality while using sources ethically. Compare student work against Turnitin's extensive content database, use the Similarity Report to review and filter matches, and identify attempts to bypass similarity checks. Rather than simply flagging plagiarism, learn how to use similarity results as a teachable moment that guides students toward better research, citation, and writing practices. This workshop supports PLAY goals in the Data, Feedback, and Assessment and Engaging Students focus areas, connecting similarity data to meaningful feedback practices that keep students engaged in their own growth as writers and researchers. At the end of this session, participants will be able to
Set up a Similarity-enabled assignment and compare student work against…
Organization: Professional Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Data, Feedback & Assessment. Categories: FLEX, GLOW UP. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Katie Datko. Please list External Presenter: Leann McArthur. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/85812617397.
Friday, August 28, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM.
Zoom.
Dashboard Trailhead — Exploring the Student Views Survey
Engaging Students PD
Welcome Back Week,
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You've seen the survey. Now come find what's in it. This session puts you in front of the actual Spring 2026 Student Views Survey dashboards and turns you loose. In small groups, you'll explore live filters, slice by campus or demographic, and dig into whatever question is nagging at you: What does belonging look like across ethnicity groups? Where's the gap between service usage and service effectiveness? What's actually driving the basic-needs numbers? There's no slide deck walking you through someone else's conclusions. You're the one finding the story — and what your group surfaces will directly inform the report and college presentations. Come with curiosity, leave having shaped what the college does with this data.
Organization: Faculty Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Engaging Students. Categories: FLEX, CPGU. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Conrad Amba, Terrence Yu, Caroline Hallam, and Mike Davis. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/82228861363.
Friday, August 28, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
Sierra Vista Building 231, Zoom.
Watch, Connect & Lead
Growing Your Potential PD
Watch, Connect & Lead: Every Role Is a Leadership Role,
Join us for a fun watch party as we wrap up the summer and get ready for the start of the fall semester! Enjoy the webinar, connect with colleagues, and grab a bite to eat while we explore how Every Role Is a Leadership Role.
Organization: Professional Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Growing Your Potential. Categories: CPGU. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: TBD. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo.
Friday, August 28, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Sierra Madre 248 - Employee Lounge.
MESA Student Panel
Building Belonging PD
Welcome Back Week,
This panel-style session invites STEM faculty to hear directly from current and former MESA students as they share their personal journeys through STEM education. While faculty often work hard to support students, this session offers a rare chance to hear firsthand what made a real difference. Participants will:
Listen to student panelists reflect on their STEM journey and the role MESA played
, Engage in Q&A with panelists
, Reflect on their own role as connectors along the student journey
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By the end of this session, participants will identify at least one practice or connection point that they can strengthen in their own courses to better support STEM students, informed directly by student voices.
Organization: Professional Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Building Belonging. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: MESA Ambassadors and recent MESA alumni. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/81584492386.
Friday, August 28, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
San Gabriel Building 376, Zoom.
Turning the Page: Perusall
Engaging Students PD
Welcome Back Week
This session is designed for full-time and adjunct faculty across all disciplines who assign readings and want students to engage more deeply and interactively with course texts. Transform course readings into interactive learning experiences with Perusall, a collaborative platform that allows students to annotate, discuss, and engage with course materials directly online. In this 90-minute introductory workshop, participants will explore Perusall’s extensive library of materials—including textbooks, periodicals, articles, OER, audio, video, and other publications—and discover how the platform can support learning across disciplines, from English and Social Sciences to STEM. Watch our own Maggie Glover demonstrate a real Perusall assignment from her course, highlighting student-to-student and instructor-to-student interaction (Regular Substantive Interaction!) This workshop supports PLAY goals Engaging Students and Technology Innovation. By the end of this session, participants will
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Organization: Professional Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Engaging Students. Categories: FLEX, GLOW UP. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Maggie Gover. Please list External Presenter: Nolan Quella. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/82418441488.
Friday, August 28, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
Zoom.
Canva for Faculty: From Ideas to Awesome!
Technology & Innovation PD
Canva for Faculty: From Ideas to Awesome!
Have an idea but don’t know how to make it look great? Join us on Zoom to explore Canva and learn how to turn your ideas into polished, professional-looking designs, no design experience required!
Please make sure you have an active Canva account through GCC before the session to get the full experience and participate in all activities.
Organization: Professional Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Technology & Innovation. Categories: FLEX. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/89470850096?pwd=5A3vcXJTCCZzEC6v8SJrCSUZvaXmKr.1.
Friday, August 28, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Zoom.
MESA Welcome Luncheon
Building Belonging PD
This welcome luncheon invites STEM faculty to connect informally with current MESA students over lunch. While faculty often want to build stronger relationships with students, this event offers a relaxed, low-pressure space to simply get to know them as people. Participants will:
Meet and talk with MESA students in an informal setting
, Learn more about the MESA program and its students
, Reflect on their role as connectors in the STEM student journey
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By the end, participants will identify ways they will support our MESA students throughout the semester.
Organization: MESA - Mathematics, Engineering, Science. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Building Belonging. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Alice Martinez. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo.
Thursday, September 3, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
San Gabriel Building 269 - MESA Program, San Gabriel Building 269 - MESA Program Conference Room.
25Live! Basics
Technology & Innovation PD
Tired of sending countless emails back and forth trying to find a location for your event? Wondering why other people's Zoom workshops are on the campus calendars and yours is not?
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you will learn to use the basics of 25Live including:
Searching for a location
, Booking an event
, Tagging events to campus calendars
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This workshop is designed for new 25Live users or users who just want a refresher on the functions of the program.
(If you are new to 25Live and want to have user access, please email mmalandr@glendale.edu before the workshop so your access can be set up.).
Organization: Scheduling Office. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Technology & Innovation. Categories: FLEX.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
San Rafael Building 313.
Understanding California's Propositions
Growing Your Potential PD
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Are you feeling uncertain about the California ballot?
, Do you have questions regarding the propositions?
, Join us to hear Mona Field speak as she explains the 2026 ballot!
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Former GCC Political Science instructor, Mona Field has facilitated workshops and authored numerous articles on education and public policy. She has held leadership roles, including past President of the League of Women Voters of Greater Los Angeles, and is involved with the Los Angeles Leadership Academy and the Foundation for the Los Angeles Community College District.
Organization: Social Sciences Division. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Growing Your Potential. Categories: FLEX. Please list External Presenter: Mona Field.
Thursday, October 15, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
San Rafael Building 138 - Kreider Hall.
25Live! Basics
Technology & Innovation PD
Tired of sending countless emails back and forth trying to find a location for your event? Wondering why other people's Zoom workshops are on the campus calendars and yours is not?
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you will learn to use the basics of 25Live including:
Searching for a location
, Booking an event
, Tagging events to campus calendars
,
This workshop is designed for new 25Live users or users who just want a refresher on the functions of the program.
(If you are new to 25Live and want to have user access, please email mmalandr@glendale.edu before the workshop so your access can be set up.).
Organization: Scheduling Office. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Technology & Innovation. Categories: FLEX.
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
San Rafael Building 313.