Note:

Individuals should also have:

Basic/Intermediate PowerPoint skills

Event Manager "Permissions" profiled in Saba Meeting

The requirement for completion of Instructor Basics for Virtual Instructors (IBVI), Course 57096, and Virtual Classroom Instructor Training (VCIT), Course 13733, may be waived at the discretion of a business unit coordinator, if both of the following criteria are met:

The instructor has similar virtual instructional experience (e.g. college, school systems, instructing in private sector business, other government agencies, or military services) which is documented, and

The instructor can demonstrate effective Virtual Instructor skills and technical expertise equivalent to those gained by successful completion of VCIT. Prospective instructors can prepare and teach a simulated job-related technical lesson via the virtual environment, such as Saba Meeting, to a designated CDS evaluator and subject matter expert to demonstrate effective Virtual Instructor skills.

Individuals selected for Lead Instructor assignments and Resident Lead Instructor (RLI) assignments should complete the self-study Course 9704, Lead Instructor Workshop (ELMS 15365), and Evaluating Instructors (ELMS 15378), before beginning the assignment.

Instructors and on-site facilitators for VEC webcast classes should complete training designed to help them ensure the effectiveness of their VEC webcast assignments.

Virtual Classroom Instructor Training Refresher (VCITR) (when developed) should be attended by any Virtual Instructor who has not taught in the Virtual environment (e.g. Saba Meeting) within the previous 18 to 24 months and has not been given an upcoming teaching assignment. CDS may also require attendance at VCITR for any new Virtual Instructor candidate who has not successfully completed his or her first Virtual instructional assignment within (12 months) of successfully completing Virtual Classroom Instructor Training (VCIT) - ELMS Item 13733.

The requirement for attendance at VCITR may be waived at the discretion of a business units Functional Training Coordinator (FTC), depending on the Virtual Instructor’s background and experience. Possible alternate methods include:

Demonstration of effective Virtual instructional skills and technical expertise equivalent to those gained by successful completion of VCIT (e.g. prepare and teach a simulated job-related technical lesson via the virtual environment, such as Saba Meeting, to a qualified business unit official), and/or

A qualified business unit official has personal knowledge of the Virtual instructor’s current virtual teaching competencies based on numerous successful virtual teaching assignments.

Expert Virtual Instructors selected to teach IBVI (ELMS 57096) must complete Instructor Trainer Workshop for IBVI (ELMS 63243).

Expert Virtual Instructors selected to teach VCIT (ELMS 13733) must complete the Instructor Trainer Workshop for VCIT (ELMS 64839).