CTTL Faculty Repository: Distance Ed - RSI

RSI Navigator is an AI-powered tool that helps educators assess and enhance Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) in online courses. It provides feedback and strategies to improve engagement, making online teaching more effective and meaningful.

RSI Navigator (built in Playlab)

Here is a video from Spring 2025 featuring several of our Skyline College instructors talking about regular and substantive interaction.

CTTL Presents "RSI in Action" Microcourse

A self-paced Canvas microcourse open to all Skyline College faculty

Recent Title V updates expand “regular effective contact” to include standards for Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) that strengthen instructor–student connections, support SLOs, and enhance teaching and learning.

In this two-hour asynchronous training, you will…

• learn tips for building regular interaction into your courses
• gain strategies for engaging in substantive interaction with your students
• become familiar with criteria that peer reviewer use during ACCJC accreditation

Register for RSI in Action in the Vision Resource Center

Here is a great series of videos from @ONE (2024) on Regular and Substantive Interaction.

More videos in the RSI playlist.