The K. Patricia Cross Academy: Practical Lessons for Passionate Professors promotes engaged online student learning and community-building in virtual classes. The site's short videos and explanatory downloads of evidence-based teaching methods include guided notes, jigsaw, think-pair-share, and online teaching adaptation for active reading. This free, open-access academy also explains how to document student learning in ways that provide the information instructors need to improve their teaching such as remote community building and creating an engaging online teaching persona.