Module
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Outcomes - at the end of this unit you’ll be able to...
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Deliverable
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Estimated Time
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0: Getting started
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- Navigate the course and the design document
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- Basic Course Info Worksheet
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30 min - 2 hours
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- Defining Purpose and Learning Goals
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- State major desired course outcomes
- Explain backwards design principles
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- Course Design Document Part I: Course Outcomes/Desired Results
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2- 4 hours
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- Determine Acceptable Evidence of Mastery
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- Describe summative assessments for your course that are aligned with desired course outcomes
- Define assessment, summative assessment, and Universal Design for Learning
- Design assessments to include student choice
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- Course Design Document Part II: Major Assessments/ Acceptable Evidence of Learning
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2-4 hours
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- Course Unit-by-Unit Plan
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- Describe Student learning outcomes, summative and formative assessments, materials and technology for each unit in your course that are aligned internally and with whole course objectives.
- Define formative vs. summative assessments
- Identify and create measurable student learning outcomes
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- Course Design Document Part III: Unit-by-Unit Plan
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3-4 hours
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- Outlining a Week
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- Create a draft weekly overview for one week of their course
- Explain how the activities in the week will support learning and progress towards unit and whole course outcomes.
- Describe the three types of student interactions in the COI model.
- Describe how live and asynchronous work can complement each other
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- Course Design Document Part IV: Weekly Overview Prototype
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2-4 hours
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- Build basic course structures
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- Navigate and complete basic course setup in Canvas
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- Optional: Weekly outline
- Course home page, syllabus and navigation menu organized
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2-4 hours
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6. Building Major Assessments |
- Create transparent assignments
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- Summative Assessments created
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2-4 hours |
- Make your course navigation student-friendly with Modules
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- Create student-friendly Modules on Canvas
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- Content for first 5 weeks organized into modules with weekly/unit overviews
- All assignments have task, purpose, evaluation criteria, and due date.
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2-3 hours
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8. Make your course welcoming and engaging |
- Create opportunities for human connection and feedback
- State strategies to help students feel welcomed to the course, and stay engaged and connected throughout the course duration.
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- Multiple humanizing and orienting elements added to course
- At least one opportunity for connection with peers set up
- At least one opportunity for student feedback set up
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1-2 hours
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- Tech check and Publication
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- Use a variety of tools to check your course before publishing
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- Tech resource help, Accessibility, links check, publish & check with student view.
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1 hour |