Designing an Online Class

Individual Videos

  • Backward Design
    • This two-minute video describes the backward design process which can be used in the early stages of planning for an online course. This video is best for individuals who are revising an existing course or designing a new course.
  • Creating an Amazing Syllabus
    • This three-minute video provides a high-level overview of the characteristics of an amazing syllabus. This video is best for individuals who are evaluating an existing syllabus or planning to design a new syllabus.
  • Learning Objectives
    • This five-minute video walks you through the development of learning objectives that can be used to inform pedagogy and assessment strategies during the course design process. This video is best for individuals who are revising an existing course or designing a new course.
  • Copyright and Fair Use
    • This four-minute video provides a short overview of copyright and fair use. This video is best for individuals who are revising an existing course or designing a new course and need a short refresher on copyright and fair use.
  • Considering Accessibility and Inclusion
    • This five-minute video highlights important accessibility topics that should be addressed when designing an online course. This video is best for individuals who are revising an existing course or designing a new course.

Full Courses

  • Developing Curriculum
    • This one-hour course can be reviewed in multiple, shorter sessions. It provides an overview of the planning stages when designing an online course. This course is best for individuals who are revising an existing course or designing a new course.
  • Information Literacy
    • This two-hour course can be reviewed in multiple, shorter sessions. It covers strategies for finding information and the ethics of using it. This course is best for individuals who would like to explore the use of different types of information in an online class. It does cover copyright and fair use.

Facilitating an Online Class

Individual Videos

  • Providing Students with Feedback
    • This four-minute video highlights the importance of feedback in an online class. It includes specific strategies and advice focusing on maximizing feedback opportunities. This video is best for individuals who are revising an existing course or designing a new course.
  • Fostering Learner-to-Learner Communication
    • This four-minute video describes techniques that can be used to encourage the creation of a learning community in an online course. This video is best for individuals who are revising an existing course or designing a new course.
  • Maintaining an Online Presence
    • This two-minute video describes techniques that help to ensure the instructor presence is felt throughout an online course. This video is best for individuals who are revising an existing course or designing a new course.
  • Summative and Formative Feedback
    • This two-minute video outlines the different types of assessment in an online class and aligns each with specific feedback strategies. This video is best for individuals who are revising an existing course or designing a new course.

Full Courses

  • Learning to Teach Online
    • This one-hour training can be broken down into multiple, shorter sessions. This course describes specific strategies that faculty can use to create dynamic and engaging online learning environments. This video is best for individuals who are revising an existing course or designing a new course.

Taking Your Course to the Next Level

  • Gamification of Learning
    • This 2 1/2-hour training outlines the theory of gamification and describes different strategies that online instructors can use to add these elements to an online course. This course is best for individuals who are revising an existing course and who have experience teaching online courses.
  • Elearning Tips
    • This 1-hour training provides multiple “quick tips” that instructors can use when designing online courses. This course is best for individuals who have experience teaching online courses.
  • HTML for Educators
    • This 3-hour training can be broken down into multiple, shorter sessions. This course covers the basics of HTML and is most appropriate for instructors who are wanting to use HTML to create custom learning materials. This course is best for individuals with extensive experience using Blackboard and other technology tools in online courses.
  • Brain Based Elearning Design
    • In this 1-hour training, brain science is introduced and then applied to the design of online courses. This course is best for individuals who have designed and taught some online courses in the past.
  • Elearning Tips: Visual Design
    • In this 2-hour training, the basic tenets of visual design are applied to the online learning environment. This course is best for individuals who have designed and taught some online courses in the past.
  • Creating Video Training
    • This 1-hour training focuses on tips and tricks that can be used to develop video-based lectures. This includes some information about using software to record and edit videos. This course is best for individuals who have designed and taught some online courses in the past.

Technology Tools in Online Classes

  • Incorporating Technology: SAMR Model
    • This 4-minute video walks you through the SAMR Model, a framework for integrating technology into the learning environment. This video is best for individuals who are in the early stages of planning to integrate a tool into an assignment or learning activity.
  • Using Multimedia Tools
    • This 4-minute video describes the use of multimedia tools in the online classroom. This video is best for individuals who are in the early stages of selecting tools for a class.

Common Tools for Designing Content for an Online Class

The following resources are helpful for those looking to learn more about specific tools that are commonly associated with the design and development of online courses.

Premiere Pro for Video

Photoshop for Images

Using Adobe Spark

PowerPoint

Office 365

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