COURSE DESIGN / QUALITY

Develop a Course in D2L - There are different ways to develop a course in D2L. Here is one easy way - instructor tested & approved. 

• Timeline - An approximate timeline for Online Course Development
• Chart  - Develop a Course in D2L (Use the Step 1, Step 2, and Steps 3 & 4 tutorials with this Chart)
  • Step 1 - Build the Course Structure
  • Step 2  - Add Course Materials
  • Steps 3 & 4 - Settings/Options & Activate 

Course Design - Please use the Word documents to design and develop your online courses using the SDBOR Quality Assurance Guidelines / Rubric. If you wish to use the documents, DOWNLOAD  to customize. 

• Online Syllabus Template With Standards - (Automatically downloads when you click on this link to customize it for your course)  
• Student Learning Outcomes - Measurable Action Verbs
• Example Documents
  • Annotated Webliography
  • Communication
  • Course Schedule - Example
  • Expectations
  • Final Paper Topic Proposal
  • Final Research Paper
  • Final Research Presentation
  • Grading Criteria - Example
  • Group Project - Includes instructions, Plan of Action, Team Agreement, Peer Review, & Checklist
  • Group Contract (Resource from Dr. Nick Van Kley)
  • Group Contracts (Resource from University of Waterloo, ON, Canada)
  • Instructions - Aha Moment Discussion
  • Instructions - Discussions
  • Read Me First 
  • Rubric - Discussion and Participation
  • Rubric - Final Paper
  • Rubric - Show Case Project
    • More Rubrics
  • ShowCase Project
  • Syllabus Quiz Questions
• Design Tips
  • Respondus Lockdown Browser & Monitor for Quiz tool in D2L
  • Turnitin for Dropbox tool in D2L 
• Important Information
  • SDBOR - Definition and Assignment of Credit Hours
  • U.S. Department of Education - Program Integrity Questions and Answers - Credit Hour
• SDBOR Learning Management System Guidelines - Copyright and Intellectual Property  
• Ideas: Pre-census online activity