Course Design

Course Design addresses elements of instructional design, including elements like structure of the course, learning objectives, organization of content, and instructional strategies.

Self Assessment

Use these questions to think about your course and evealuate your Course Design accordingly. 

Goals and Objectives 

Content Presentation

 

Are your goals and objectives: 

  • easily located within the course and made available in a variety of areas in the course (within the syllabus and each individual learning unit)? 
  • clearly written at the appropriate level and reflect measurable desired outcomes? 
  • Is your content made available or “chunked” in manageable segments (i.e., presented in distinct learning units or modules)?
  • Do students “know” where to click next?Navigation is intuitive and content flows in a logical progression? 
  • Do youpresent content using a variety of appropriate mechanisms (content modules, single pages, links to external resources,) is it enhanced with visual and auditory elements; supplementary resources are made available and are well-integrated with other course materials (integrated publisher resources, e-textbooks, course manuals, etc.) 

Learner Engagement

Technology Use

 
  • Is your content made available or “chunked” in manageable segments (i.e., presented in distinct learning units or modules)?
  • Do students “know” where to click next?Navigation is intuitive and content flows in a logical progression? 
  • Do youpresent content using a variety of appropriate mechanisms (content modules, single pages, links to external resources,) is it enhanced with visual and auditory elements; supplementary resources are made available and are well-integrated with other course materials (integrated publisher resources, e-textbooks, course manuals, etc.) 
 
  • Do the tools used facilitate learning by engaging students with course content 
  • • LMS tools are used to reduce the labor-intensity of learning (e.g., providing links to needed resources where they will be used in the course, integrating publisher resources that are tailored to the course materials, and providing streamlined access to supplementary materials) 
  • • Technologies are used creatively in ways that transcend traditional, teacher-centered instruction  
  • • How you incorporate a wide variety of delivery media into the course?