Course Design and Development
The eCampus Center offers several options for faculty related to the development and improvement of online courses. Depending on faculty needs, assistance can range from a single conversation to comprehensive support for creating a fully online course.
The eCampus Center team has specialists in all aspects of online learning. Faculty get an individualized experience through consultations and just-in-time instruction on design strategies and technologies that can be used to build a high-quality online course.
Course Design and Development Services
- Instructional Design Expertise: When requested, faculty can be paired with an eCampus Instructional Design Consultant to think through the design of an online course. The Instructional Design Consultant is an expert in online learning strategies that helps faculty consider aspects of the course from both a faculty and student perspective.
- Quality Assurance Review: The Quality Assurance (QA) Coordinators can help ensure the vision for the course is fully realized. When requested, our QA expert reads through the course content with a fresh perspective to help eliminate potential issues. The QA Coordinator can also complete a thorough check to make sure the course layout and instructions to students are clear, consistent, and user-friendly.
- Course Build Assistance: An eCampus Online Course Developer builds the course in Canvas. This expert ensures the course layout, navigation, and formatting support accessibility standards and a user-friendly student experience.
- Multimedia Services: The Multimedia Developers can provide graphic design, video, and interactive graphics for use in a course, as well as guide faculty related to best practices of creating course media content and video.
- Accessibility and Copyright Guidance: The Content Accessibility Specialists provide expertise in copyright and accessibility to help an online course meet applicable university policies and federal guidelines. They can also help faculty improve the accessibility of their course content.
Course Quality And Continuous Improvement
In an effort to foster continuous improvement of online courses, faculty can participate in a Quality Matters™ Plus (QM+) Review. After the course has been taught, faculty have the opportunity to improve the course based on the results of the review and work to achieve exemplary course recognition. Click the buttons below to learn more about the review process and recognition opportunities.
Hear From an Academic Partner
“Your most important function as a teacher is giving feedback. When you’re doing a face-to-face class, it feels like something kind of on the side. But with an online class, after creating the class and all that, you’ve only got one function left — and that’s feedback.”
Learn about the benefits Professor Clyde Moneyhun has seen from creating and teaching online courses. Video transcript and captions area available.
