Course Design / Development

Quality Assurance | Additional Resources

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 - Can be Customized  
• 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 
• Rigor of a course
  • SDBOR - Definition and Assignment of Credit Hours
  • U.S. Department of Education - Program Integrity Questions and Answers - Credit Hour

Quality Assurance

Resources for Online Course Quality Assurance

1. SDBOR Online Course Quality Assurance Guidelines
2. SDBOR Online Course Quality Assurance Rubric
   1. Rubric
   2. Rubric with Standards, Annotations & Expectations
3. Self-Review - Download this fillable review form to self-review your course
   1. Sample Self-Review document for guidance

Additional Resources

• BHSU Innovation Lab
• Infographic - DesigningAuthentic Online Discussions - Torrey Trust, Torrey Trust, Associate Professor of Learning Technology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
• Infographic - Using Video to Assess Student Attention in Virtual Class Meetings - Torrey Trust, Associate Professor of Learning Technology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
• Netiquette - Infographic from Touro College's Online Education Department 
• Plagiarism Spectrum details with examples / Infographic from Turnitin
• Strategies and Tips for Successful Online Teaching - a six-part series from SAGE author and education expert Dr. Linda Dale Bloomberg