Welcome to Instructional Design

Issue/Question

• What does the Instructional Design Office do at BHSU?
• What can the Instructional Design Office help me with as a Faculty member?

Resolution

The BHSU Instructional Design Office supports, enables, and equips all new, adjunct, and experienced faculty to integrate educational technology and evidence-based pedagogy to design and develop quality-enhanced active learning user-friendly face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses. The office works with faculty to develop measurable learning objectives and align them directly with the course materials, activities, and assessments. It offers one-on-one guidance and feedback in the quality assurance process of online courses.

Desire2Learn (D2L) is the official Learning Management platform. Go to D2L resources for support. If you need assistance, email id@bhsu.edu.

• Teaching in-person course(s) - one of the best practices is to keep the students engaged throughout the week with the learning materials and their classmates
  • Hence, it is encouraged that faculty flip the in-person course by using Desire2Learn 
    • for students to submit writing assignments, participate in online discussions, complete quizzes or exams, etc.
    • for instructors to share course materials, grades, news items, etc. 
  • An additional benefit is that it will be easier to transition to online teaching – both for students and instructors, if there is a need to do so.
• Teaching online course(s) - a well-designed, quality online course helps increase student engagement and provides a better learning environment for students and a good teaching experience.
  • The most important resource for the design and development of an online course is the BHSU Online Course Quality Standards, developed using the South Dakota Board of Regents (SDBOR) Online Course Quality Assurance Guidelines
    • All new online courses, and any online course taught by a new Instructor for the first time, must be reviewed and approved.
    • More resources are available at the BHSU Center for Faculty Innovation Online Course Quality Standards (Authentication required)
  • Other resources are:
    • SDBOR Online Course Quality Assurance Guidelines 
    • SDBOR Rubric
    • Rubric with Standards, Annotations & Expectations
• As you prepare to design an online course, you may use the following: 
  • Online Syllabus Template With Standards (download and customize) 
    • Use of the syllabus template (fillable Word document) is optional. However, if used, it ensures to meet most of the SDBOR Quality Assurance Rubric standards.
  •  Student Learning Outcomes - Measurable Action Verbs
• Note: If you are teaching a new online course or teaching an online course for the first time, you will receive another detailed email about the Online Course Review.

Training:
SDBOR Online Course Quality (Offered @ BHSU) 

• You will be invited to participate, as a student, in the self-paced ‘SDBOR Online Course Quality (Offered @ BHSU)’ course, which will provide an in-depth understanding of the SDBOR Online Course Review rubric.
• You can access this course on D2L using BHSU credentials
• It takes around 2-4 hours and does not have to be completed all at once.
• A Completion Certificate will be awarded
• More information is provided in a separate email

BHSU Sample D2L Course

• You will be invited to participate, as a student, in the self-paced ‘BHSU Sample D2L Course’ 
• The course helps to incorporate a few course design ideas and D2L features into the courses.

Remember to Observe:

1. Personalized instruction
2. Consistency & Alignment
3. User-friendly access to the course materials
4. Alternative formats of the content to download
5. Class Progress Summary

Experience:

1. Assignments
2. Turnitin-enabled assignment folder
3. Respondus Lockdown Browser/Monitor for Quiz/Exam
4. Receive automatic emails 
5. Receive a Badge 

If you have any questions or would like to schedule a time to meet (Zoom or in-person), email id@bhsu.edu