Designing online courses How long does it take? Ideally, you should give yourself at least one full semester to design and develop your online course. It’s not something that can be done in a matter of weeks. Note that your school may offer faculty compensation for designing new online courses, generally with contractual stipulations about material ownership…. continue reading
Content is typically broken down into weekly or daily units, depending on the semester. In most online courses conducted in Canvas, the instructor uses ‘Modules’ to organize these content units. Each unit (or we could say, ‘module’) contains clear learning goals, required reading, and lecture material. In addition to this, students are typically required to… continue reading
Writing online course syllabus & schedule Sample syllabi Here are three sample syllabi you can download and revise to use for your online course. Course schedule Note that each of the above syllabi contain a general course structure (see table below) and a specific course schedule. Your syllabus for an online course will contain similarities to one in… continue reading
Rutgers Libraries offer a great resource called Online Video at Rutgers which will give you the lowdown on how to add streaming video resources to your course site. The page gives a set of resources for finding free online video, but also directions on how to request feature films through Swank Digital Campus. Feature films… continue reading
PowerPoint: converting presentation to Flash video using iSpring Free When you want to share PowerPoint presentations with your students, you have a few different options. This tip sheet outlines how to convert the presentation to a Flash movie, which you can then upload to Sakai or eCollege as a much smaller .swf file. Most students… continue reading
These qualities improved online lectures for students: Peter High of Forbes reports.
