Design Tips

Course Design Tutorial

• General course design tutorial:
  http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/coursedesign/tutorial/index.html
• Onlince Course Best Practices from D2L
  https://www.d2l.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Online-teaching-best-practices-fin.pdf
• Turning Yuor Syllabus into an Online Course in Brightspace (D2L)
  https://www.vanderbilt.edu/brightspace/2020/04/24/turning-a-syllabus-into-an-online-course-on-brightspace/ 

Content Building (recommend developing a heading outline and then add learning materials)

• The eLearning Coach-How to Organize Content:
  http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning_design/how-to-organize-content/
• Tips for Designing Online Courses:
  http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online/design.html
• ADDPQA Model (self-paced learning):
  http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning_design/a-framework-for-developing-online-courses/
• ADDIE Model (blended learning for classroom and online content):
  http://raleighway.com/addie/
• 10 Tips for Good Web Writing:
  http://webdesign.about.com/od/writing/a/aa031405.htm

Discussion Guidelines (recommend providing students with discussion guidelines/expectations and grading scale)

• 10 Tips for Effective Online Discussions
  https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2018/11/10-tips-for-effective-online-discussions
• Netiquette Guidelines for Online Courses
  https://osuit.edu/center/online-student-resources/netiquette.php

Assignments and Online Activities (recommend reviewing your course objectives and then select activities/assignments to accomplish them)

• Online Teaching Activity Index:
  http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/otai/

Testing

• Sample Test Questions-Six Levels of Learning:
  http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/assessment/bloomtest.asp
• 10 Rules for Writing Multiple Choice Questions:
  http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning_design/rules-for-multiple-choice-questions/
• Improving Your Test Questions:
  http://cte.illinois.edu/testing/exam/test_ques.html#choosing
• Exam Questions-Types, Characteristics, and Suggestions:
  http://cte.uwaterloo.ca/teaching_resources/tips/exam_questions.html

Assessment and Rubrics

• Assessing Learning Objectives-Bloom's Taxonomy:
  http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/assessment/bloomtaxonomy.asp
• UCF Objective Builder
  https://cdl.ucf.edu/teach/resources/objective-builder-tool/ 
• Authentic Assessment Toolbox:
  http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/index.htm
• Assessment Resources:
  http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/assess.cfm
• Grading Rubrics and Online Assignments:
  http://www.onlinecollege.org/2011/08/08/grading-rubrics-and-online-assignments/
• iRubric (create rubrics):
  http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm
• Rubistar (create rubrics):
  http://rubistar.4teachers.org/