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Instructional Design Consultation | Instructional Design Resources | Quality Matters Consultation | Course Evaluations | eLearning Acumen

Instructional Design Consultation

Have a question about how to enhance your students' learning experiences by incorporating educational technology into your courses?

If so, contact us to discuss your ideas. We can provide assistance with:

• online course design
• educational best practices, including Quality Matters
• collaborative sites
• web-based assessments and surveys

Instructional Design Resources

• What Works Well in Online Teaching [PDF]
• Faculty Resources for Online and Hybrid  [PDF] [Word]
• Course Design Resources and Sample Rubrics [web link]
• Instructor's Guide to Online Course Design and Facilitation  [PDF]
• Course Design Checklist  [PDF]
• Course Syllabus Checklist  [PDF]
• Sample Welcome Email  [Word doc]
• Sample Welcome Announcements for D2L Brightspace  [PDF]
• Before Course Starts Checklist  [PDF]
• Course Map [PDF]

Syllabus Examples

• These sample syllabi are provided to model accessibly designed documents as well as provide sample verbiage for you to use in developing of your own syllabus.
  • Syllabus Example 1 [Word doc]
  • Syllabus Example 2 [Word doc]
    

Quality Matters Consultation

Want to take your online course to the next level? Contact us to schedule a consultation to discuss how you can use the Quality Matters rubric to enhance your online courses.

End of Semester Course Evaluations

Faculty

Use the resources below if you wish to conduct an end of semester course evaluation by your students.

Web-based

Paper-based

Please consult with your department leadership for guidance on the use and administration of course evaluations.

Students

Log into the Online Course Evaluation form to access and complete an end of semester evaluation of your courses. Use your Star ID and password to log in. Note: Not all instructors use this form for course evaluations. Your instructor will inform you where to complete an evaluation, if available.

Web-based Quizzes 

Review these resources on using the Quizzes tool in D2L 

•     About Quizzes – overview and step-by-step written tutorials (web doc)
•     Quizzes: Online Best Practices (web doc) 
•     Video on Creating a New Quiz with New Questions in D2l Brightspace
•     How to Create a Quiz (web doc)
•     Create, Edit, and Import Questions (web doc), includes: 
  • Creating Question Pools  

•     Using the Question Library

Create a quiz using Microsoft Forms

• Create a Quiz using Microsoft Forms
• Create a Math quiz using Microsoft Forms
  • Take my practice Math quiz!

We suggest using Respondus to import test banks and questions in Microsoft Word format into your online courses. Faculty who use a PC-based computer can obtain Respondus for use on their own computer. Respondus is not available to Macintosh users.

Please contact us for assistance on uploading your quizzes to your courses. Allow a minimum of 48 hours for your request.

eLearning Acumen

Issue 1, January 2016
Issue 2, April 2016
Issue 3, August 2016 
Issue 4, January 2017
Issue 5, September 2017 
Issue 6, February 2018 
Issue 7, August 2018
Issue 8, March 2019
 Issue 9, December 2019

   

 

 

 

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