Introduction to Course Design (26FA-ICD-1)

📘 Description

The power of an online course comes from careful planning and intentional design. Blending the concepts of backward design with universal design with hands-on practice, you'll gain mastery in the skills needed to purposefully design an engaging, high-quality online course that captures – and keeps – your students' attention. You'll leave with a robust plan and the solid foundation of your newly envisioned course.

🎯 Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Discuss the value of using the CVC-OEI Course Design Rubric to design a quality online course,
• Use backward design principles to start a course plan;
• Plan online learning units with measurable outcomes;
• Build a framework for two online learning units in Canvas;
• Use generative AI as an assistant in the course design process;
• Determine "next steps" for building an online course.

🏅 Fulfills

This course is the introductory course of the Online Teaching & Design Certificate.

ℹ️ More about this course

Duration: 4 weeks, facilitated asynchronous

Time Commitment: approximately 10 hours per week, for a total of 40 hours

Level of Difficulty: Intermediate. To get the most from this course, you should have some familiarity with online teaching and with Canvas. This course is a recommended starting point for the Online Teaching & Design Certificate.

🎓 Optional Continuing Education Credit

Participants in this course can seek optional graduate-level university credits by dual-enrolling. A separate fee to the university for graduate-level credit will apply. To learn more, visit FPU CEU Information.

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