Online Teaching and Design (26FA-OTD-3)

Aug 31, 2026 - Nov 22, 2026
5 credits

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📘 Description

Whether you're building your first online course or revising an existing one, this 12-week course will show you how to create the course you've always dreamed of teaching. You'll explore online learning theory, approaches to online course design, accessibility, and strategies for supporting student success from within the structure of the four sections of the Online Course Design Rubric:

Policies and Support
Course Structure
Regular and Substantive Interaction
Assessments

The learn-by-doing focus will have you building a powerful sample course in Canvas Sandbox, which you can then use as your own personal course creation blueprint. Fast-paced and innovative, this course is perfect for instructors new to Canvas and/or new to online teaching, while also providing innovative ideas for enhancing existing courses.

🎯 Outcomes

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

develop a comprehensive course plan for a fully online or hybrid course
use the core features of the Canvas course management system to design an online or hybrid course
develop an introductory orientation module
develop a learning unit with clear objectives aligned to the course outcomes
design accessible course content
integrate Open Educational Resources and other material curated from the internet to support student learning
design formative and summative assessments to support and measure student learning
use a variety of communication tools, both within and external to Canvas, to support student success

🏅 Fulfills

Successful completion of this course leads to an Online Teaching & Design Certificate. Completion of this course is equivalent to completing Introduction to Course Design, 10-10-10: Communication that Matters, Assessment in Digital Learning, and Creating Accessible Course Content.

ℹ️ More about this course

Duration: 12 weeks

Time Commitment: approximately 10 hours per week, for a total of 120 hours

Level of Difficulty: Intermediate. If this is your first time designing an online course, or your first time using Canvas, we strongly suggest you begin with Introduction to Teaching with Canvas.

🎓 Optional Continuing Education Credit

Participants in this course can seek optional graduate-level university credits by dual-enrolling in TEC 1821 at Fresno Pacific University. A separate fee due to FPU will apply.

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