Course

Intro to Course Design (25SP-ICD-3)

Apr 7, 2025 - May 4, 2025
3 credits

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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, and fulfills Section A: Course Design.  

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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