Be sure to check with your campus online learning office and/or online instructional design support services for campus-specific tools, resources, recommendations, policies, and processes.

Step 1: Draft a set of Course Information Documents

Step 2: Create a Logical Consistent Modular Course Structure

Step 3: Design Effective & Accessible Online Activities 

• The Community of Inquiry Framework (Social, Teaching, and Cognitive Presences) a theoretical foundation for online teaching and learning design.
• Effective Practices for Teaching and Learning Well Online (How People Learn & The Seven Principles of Good Practice in Online Teaching and Learning ).

Step 4: Design Authentic Online Assessments (Cognitive & Teaching Presences)

Step 5: Develop Class Community & Interaction (Social & Teaching Presences)

Step 6. Asynchronous Interaction & Content Presentation (Teaching & Social Presences)

• Synchronous Interaction

Step 7: Review & Get Feedback

• Review your drafted course information documents and update them, especially the Course Schedule, Assignments, Grading Scheme, etc. Don't forget to spell check.
• Check with your campus instructional designer for campus-specific course review processes.

Step 8: Teach Your Online Course

• Online Teaching Tips
  • Facilitating Collaboration & Interaction (Minilog Video Playlist)
  • Ending your Online Course

Step 9: Improve your course design OSCQR Review and Refresh

• Self-assess with OSCQR (download OLC .pdf)
• OSCQR

Resources

• Online Teaching Handbook
• Courses for Observation - BlackBoard examples via federated SUNY authentication.
• Interviews with Online Faculty- podcast.
• Discipline Specific Resources