[Review a Course Orientation Template]
Provide directions for how to use course resources. (In many ways you are a guide to the resources and a simplifier of how to get the right result the first time. How you organize the resources and provide students useful directions and information about using them are critical.)
Course materials and explanations must go together. (Faculty videotapes/CD-ROMs and reading assignments must "connect.")
Ensure that the learning experiences included in the course are appropriate for the outcomes and are challenging to students.
Faculty must provide students with clear communication about expectations, instructions about activities, assignments, deadlines, and announcements.
Link coursework to students lives.
Use a consistent organizational pattern (module template) that provides students knowledge of the learning objectives, content outline, assignments, evaluation information, resources, links, requirements and FAQs.
Guidelines for evaluation are provided and used:
objective measures used when possible (i.e., m/c, t/f tests)
provide evaluation guidelines for all assignments
use a method to explain any assignment reductions in grade or points, i.e., a critique or evaluation sheet
Grading procedures are clearly presented.
Should:
