Course Design Series

Welcome to EHE’s course design series, where you can discover the best practices, resources, and strategies for quality online and hybrid course design! This hub will lead you step-by-step through the process of developing your course from start to finish. We’ll share the overall process to develop a course, how to create a great user experience for your students in Carmen, and guide you to create an online presence to foster student persistence – all at your own pace.

1. What is course design
2. Backward Design
3. Learning Objectives
4. Alignment and Course Mapping
5. Getting Started in Canvas
   • Master Course
   • Choosing the right template
   • Templates
   • Copy Modules in CarmenCanvas
   • Assignments in CarmenCanvas
   • Gradebook in CarmenCanvas
   • Discussions in CarmenCanvas
   • Announcements and Inbox in CarmenCanvas
   • Carmen Common Sense
6. Develop Community through Presence
   • Creating Presence Online
     • Teaching Presence
     • Social Presence
     • Cognitive Presence
7. Multimedia for Learning in Course Design
8. Review Course and Delivery