Informative guide for educators and learners about various online assessment strategies. Explore diverse assessment tools, techniques, and best practices to enhance learning engagement. 

This tool includes a collection of several helpful features that enable you to painlessly employ a variety of consistent and attractive stylings that can add visual interest and instructive context to your course content.

This infographic provides an overview of different rubrics and standards used to evaluate the quality of online programs and course design at universities. It lists 7 major rubrics/standards:Quality Matters Rubric - Widely used rubric to improve and certify quality of online courses.Anthology Exemplary Course Program Rubric - Rubric focused on student experience and outcomes.University of Illinois ION Professional Programs Rubric - Rubric tailored for evaluating professional development programs.SUNY Online Course Quality Review Rubric - Rubric used within SUNY system to review online courses.SHSU Online Course Design Rubrics - Custom rubrics used at Sam Houston State University.Cal State Online Course Rubrics - Custom rubrics used within California State University system.Penn State Online Course Design and Review Rubrics - Custom rubrics used at Penn State.The infographic provides a useful overview of the different standards used to evaluate online course and program quality.

Slide deck from Digital Education Summer 2022 on open image sites and their integration into online teaching.

The attached file serves as an exemplary template for structuring an online course into modules over a 15-week semester. The outline demonstrates effective course design principles including:- Organizing content into manageable weekly modules - Incorporating diverse learning materials - Building in recurring assignments- Scaffolding assignments to develop skills over time- Aligning objectives, activities and assessments following Bloom's taxonomy for higher order critical thinking.- Providing a clear learning arc through the sequence of modules and summative comparative assignment.

Community engagement and a sense of belonging are pivotal elements in the realm of digital instruction, serving as the bedrock for enriched learning experiences and fostering a conducive learning environment. When learners feel integrated into a community, it acts as a catalyst, enhancing motivation, encouraging persistence, and providing a buffer against the isolation often associated with digital learning platforms. To facilitate the creation and nurturing of online communities and engagement, a meticulously crafted checklist is provided, offering practical tasks and steps. This checklist serves as a beacon, guiding educators and learners through the multifaceted process of building community engagement and fostering a sense of belonging.

Sample course planning matrix that can be used to help instructors focus on designing for significant learning when planning their digital courses. Based on the research of L. Dee Fink.

This document provides valuable tips for students to enhance their experience in online exams and proctored exams. It covers various aspects such as familiarizing oneself with the learning management system, utilizing resources effectively, conducting a technology check, and being transparent with proctors. These tips prioritize the student's experience by minimizing technical issues and ensuring a smoother learning journey.

This infographic provides valuable tips for students to enhance their experience in online exams that can be deployed directly into the course. These tips prioritize the student's experience by minimizing technical issues and ensuring a smoother learning journey. 

Over the years, we've noticed several trends that affect the online learning experience, especially for students who are new to online courses. This resource is divided into two main sections: the first focuses on what faculty can do to prepare their students for online learning, and the second offers useful tips for students to consider. We hope you find this information helpful for setting your students on the path to success in your online course.

Instructors can turn on the Progress Tracking feature in a course. This allows you to track your course progress related to course content, assignments, and tests. 

Project Management for Instructional Designers (PM4ID) is a textbook about project management tailored specifically for instructional designers, intended for use in graduate programs in educational technology. This book is based on a pre-existing openly licensed textbook donated to the commons by a benefactor who desires to remain anonymous. It has been collaboratively revised and updated by students and faculty at the University of Saskatchewan. It contains case studies, video cases and audio recordings of interviews with Canadian instructional design experts, and interactive reviews of three chapters using H5P.

This document provides a checklist tool for managers and leaders in distance education centers and online departments to utilize when prioritizing projects and determining workload allocation. It includes sections on assessing project alignment with organizational goals, evaluating resources needed, considering risks and constraints, and scoring/ranking projects. The checklist encourages objective analysis of proposed initiatives to aid in decision-making on what projects should move forward.

With the aid of the AI Design Assistant, instructors can build question banks to gauge comprehension of the text-based elements within an Ultra Document. This streamlined process saves significant time. It also stands as a robust aid in shaping both formative and summative assessments. This video covers the process.

An online radiology reference who's mission is to make it available for free, for ever, for all.

Database of collectice commons 0 (CC0) artworks and images that are free to view and use. (free membership is required to download public domain images)

Job aid for recording PowerPoint with voiceover and embedding it into a course.