Online Teaching Guidelines

Categories

1.	Information on Course Ambience with Learner Analysis & Support

2.	Content/Course Organization

3.	Active Learning Design

4.	Learning Assessment

5.	Communication and Collaboration

6.	Class Management

7.	Course Evaluation

8.	Online Resources, Legal and Ethical Use

9.	Optimized Use of Multi-Media, Graphics

10.	Editorial Checking

Category 2: Content/Course Organization

PRINCIPLE: Clear learning objectives provide a useful framework for the courses’ content, activities, and learning assessments. Construction units or modules around discrete objectives help structure students’ learning, making the course more unified and coherent.

Baseline Expectation

Indicators:

1.
A clear structure of course content

A clear timeline for the learning process (e.g. due dates for each assignment)

2. Buttons not in use have been deactivated (and cannot be seen by students)

3.
Colors are used with consideration for readability and printing on B&W printers

4. Allocate sufficient time for course preparation

Effective

Indicators:

1.
A clear structure of course content

Module/Unit-based? Weekly-based? Chapter/Lesson-based?

Clear objectives for each learning unit

2.
Content organized in an easy to follow/navigate manner

3.
Readable fonts are used throughout

4.
Use legend of icons and colors consistently