1. Digital Course Development

2. Purpose of this presentation
Familiarize you with digital course development processes and procedures.
Raise awareness of available resources.
Help you create the best possible content!

3. Who are we? Put your name here Nicholas Crosby Faculty Training

4. Changes in digital course development and delivery
New environment
Desire2Learn LMS
New products coming online
Example: Kaltura
Increased instructor desire to use this toolset in all delivery modes
Online & on-campus

5. What are students expecting?
Digital delivery
Timely communication
Feedback
Instructor
Automated
Interactive activities
Interesting and meaningful activities
Flexibility
Clarity
Instructions
Expectations
Deadlines
Knowing a person is there to help
Collaboration
A real experience similar to a classroom

6. Course life cycle
Development
Section
Master Section
Live Section

7. Course Development Processes
Minor changes
Typically instructor initiated
May be on development or live section as it is taught
Changes are rolled into new master
Major changes
Formally planned and executed with Learning Technologies
Developed as a team

8. The team – a ton of resources!!!
Subject matter expert (SME)
Instructional designer (ID)
Graphic artist (GA)
Media technician (MT)
Faculty trainer (FT)
Project manager (PM)

9. Expert and technical review
How its done
High level planning
Blueprint
Ongoing development
Expert and technical review
Deliver

10. Who does what? A coordinated effort Developed as a team
Timelines are critical

11. SME responsibilities Content! Selecting content Developing content
Selecting media
Designing learning activities
Copyright compliance

12. ID responsibilities Creating deliverable content
Oversee and coordinate the entire process
Coordination of efforts between all parties
Assisting in managing workflows
Gathering content
Converting content into deliverable formats
Manage timelines

13. Helps, hints, ideas D2L capabilities Effective writing Media selection
Back to Bloom’s
Copyright issues
Available resources

14. How can we help you?
Open for business!